able to congregate 9,500 people at the same time. the university islamic centre, founded on 1 october 1988, is responsible for managing the mosque and islamic affairs of upm. expo hill there is a dock on the second pond the expo hill (malay: bukit ekspo) is a recreational place in upm, located at south of thirteenth college and northwest of uniputra golf club. with the area approximately 12 hectares, it has divided into five zones. another 13 hectares is made up of 5 freshwater fish ponds which are rearing 5 different fish species (lampam, tilapia, rohu, belida and sepat). the expo hill was used as the venue of the agricultural expo and convocation festival for the first time during the first convocation of upm in 1977. there is an elevated railway track crossing the expo hill, travelled by klia ekspres and klia transit, to which the nearest station is bandar tasik selatan station. transportation accessibility upm bus at k10 bus station in serdang campus, upm buses travel around the campus to bring students to their destination (e.g. residential colleges or academic zone). starting from 19 march 2023, upm terminated the bus service for every sunday to reduce carbon footprint of campus. however, the mrt feeder buses are alternative transportation for the public including the upm students. the mrt of 12 putrajaya line has been fully operational since 16 march 2023, the py34 upm mrt station is located at the northwest edge of upm, adjacent to the family, adolescent and child research centre of excellence (face). the mrt station is accessible by feeder buses which their frequency is every 30 minutes depart from the station. apart from mrt station, the kb05 serdang ktm station of the 1 seremban line is a commuter station that accessible by upm students too, it is 15 minutes driving distance from upm. although e-hailing is available in campus, students can getting there either by upm bus or by sj04 smart selangor bus. student representative council result of mpp election in 2023 mp: 18 seats smart: 7 seats nadi mahasiswa: 19 seats student representative council (malay: majlis perwakilan pelajar, abbreviation: mpp) of upm is elected annually. the elections are held around march, all students of upm (including international students) are eligible to be a candidate and voter. the composition of mpp is divided into 11 general seats and 34 faculty seats, candidate may only contest for either general or faculty seat. the general candidates will be voted by all upm students, 11 candidates with the highest votes will be appointed as representatives. whereas the faculty candidates will be voted by students from certain faculty or school. every faculty or school is represented by 2 representatives regardless the number of students. in other words, every voter need to vote 11 candidates for general seats and 2 candidates for faculty seats, unless there are candidates who won unopposed. in the mpp election of 2023, there are only 44 representatives elected and appointed into mpp. that is because the election committee received only 1 nomination of faculty candidate from the faculty of humanities, management and science. in result, the only faculty candidate won unopposed upon the announcement of nomination. after the election, 4 representatives will be appointed into high council of mpp. however, there is no single group obtain simple majority. mp and smart cooperate with each other to reach simple majority. consequently, the chairman of mpp is a fbmk's representative from mp; the vice chairman and the treasurer are both general representative from mp, and the secretary-general is general representative from smart. nevertheless, other representatives will be given a portfolio which is related to students' welfare. rankings university rankingsglobal – overallarwu world701-800cwts world319qs world123qs employability301-500rur world249the world601-800usnwr global547 regional – overallqs asia27the asia142the emerging economies81 national – overallqs national2the national3 the graphs below show the qs rankings and the rankings respectively. the rankings by region (asia) are not same as the asian universities' ranking filtered from world rankings because qs changed the indicators and weightings; the also recalibrated their results to reflect priorities and attributes of asian universities. in the 2021 rankings, qs top 50 under 50 and the young university ranking ranked upm for the last time because 50 years had passed since it was established as a university in 1971. the impact rankings times higher education impact rankings are the global performance tables that assess universities against the united nations' sustainable development goals (sdgs). year rank best scores by rank overall 2019 201-300 quality education58.7 53.7 – 64.5 sustainable cities and communities41.1 – 59.5 industry, innovation and infrastructure30.3 – 50.6 partnerships for the goals50.2 – 68.5 2020 101-200 quality education81.1 75.4 – 83.3 good health and well-being58.5 – 67.3 sustainable cities and communities71.4 partnerships for the goals80.7 2021 201-300 industry, innovation and infrastructure87.9 71.0 – 77.4 quality education73.7 sustainable cities and communities61.9 – 72.6 partnerships for the goals56.3 – 64.7 2022 201-300 industry, innovation and infrastructure93.0 76.9 – 82.0 quality education67.7 – 73.1 sustainable cities and communities69.2 – 78.6 partnerships for the goals83.1 – 90.6 ui greenmetric in 2022, universiti putra malaysia is ranked 25th in the world. the ranking of ui greenmetric is based on: setting & infrastructure (si) energy & climate change (ec) waste (ws) water (wr) transportation (tr) education & research (ed) the ranking also placed upm second in asia, and maintains first position within the country for 13 consecutive years since the ranking was introduced in 2010. year overall rankings rankings by region (asia) criteria & indicators total score si (15%)ec (21%)ws (18%)wr (10%)tr (18%)ed (18%) 2010617698.60 20111727204.60 20121916570.03 20131616672.85 201442510991445126987513256156628 201517110951300142570084411276491 201634413191090155136388613346543 20172731092115716027239628846420 2018323140012001350825145013507575 2019283127515501425950152512758000 2020283132515501425950152513508125 2021273130016001425900162515758425 2022252127517001575850162517758800 notable alumni politicians dato' seri dr. ahmad zahid hamidi, deputy prime minister of malaysia datuk seri saifuddin nasution ismail, minister of home affairs datuk seri haji salahuddin ayub, minister of domestic trade and living costs chang lih kang, minister of science and technology dato' seri amirudin shari, menteri besar of selangor datuk seri ronald kiandee, former minister of agriculture and food industries dato' sri hajah rohani abdul karim, former minister of women, family and community development datuk seri dr mujahid yusof rawa, former minister in the prime minister's department (religious affairs) datuk seri wilfred madius tangau, former deputy chief minister of sabah chong eng, member of the penang state legislative assembly for padang lalang najwan halimi, member of the selangor state assembly for kota anggerik athletes cheah liek hou, badminton player leong mun yee, diver cheong jun hoong, diver roslinda samsu, pole vaulter bibiana ng, shooter johnathan wong, shooter nazmizan muhammad, sprinter zaidatul husniah zulkifli, sprinter azreen nabila alias, athlete welson sim, swimmer hakimi ismail, triple jumper sharul aimy, artistic gymnast diana bong siong lin, wushu athlete academics ali dehghantanha, professor, university of guelph faiza darkhani, environmentalist, women's rights activist, and educator moi meng ling, professor, the university of tokyo, virologist poets raja rajeswari setha raman, poet businesspeople ebit lew, founder of elewsmart dato' seri ibrahim ahmad, founder of brahim's wen shin chia, founder of cooking oil recycling company green yards