Annual Review 2018 | Page 7

2014 > The student body grew to nearly 6000. > The School of Graduate and Professional Studies was established. > The first Sir John Monash Distinguished Public Lecture Series was hosted. > The School of Pharmacy received full accreditation for the Bachelor of Pharmacy program from the Pharmacy Board of Malaysia. > Buildings 4 and 5A were built and housed one of the largest civil engineering labs in the country. 2008/09 > A research collaboration with the Selangor State Government resulted in the Selangor Industrial Master Plan Study. > Our student population grew to approximately 4200. > The South East Asia Community Observatory was established. > A brand new building for the Clinical School Johor Bahru became fully operational. > Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine and Health Sciences celebrated its 10th anniversary. > A major national study for the Economic Planning Unit from the Prime Minister’s Office was completed. > The School of Arts and Social Sciences and the School of Science were established. > Our student population grew to more than 5000 with 30% being international students. > Monash achieved a 6-star ranking in the SETARA exercise. > Monash Malaysia R&D Sdn Bhd was incorporated. > The first PhD degree was awarded to Eunice Lim from the School of Business. 2011/12 2017 2015 > Expansion works on the campus began. > The Southeast Asia Community Observatory was awarded ISO 9001:2008 certification. > The first telemedicine conference in Malaysia was organised in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, Collaborative Research in Engineering, Science & Technology, and Sunway Medical Centre. 2010 > Monash received self-accreditation status from the Ministry of Higher Education, granted only to universities with a confirmed robust internal quality assurance system. > The School of Medicine and Health Sciences was renamed the Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine and Health Sciences. The School also graduated its first batch of medical students. 2013 > Four multidisciplinary research platforms were formed in areas strategic to the development of Malaysia: advanced engineering, halal ecosystem, social and economic transformation in Asia, and tropical medicine and biology. > Several key facilities were developed, including laboratories for genomics, neurobusiness, and nano-analytical and bioimaging research. > The newly built Monash Sports Centre offered offices for MUSA, a gym, two large badminton halls and fields for sports activities. 2016 > The Genomics Facility was awarded ISO 9001:2008 certification. > The Library and Learning Commons underwent a 20% expansion. > The Department of Psychology was launched 10 years after its introductory program. > A joint research and training laboratory focussing on proteomics, metabolomics and multi-omics in life sciences was established in collaboration with Agilent Technologies. > The Global Asia in the 21st Century research platform was formed. 6