ARI-MOHE Centre of Excellence

It's now official. ARI received a letter from the Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) today confirming our status as the ministry's centre of excellence (COE).
With it comes a budget allocation of RM3 million a year for three years until 2012. The six COEs recognized by MOHE are namely (1) Centre for Research Power Electronics, Drives, Automation & Control (UMPEDAC)- Universiti Malaya; (2) Pusat Penyelidikan Dadah & Ubat-ubatan - Universiti Sains Malaysia; (3) Institut Perubatan Molekul (INFORMM) - Universiti Sains Malaysia; (4) UKM Medical Molecular Biology Institute (UMBI) - Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia; (5)Institut Biosains - Universiti Putra Malaysia and (6) Accounting Research Institute (ARI) - Universiti Teknologi MARA. MOHE hopes to recognize 20 COEs by the year 2020.