Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Bandar Utama Damansara (4) or SMK BUD (4) is one of four government schools in the Bandar Utama area. The school is located in front of the 1 Utama shopping complex and is adjacent to the BU3 and BU4 region. The school has commendable achievements in both academics as well as sports. SMK BUD (4) shares its compound with a primary school, Sekolah Kebangsaan Bandar Utama Damansara (4) (SK BUD4) and both schools are separated by a shared field. History Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Bandar Utama Damansara (4) opened on 1 December 2001. On 4 January 2002, the school had its first orientation day. The school's educational process was started on 7 January 2002 which was the opening date for schools around the nation that year. The school started with Form 1 students and "Remove" students who had poor academic results during their UPSR exams. The school started with only 132 students, 13 teachers and a principal. The first principal was Puan Liu Ling Ling. In October 2006, Puan Liu Ling Ling retired and the school hosted a farewell party for the principal in the Eastin Hotel. The year 2006 was also the school's first batch of students who took the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) exam which was held in November. In 2007, the school received a new principal, Puan Hasni Binti Hassan. However Puan Hasni was reposted and became the principal of her former school at the year-end of 2007 in the Bandar Utama region. In March 2009, SMK Bandar Utama Damansara (4) once again changed principal due to peer pressure and excessive commotion amongst the students, parents and teachers. She was eventually reassigned to another school in Bandar Sri Damansara. The new principal, Mr. Tay Keng Lee, (BUD4's fourth principal) arrived in hopes of raising the school's SPM standards and school discipline. In August 2010, Mr. Tay Keng Lee was posted back to his former school in SMK Seri Kembangan to replace the newly retired principal. On 29 December 2010, Puan Ashimah Binti Ahmad, the new principal of SMKBUD4 arrived to take up the position. Pn Ashimah was eventually posted to SMK Damansara Jaya less than a year later and the school received a new principal, Puan Normal Binti Ismail. However, she retired the following year and the school hosted a farewell party for her on 1 March 2013. Pn Misliah Binti Kulop has since taken