The Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM; English: Northern University of Malaysia) was established on 16 February 1984 under the Universiti Utara Malaysia 1984 Order. The university was corporatised on 23 April 1998. It is in Sintok, Kedah. It is known as a management university. UUM was ranked in the bracket of 591–600 in the QS World University Rankings 2020.