RISUS- Journal on Innovation and Sustainability Volume 5, número 1 – 2014 ISSN: 2179-3565

Abstract: The Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) of Malaysia has launched its transformation initiative, called National Higher Education Strategic Plan (NHESP) that sets the foundation towards attaining merit and sustainability for the higher education system beyond 2020. One of the initiatives is for one Malaysian university to be in the top 50 of world ranking. Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) has decided to go for this challenge.To achieve this objective, UTM has to set a very clear and tangible target by setting challenging Key Performance Indicators (KPI). This paper summarizes the transformation initiatives that UTM undertook since 2009, the lesson learnt and good practices that other institutions of higher learning could adopt