University Leadership

Prof. Dr. Roslan Zainal Abidin holds a Diploma and a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering (MARA Institute of Technology, Malaysia), a Master’s degree (Miyazaki University, Japan) and a Doctoral degree (Kagoshima University, Japan) in Agriculture. He is a visiting professor at Miyazaki University since 2016. He was a postdoctoral fellow of the Korean Science & Engineering Foundation (KOSEF) at the Seoul National University (1995), an honorary visiting professor of the University of Exeter, UK (2000), and a research fellow with the Japanese Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS) at Kyoto University, Japan (2006). Professor Dr. Roslan Zainal Abidin was a Senior Engineer at the Department of Irrigation and Drainage Malaysia before embarking on an academic career at MARA Institute of Technology (1995-2010). He is a Panel Assessor for the Malaysian Qualification Agency and also a member of the Editorial Board for the Malaysian Construction Research Journal, Construction Research Institute of Malaysia (CREAM) and a consultant to IKRAM Engineering Services on environmental issues. Prior to his appointment at Nilai University, Professor Dr. Roslan Zainal Abidin served as the President and Vice-Chancellor of Infrastructure University Kuala Lumpur (IUKL).