The IMU is Malaysia’s first and most established private medical and health sciences university with over 30 years of dedicated focus in healthcare education. It is the largest private medical school in Malaysia. Established in 1992, IMU pioneered the world’s first Partner Medical School (PMS) programme and has since gained international recognition with more than 30 world class university partners in Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Canada, US, Ireland and China. IMU’s main campus is located at Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur.

IMU achieved a Tier-6 rating in the SETARA ratings of Malaysian Universities and University-Colleges awarded by Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA). SETARA is an evaluation system to measure the quality assurance and standards of Higher Education Institution in Malaysia based on the autonomy, quality and performance of the institution. The QS World University Rankings rated IMU a 5-star university. IMU is also ranked #201-250 by subject in 2023.

IMU’s medical curriculum has been developed to meet high international standards and is accepted by 21 international partner universities for credit transfer into their medical programmes. The medical programme focuses on medical sciences for the first 2.5 years. Students then proceed to undertake clinical training either at IMU’s Clinical Campuses in the southern part of Malaysia or at a Partner Medical School (PMS) overseas. The IMU awards the Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery degree – MBBS (IMU) – to students upon completion of the IMU 5-year Medicine programme while students who complete their degree at a Partner Medical School will be awarded with a degree from the Partner Medical School.