The UUM Research Institute for Indonesia, Thailand and Singapore (UUM-ITS) is an excellent research center that explores various aspect of dynamism and change in the political, economic, social, security and culture of three countris; Indonesia, Thailand and Singapore. The Institute has two main research units; the Boarder Studies Unit and Peace and Conflict Transformation Studies Unit. In order to achieve its goals, the UUM-ITS is carrying out a wide range of research programs, conferences, workshops, lectures and seminars, newsletter and periodically online Commentary series. The institute has an extensive regional network in the thrust areas of reserach to carry out cooperation with local and foreign reserach institutes, especially with the three countries involved.

The Institute of Excellence for Islamicjerusalem Studies (IEIJS) has been established since 2011. The term ‘Islamicjerusalem’ which may be translated into the Arabic language as Bayt al-Maqdis was proposed as terms of reference as it is more accurate in terms of the Muslims understanding especially in Malaysia. The term ‘Islamicjerusalem’ in English is equivalent to 'Baitulmaqdis' as the scholars and public understanding of the West's on 'Jerusalem' only means part of Israel territory. Hence, the name Jerusalem must be used together with ‘Islamic’ to emphasize on the meaning of Islamic on Jerusalem as the basic theoretical reference are sourced directly from the core Islamic reference. The term Islamicjerusalem has been adopted by the international academic world as expressed through the publication of books by IB Tauris International, Almi Academic Press, United Kingdom and the Academy of Islamic Studies, Universiti Malaya. These terms are also used by the University of Aberdeen in its official graduation at the Masters and PhD level from year 2005.

In short, Islamicjerusalem Studies can be defined as a field of humanity studies and social science multidisciplinary and regional studies (area studies) by scholarly, critically and theoretically based on the discipline of history, religion, geo-political, economic, socio-cultural and international relations with the comprehensive focus on the questions of Jerusalem, the Middle East and the international world.

Ghazali Shafie Executive Enhancement Programme (GSEEP) is the executive education arm of Ghazali Shafie Graduate School of Government (GSGSG), which is a part of the Universiti Utara Malaysia. GSEEP is a new hallmark elite training programme providing cutting edge courses.

Since January 2014, we at Ghazali Shafie are transforming ourselves into a provider of executive training programmes. Our programmes are designed to serve the growing interests of public and private sector to retrain and harness the potential of their best people.

We are now offering cross-cultural training for senior executives, professionals and diplomats attached to multinational companies and foreign embassies, leadership and governance for senior government officers.

Our training modules utilise real case studies, dialogues with leading industry practitioners, institutional visits, role play and simulations and are delivered live and through virtual classroom modes. One of the key contributions of our training programme is that our modules can be customised to meet the specific requirement of the individuals and organisations involved.

The idea of ​​establishing the Malaysian Institute of Political Analysis (MAPAN) was obtained following several recent developments in Malaysian politics. Among the developments is the difficulty of the public to obtain authentic and credible information due to the media war between the government and the opposition. The government has also established the National Council of Professors (MPN) as a platform for advice from local scholars to provide views. Accordingly, to support the role of the Political, Security and International Relations Cluster, the National Council of Professors, among the proposals arising from the establishment of the professors council is the creation of a body or institute or center that can study more comprehensively on local and international political issues.

The development of the Internet world has made the circulation of political information become, the effect of which a lot political blogs appear. Various opinions and criticisms are put forward by bog writers on a matter. Developments as discussed above, are now widely accepted by the general public and considered as new institutions in life. Therefore, in response to government calls and local and international political issues, the college feels that action should be taken by the university to establish an independent center that serves as an alternative source, credible, rational, scientifically valuable, highly reputable and respected by the general public.