There are several projects done under the UM Mathematical Association (UMMA). Math Centre is one of the projects under UMMA. For more, refer to the About page.

We organise different kinds of activities and events throughout the session 2021/2022. For more, refer to the About page and follow our Instagram & Facebook to stay updated. We will be updating on our website as well.

Yes, of course! Member recruitment will be held every academic year (September / October), kindly follow our Instagram & Facebook to stay up to date. The recruitment of committees for the session 2021/2022 had ended. Stay tuned for the recruitment of upcoming session in 2022. Details could be obtain in Events page and Recruitment section on this page.

We will post Google Form links for you to register in both our webpage (here) and social media accounts - Instagram & Facebook. Do follow us so that you won't miss out on any of them!

Yes, of course! You may find us via the Contact page or email us the activity/ event details to mathcentre.umma@gmail.com

You are most welcome to leave your suggestions or any comments in Contact page. You may also send it via email : mathcentre.umma@gmail.com

Yes, you can. We welcomed all students in ISM to join us.

There are 4 departments opened for this session: Program & Activity , Multimedia & Publicity , Logistics and Special Tasks , Sales & Marketing.

1. Programme and Activity Department - Planning, organizing and monitoring projects - Managing session registration of each project 2. Publicity and Multimedia Department - Preparing promotional materials - Publicizing the projects - Taking photos and videos at each project 3. Logistic and Special Task Department - Preparing tools and materials needed for each project - Managing and setting up digital platforms for events / activities - Managing Math Centre Website and Math Exposure discord server 4. Sales and Marketing Department - Identifying and developing the sponsorship - Producing marketing - Managing transaction in the upcoming UMMAzon Bookstore

Yes. A short interview will be held after the registration period. The purpose is to know more about you and it will be helping us to decide which department suits you better. Don’t be scared with the word ‘interview’, it is just a short meet up. Hope to see you there!

No, we welcome all students to join us as long as you are responsible and willing to put efforts in handling events with other members in Math Centre. However, for the multimedia department, members will be handling posters and videos of Math Centre. Knowing the editing skill would be an additional mark for you.

You may still join our annual activity - Academic Assistants & Learners. As for other events, for instance, math competitions, you might already know the answers beforehand, so you are now allowed to join the competition. While for any other activities, you may ask your Head of Departments for confirmation later.

Yes, you can. There are no restrictions in joining activities in UM as long as you can manage your time well.

You may get the QR code of the registration form in our Instagram post or at the Events page. The registration period is from 18 - 28 Oct 2021. Jot down and don’t miss out on the date!

To answer the weekly riddles, you must first register as one of the participants and answer the weekly riddles through Google Form given every week. Your name and marks will be recorded by the committee. Click here to register :

Kindly request for a mark review through Contact Page or Email : mathcentre.umma@gmail.com. Please provide your full name and matric no for verification purpose.

You are most welcomed to suggest your answer via Contact Page or Email : mathcentre.umma@gmail.com. Kindly provide the explanation for your answer.

Yes! Everyone is welcomed to provide interesting and challenging riddles. You can submit your suggestion through Contact Page or Email : mathcentre.umma@gmail.com

The solver of the week will be posted a week after, together with the answer of the riddle. For the overall winners of the semester, we will announce it after Week 12.

Yes, you can join the activity as long as you are a student of University of Malaya. You will also earn a post of being the ‘Mathematician of The Week’ if you are the fastest solver of the week.

The fastest solver of a riddle will earn an appreciation post for ‘Mathematician of The Week’. Points will be given and accumulated for the whole semester as mentioned in the terms and conditions posted in Instagram.

It was once known as the Mentor-Mentee Programme. Therefore, it is an academic activity where the Learners (Mentees) will be guided / taught by the Assistants (Mentors) on certain subjects in ISM.

General Must currently enrolled as ISM student Select to be an academic assistant or learner but not both for the same course. Grouping will be done by Math Centre Committees. Fill in the application form provided in the QR code. Make sure to provide accurate and complete information during registration Assistants Registration form for Academic Assistants remains open until 28 November 2021 Select one or more preferable courses to give assistance in, only one or two Assistants will be selected for each course, depending on the number of Learners. The courses selected should be the courses that are currently studying or studied before Have great patience, friendly, committed, and passionate to guide the Learners. Conduct at least 5 hours worth of sessions with Learners before 16 January 2022 to get merit marks and e-certificates. A total of RM200 will be evenly distributed according to levels of assistant Record each session for evaluation of teaching and learning hours. Make a report for each session and submit it to google drive provided. Assistants are allowed to drop out starting from 15 November 2021 to 28 November 2021 but with a replacement of a new assistant fulfilling all the criteria above. After the drop-out period, Assistants are not allowed to quit. Learners Registration form for Academic Learners remains open for the entire semester 1 of academic session 2021/2022 No requirement on the results. Everyone is welcome to join. Provide feedback about Academic Assistant. Attend at least 5 hours worth of sessions with Assistants before 16 January 2022 to get merit marks and e-certificates. Learners are allowed to drop out starting from 15 November 2021 to 28 November 2021. After the drop-out period, Learners are not allowed to quit.

For this answer, we will label Academic Assistants & Learners as AAL and Mentor-Mentee Programme as MMP. a) AAL involves all the students from ISM who are interested in this activity while MMP involves the students who have lower CGPA in their previous semester. b) AAL will involve students who have registered to be Assistants and Learners for subjects that they have chosen and then form a study group. For MMP, a lecturer will be assigned to monitor the study group formed for each subject. c) AAL does not involve any lecturers while for MMP, lecturers will be involved in guiding the students.

For Semester 1, session 2021/2022, it will be fully online. Platform to be used will be decided by the Assistants and Learners themselves. Google Meet (logged in by using siswamail) is encouraged for live session classes as recording the meeting is required to be taken as evidence. Duration for each session will also be decided by the Assistants. The minimum teaching & learning hours for each assistant and learner are - 5 hours in total for sem 1 - 6 hours in total for sem 2 If the minimum hours are not reached, there will be no merits and certificates given.

Unfortunately, no. The grouping will be handled by the committees. All the groups will be divided according to the subjects registered.

Both Assistants and Learners will be given merits and certificates at the end of the semester. Different merit marks will be given according to the performance of the Assistants and Learners. Exciting cash prizes will also be awaiting the Assistants with great performance in guiding the Learners!

Yes. You might not be interested to join this activity in the beginning, but we will be opening the registration form for the whole semester. Therefore, you may still join later.

The assistants will have to decide what to teach in their respective study group and guide the learners to complete their tutorials.

The learners have to ensure their attendance and give full cooperation to the assistants.

Yes, but you will not be given any merits or certificates. For the assistant, you can only quit after you have found a new assistant to replace you.

UMMAzon is a platform launched in session 2021/2022 where we share free e-books and resources to the students in ISM as the resources provided will be mainly regarding courses in ISM. However, we do not restrict other students from other faculties or departments to download the files. Everyone can access the files. We are still in the progress of collecting more resources and e-books so that everyone in ISM would be benefited. We truly appreciate your kindness in sharing your resources with us. You could contribute by filling up the form in the UMMAzon page, credits will be given. Under UMMAzon, we are going to open a digital bookstore where students or alumni of UM could utilize this platform to sell their used books or notes as long as they are in good condition. For more, visit our Bookstore page and Bookstore section in FAQ.

You may share your resources by filling up the Google Form in the UMMAzon page.

Yes, you can. For anonymous sharing, please put a dash '-' or your nickname at your name in the Google Form.

You can share your resource(s) with us. We will be updating the resources with the best quality.

Yes, you will, if your submission is approved. An e-certificate of appreciation will be given. However, you may choose to receive the certificate or not. There might be cases where your resources are similar and they are already posted on our page. Then, your submission might be rejected but you will still get an e-cert as long as they are of remarkably good quality.

It would be better for you to scan your notes and compile it into a pdf file first. You may use CamScanner for this purpose.

The possible resources that can be shared are as follows : - Mathematics digital textbook - Self-made lecture note - Fun and recreational mathematics book (pdf) - any relevant resources such as integration table or RStudio user guide If your lecturers agree to share his/her notes to the public, then you can share the notes with us. As there might be copyright issues, it would be better to ask the permission from your lecturers first. For other types of resources, you may share with us too and we will decide to approve or decline the submission. Contact us if you have any enquiries.

Yes.

It is a digital platform under UMMAzon for students or alumni of UM to sell off their used textbooks or self made notes to the students of UM. We will put your books or notes on shelves as long as they are of good condition. If you wish to sell your books or notes here, kindly fill in the google form on the Bookstore page. The store is close for now. We will be opening soon! Stay tuned!

Kindly fill in the google form at the bottom of the Bookstore page. T&Cs and details will be given in the form.

You will decide the price on your own. The platform will only charge 1% - 5%** commission on each transaction. **To be updated

Yes. The platform will charge 1%-5%** commission on each transaction. **To be updated

You may choose to keep or pull the resources off shelves. You are required to fill in a Google Form in order to withdraw your resources.

Yes, sure. You are required to fill in a Google form to retrieve the selling of your resources.

No registration is required. You are only required to send the product details via Google form. Fees are also not required but the platform will charge 1%-5%** commission on each transaction. **To be updated

No at the moment. The UMMAzon Bookstore is aimed to sell the useful learning materials to the UM students. As the bookstore is still new, we will slowly expand our store to more varieties in the future. Do stay tuned for more updates in the future!