Malaysia's sustained growth in recent decades in large part to the development of a strong education sector, one that aims especially to contribute to advances in the fields of science and technology. In support of this ambition, the government invited the petroleum company Petronas to set up a private university that would nurture technically qualified, well-rounded graduates who could direct the development of key industries in Malaysia. Blending academic training with hands-on experience, the University of Technology Petronas is conceived as an environment that will encourage creativity and innovation, 'a place to learn and not a place to be thought.'
