The International Medical University (IMU) is a private, English language, health sciences university in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It was established in 1992, and is active in research and teaching within medicine and healthcare with a strong international orientation. IMU is a wholly owned subsidiary of Asia's largest private healthcare group IHH Healthcare, which is majority-owned by the Mitsui & Co. The current CEO of IMU is Abdul Aziz Baba. IMU was the first private higher education institution in Malaysia that received the right to confer academic degrees, and it was granted full university status by the government in 1999. It cooperates with universities in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Ireland and China. The main campus of IMU is located in Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur. As of November 2018, the university has 716 employees and 3,786 students. The university offers programmes in medical and other health sciences as well as MSc and PhD programmes. IMU was one of only three private universities in Malaysia which was awarded the "6 Star: Outstanding" SETARA ranking by the Ministry of Higher Education in December 2020. Ownership IMU is a wholly owned subsidiary of IHH Healthcare, Asia's largest private healthcare group. The majority shareholder of IHH Healthcare is Mitsui & Co., followed by Khazanah Nasional (the sovereign wealth fund of the Government of Malaysia) and Citigroup as minority shareholders. Principal officers and management The ceremonial head of the university is the Chancellor. Mohamed Zahir Ismail served as the first Chancellor (1999–2004), followed by Sulaiman Daud (2005–2010), T. Devaraj (2010–2013), Amir Abbas (2013–2018), Gan Ee Kiang (2018-2021) and Yahya Awang (since 2021). Currently Aini Ideris is the Pro-Chancellor. The university's effective head and chief executive officer is the Vice-Chancellor, known as president before 2016. The first Vice-Chancellor was Kamal Salih (1993–2001), followed by Abu Bakar Suleiman (2001–2015) and Abdul Aziz Baba (since 2016). The Deputy Vice-Chancellor is Peter Pook Chuen Keat. Victor Lim is Pro Vice-Chancellor for Institutional Advancement, Vishna Devi A/P Nadarajah, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Education, Prof Datuk Lokman Hakim Sulaiman is Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research and Toh Chooi Gait is Pro Vice-Chancellor for Strategic Development and International. IMU's former Vice-Chancellor Abu Bakar Suleiman is Chairman of IMU Group and co-founder, Dr Mei Ling Young is advisor to the Group. Notable academics For a full list of IMU academics with Wikipedia biographies, see Abdul Aziz Baba, Professor and Vice-Chancellor Abu Bakar Suleiman, President Kew