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The University of Malaya The origin of the University of Malaya has its inception in the education institutions of British Malaya. Two such institutions of note were the King Edward VII College of Medicine founded in 1905 and Raffles College in 1928. This is their story.
King Edward VII College of Medicine, Singapore
In its report published in 1902, the Commission favoured the setting up of a medical training school, which would produce "...local...men better qualified to supply the demand for assistant surgeons and general practitioners among the native population and the poorer inhabitants." Such steps towards establishing the institutions of higher learning in Malaya arose out of the necessity for qualified staff to serve the British administration.
It was ceremonially declared open by Sir John Anderson, the then Governor of Singapore in September of the same year. The facilities of the School were housed in a large building vacated by the Female Lunatic Asylum near the General Hospital at Sepoy Lines off New Bridge Road.
Establishment of the University of Malaya:
Report of the Commission on University Education in Malaya, 1948 In the ensuing political and social changes of post-war Malaya and Singapore, public opinion was brought to bear on the colonial authorities on the need for a university for the higher education of the population. In 1947 yet another Commission, chaired by Sir Alexander Carr-Saunders inquired into the development of university education in Malaya. The Commission’s report published on 1 May 1948 recommended the immediate formation of a university.
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In 1901 an Education Commission was set up by the colonial authorities to study the issue of English education in the Straits Settlements. The Commission considered, inter alia, the need to train medical assistants for the government hospitals and its other services.
Accordingly, in June 1905, legislation was duly enacted by the Straits Legislative Council (Ordinance No. XV of 1905) to set up "The Straits and Federated Malay States Government Medical School".
"The aspirations of the people of Malaya... were for the immediate creation of a university... and accordingly we recommend that... a University of Malaya, with Faculties of Arts, Science and Medicine
should be created forthwith."
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