The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus is an overseas campus

Satellite campus

A satellite campus or branch campus is a campus of a college or university that is physically detached from the main university or college area, and is often smaller than the main campus of an institution....

 of the University of Nottingham

University of Nottingham

The University of Nottingham is a public research university based in Nottingham, United Kingdom, with further campuses in Ningbo, China and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia...

. The university is situated in Semenyih

Semenyih

Semenyih is a small town in Selangor, Malaysia, about 8 km southeast of Kajang along the Kajang-Seremban road. The meaning of the name of the town is not certain...

, Selangor a town part of Greater Kuala Lumpur

Greater Kuala Lumpur

Greater Kuala Lumpur is the geographical term that determines the boundaries of Metropolitan Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, though similar with Klang Valley, there remains variation between the two. It is similar with Greater London and Greater Toronto...

. The University was recently ranked as "excellent" or tier 5 in a scale of tier 1-6 and is classified as a private institution, by the Malaysian Ministry of Higher Education. The Malaysia Campus was the first campus of a British University in Malaysia and one of the first to open outside Britain thus earning the distinction of the Queen's Awards for Enterprise

Queen's Awards for Enterprise

The Queen's Awards for Enterprise is an awards programme for British businesses and other organizations who excel at international trade, innovation or sustainable development. They are the highest official UK awards for British businesses...

 2001 and the Queen's Award for Industry

The Queen's Award for Enterprise: International Trade (Export) (2006)

The Queen's Award for Enterprise: International Trade was awarded on 21 April 2006, by Queen Elizabeth II.-Recipients:The following organisations were awarded this year.* 20 Essex Street of London WC2 for legal services...

 (International Trade) 2006.
The Malaysia campus was first established in 2000 when the first batch of students were enrolled, students were then taught in a rented building.