The UniMAP campus is virtually everywhere in Perlis, hence it is dubbed as ‘UniMAP Distributed Campus’ (UDC). To date, there are about 15 zones, each separated by public land between 1-15 km of each other. The first campus site is situated in Kubang Gajah, Perlis where laboratories and lecture theatres are located. Teaching facilities are mainly placed in Kuala Perlis, Kubang Gajah, and Jejawi. The massive vacant site of the once ‘Dragon & Phoenix’ textile manufacturing plant, located in the general area of Jejawi houses lecture rooms, laboratories and administrative offices. Chancellery offices, as well as the University Library, are located at Kangar. Some administrative offices are in Jejawi and around Kangar. Students live either in a nearby residential area at Bintong, Wang Ulu, or in several housing estates in Kuala Perlis.
In addition, after decades of existing in abandonment, UniMAP has taken over Kangar’s one and only movie theatre, and turned it into a lecture-cum-general-function hall. It is named ‘Dewan Kapitol’. Transportation between these sites is provided via a university bus system.
Realising the importance of maintaining a close link between the University and the hub of business and industrial happenings of the country, UniMAP has set up an ‘offshore office’ in the heart of Kuala Lumpur: Anjung UniMAP. Since the start of its operation, this office has proven to be indispensable in dispensing duties and functions that are otherwise inept if performed remotely from Perlis.
Within the the 9th and 10th Malaysian Plan, UniMAP’s new campus, spanning about 1358 acres, will be built at two locations, namely Ulu Pauh (1058 acres) and Sungai Chuchuh (300 acres), Perlis. It is envisioned that the permanent campus be built as a Nature-Campus (‘Kampus Alam’) which takes into consideration the many aspects (physical, emotional, spiritual, intellectual, social, environmental, health and safety, among others) that ensure a healthy and conducive environment for students, staff and the community to live, work, and interact with one another.
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