The National University of Malaysia (Malay: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia) is a public university located in Bangi, Selangor which is about 35 km south of Kuala Lumpur. Its teaching hospital, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre (UKMMC) Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (PPUKM) is located in Cheras and also has a branch campus in Kuala Lumpur. Currently there are 17,500 undergraduate students enrolled, and 5,105 postgraduate students of which 1368 are foreign students from 35 different countries. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia is one of the five research universities in the country. It was ranked by The Times Higher Education Supplement (THES) at number 185 in its annual ranking of the world's top 200 universities for 2006. The university was formally established on 18 May 1970. It initially operated in a temporary campus located at Lembah Pantai, Kuala Lumpur with its first cohort of 192 students and 3 faculties. In October 1977, it moved to its present location in Bangi, a campus of 1,096 hectares. By 2007, the university has expanded to 12 faculties, four institutes and nine academic centres. The three above makes up the founding faculties.