Uniten R&D

Our Story

UNITEN R & D Sdn. Bhd. (URND) is the technology transfer and project management office of Universiti Tenaga Nasional, a government-linked university. URND is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Universiti Tenaga Nasional and Tenaga Nasional Berhad, the largest utilities company in Malaysia.

Established on 18 November 2008, URND is a recognised Research and Development status company by the Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA) under Section 34B, of the Income Tax Act, 1967 and a registered Consulting Company under the Malaysian Ministry of Finance (MOF).

URND has been entrusted with the task to actively seek research and consultancy assignments from the industrial communities such as Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB), TNB Research, multinational companies and other potential international conglomerates.

URND aims to drive UNITEN’s capability in assisting Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB), industries, government agencies and international partners in high impact research areas in line with the Government’s IR 4.0 efforts such as power engineering, robotics, sustainable energy and IOT (AI, big data) sectors in order to achieve their goals and compete in economic globalisation.

Mission and Vision

URND has been operating to provide a platform for research and development activities involving academics and industries to harness the next generation technologies in order to catalyse dynamic, relevant, excellent and productive research in the country.

VISION

Our vision is to be the preferred global research and development Centre and one of the world leading providers in energy solutions.

MISSION

Our mission is to attain global recognition of excellence in energy research and solutions.

OUR VISION & MISSION ARE ALIGNED WITH UNITEN’s BOLD2025 STRATEGIC PLAN

Research Institutes

URND manages 120 research assistants and explores niche areas of energy related research works which are Sustainable Clean Energy, Power & Energy Services Convergence, Energy Social Sustainability, Energy Infrastructure and Computing and Informatics in Energy. UNITEN/URND has five Research Institutes spearheaded by experienced lecturers who are subject matter experts in the respective fields of research. The five Research Institutes are:

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