UM to roll out hostel project housing 40,000 students, meeting B40 families’ needs, says Zambry

Universiti Malaya (UM) plans to house over 40,000 students in a hostel project, meeting the needs of B40 families, according to Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir. The Student Residential Hostel Project is set to be launched by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim on October 15. The accommodation will be built in stages, with priority given to students from low-income families, including those from the B40 group who cannot afford to secure accommodation on their own.

UM Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Noor Azuan Abu Osman revealed that the project would be carried out in two phases, with the first phase accommodating 10,000 students and the second phase 30,000. Additionally, UM has introduced ILMUcode, an AI-based coding platform developed in collaboration with YTL AI Labs. This platform offers advanced coding capabilities at a lower cost to both developers and students, enabling them to understand, write, modify code, and resolve software development issues more efficiently.