What is RZS-CASIS?

The Raja Zarith Sofia Centre for Advanced Studies on Islām, Science, and Civilisation (RZS-CASIS), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) was established when the then Vice Chancellor Dato’ Seri Prof. Dr. Ir. Zaini Ujang invited Prof. Dr. Wan Mohd Nor Wan Daud to found and direct a centre to promote advanced scholarship and learning for the advancement of knowledge in the fields of study relating to Islām, science and civilisation.
RZS-CASIS specializes in the said fields and the allied sciences under the ambit of the worldview of Islām in full cognizance of developments in other civilisations, especially in the contemporary world along the philosophy and practice espoused by the renowned Tan Sri Prof. Dr. Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas. Prof. Dr. Wan Mohd Nor, Prof. Dr. Muhammad Zainiy Uthman and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Khalif Mu‘ammar were the founding members of RZS-CASIS and they began its instruction on February 1, 2011, with Prof. Dr. Wan Mohd Nor as its Founder-Director.
Among the Centre’s main objectives is to train young scholars who are intellectually adept to delve into the intricacies of religious thought while simultaneously at home with intellectual and scientific ideas, technologies and socio-economic thought, and institutions of today. They will have the requisite intellectual tools and competent knowledge to imbibe from the multi-disciplinary programme to prepare for future intellectual and civilisational challenges at home and the world at large.