The college was opened in 1986 in Bangunan Sim Lim, Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur. The college only enrolled 37 students at its inception, but the student population increased to 400 within 18 months. Enrolment continues to increase, leading the college to be re-located to Jalan Sungai Besi, Kuala Lumpur in 1989. Two years later, with more than 900 full-time students, the college established a permanent campus: INTI College Subang Jaya. It also opened branch campuses in Kuching, Sarawak in 1991; and Kota Kinabalu, Sabah branch in 1996. INTI College Malaysia's main campus was established on of land in Putra Nilai in 1998. In March 2000, INTI acquired International College Penang which is located in the Bukit Jambul education township. In 2004, INTI continued to expand with three new associate campuses: Genting INTI International College, Metropolitan College and PJ College of Art & Design. To date, INTI has six associate campuses in Malaysia. On 4 September 2006, ICM received the Ministry of Higher Education approval for upgrade to university college status. ICM became INTI University College. In 2008, INTI merged with Laureate International Universities to be a Laureate International Education Group member. In 31 May 2010, the Ministry of Higher Education upgraded INTI University College to the status of a University able to confer its own degrees - INTI International University. On 1 June 2010, INTI UC received its upgrades to a full university from Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin. Its student population was 300 at this time.
Campuses
INTI International University & Colleges have six campuses across Malaysia.
INTI International University
INTI International College Subang
INTI International College Kuala Lumpur
INTI International College Penang
INTI College Sabah
INTI College Nilai
Academic Programmes
The university and colleges are divided into faculties, each has its own pre-university, diploma and degree programmes.
INTI International University provides charged bus service for students and staffs to travel to different destinations according to the bus schedule they have prepared. Students and staffs can utilize the bus service to travel to the Nilai Komuter station. Additionally, they also provide free-of-charge shuttle bus service to INTI International College Subang.
