Universiti Malaysia Sabah

Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS; English: University of Malaysia Sabah) is a public university in Malaysia. It was officially established on 24 November 1994 as the ninth public university in the country. The university is located on a 999-acre site at Sepanggar Bay in Kota Kinabalu in the Malaysian state of Sabah. Set against the breathtaking backdrop of Mount Kinabalu and the South China Sea, UMS is widely regarded as one of Southeast Asia's most beautiful campuses. Since 2022, UMS has been attracting many tourists, with Chinese and Korean visitors being among the most frequent, and EcoCampus Visitor Information Centre (EVIC) has played a key role by providing maps, trip advice, and bike rental services to enhance tourism experience on the campus. 4 April 2025, a man's corpse was found hanging from a tree branch on the hillside leading to Kampung Kibagu, nearby UMS Kota Kinabalu campus. One day later, UMS authorities have confirmed the incident on Facebook, highlighting no UMS students and staffs are involved, investigation ongoing afterwards.

Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) has faced serious water shortages since 2020 after COVID-19 pandemic, primarily due to insufficient supply from the Sabah State Water Department’s R13 tank and mismanagement. On June 12, 2024, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim approved a RM3 million federal allocation to fund three groundwater drilling and treatment projects at Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) to address the campus's ongoing water crisis. On June 14, 2024, around 80 students from Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) and public staged a protest for Kami Mahu Air ("We Want Water") Sabah rally, marching 5km to Kinabalu Tower without a police permit and demanding to hand a six-point memorandum directly to Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor. Despite Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Shahelmey Yahya offering to receive the memorandum and police informing the students that Chief Minister would meet in the following week, the students refused and insisted on delivering the memorandum directly to Chief Minister.