Professor Emeritus Tan Sri Dr. Mohamed Salleh Mohamed Yasin

8TH UKM VICE-CHANCELLOR

Professor Emeritus Tan Sri Dr. Mohamed Salleh bin Mohamed Yasin
Term of Service: 1 May 2003 – 27 August 2006
Title: Father of UKM Internationalization

Professor Emeritus Tan Sri Dr. Mohamed Salleh Mohamed Yasin was appointed as UKM Vice-Chancellor on 1 May 2003, succeeding Professor Emeritus Tan Sri Datuk Dr. Anuwar Ali. Throughout his administration, he steered UKM towards becoming a world-class university through the UKM Strategic Plan (PS2020) and the RIQ (Research, Internationalisation, Quality Assurance) agenda. Under his leadership, UKM achieved various international recognitions, including being listed among the world's top 100 science universities and hosting the MGI and the International Institute for Global Health (UNU-IIGH). He also expanded global networks and introduced a creative work culture, to the point of being remembered as the Father of UKM Internationalisation.

Born in Muar, Johor in 1950, he was the 12th of 13 siblings. Because his father was a government official, he was educated at several schools, including Sekolah Kebangsaan Ismail Muar, English College Johor Bahru and Maktab Tentera Diraja, before continuing his form six studies at Kolej Melayu Kuala Kangsar (MCKK). He received a JPA scholarship to study Applied Biology at the Bandung Institute of Technology and then continued his PhD studies at the University of Bath, United Kingdom.

He began his career at UKM as a tutor in 1974, and was later appointed as the Founder and first Dean of the Faculty of Allied Health Sciences (now FSK). He also held the position of Deputy Vice-Chancellor and was subsequently appointed as the Vice-Chancellor of UKM until his retirement in 2006. After retirement, he served at the Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA) and was later appointed as the Founding Director of the International Institute for Global Health (IIGH) under the United Nations University (UNU).