University of Malaya (UM) is the foremost and premier Research University (RU) in Malaysia. It is a multidisciplinary RU that has more than 27,000 students and 1700 academic staff with 17 faculties and research centres that covers the whole spectrum of learning from the Arts, Sciences and Humanities. The university's beginning at the Kuala Lumpur campus dates back to 1959 and thus far has a huge alumni of over 100,000, among them renowned and illustrious personalities and leaders in various fields.

UM OpenCourseWare is a compilation of high quality Multimedia Interactive Contents and Digital Learning Materials based on courses offered at this university. The learning materials are presented in a complete course format which include interactive lecture notes, video and exercise questions. UM OpenCourseWare contents can be accessed freely via the internet and UM OCW is proud to contribute towards Free Education worldwide.