The Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) campus community thrives to be a hub for intellectual discourse, discussions of various world issues and problems. The quest for knowledge and wisdom is borderless. Scholarship should not be confined to such notions that restrict human potential and possibilities for creativity and growth. Similarly, research, innovations and other university endeavours must, finally, in one way or another benefit citizens of the world.

Towards this end, UUM welcomes international students, traditional and non-traditional, from all over the world to join us. We value our international students for the intellectual depth they bring into our academic community as well as to further enrich world cultural diversity. - UUM Sintok's welcoming message

Finally - the dream of becoming a Harvard came true for UUM. It was reported on the university's website that its vice- chancellor (former director of Biro Tata Negara) returned last year from a two month management training workshop with fresh new ideas to transform Malaysia 's foremost management university into a powerhouse of innovative ideas and frontier thinking.