The Institute of Postgraduate Studies and Research will be established in Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (Utar) next year.

Programmes such as the Masters degree in Business Administration and Masters degree in Science would be offered.

Presently, there are 12 courses being offered in Utar but another eight honours degree courses would be starting January 2005. They are Bachelor of Information Technology (Computer Engineering), Bachelor of Business Administration (Banking and Finance), Bachelor of Business Administration (Entrepreneurship), Bachelor of Economics (Financial Economics), Bachelor of Marketing, Bachelor of Communication (Advertising), Bachelor of Communication (Broadcasting) and Bachelor of Social Science (Psychology).

The construction of the Heritage Hall & Conference Complex, Teaching & Learning Station and Student Pavilion was in progress while work on the laboratories-cum-lecture theatres and research laboratories-cum-lecture halls would start within the next two months.