新纪元大学学院是马来西亚华社多年以来创办民办高等学府的心愿。新纪元的成立归功于长 期以来热心民族教育、关怀文化发展及人力发展的人士的不懈努力。新纪元大学学院位于雪兰莪加影的8.5英亩校地原属于华侨学校产业受托会，并于1974年捐献给董教总作为兴办高等教育机构的用途。1994年8月董教总正式提呈申办学院的申请。3年后，在1997年5月28日终于获得马来西亚教育部批准开办，并于 1998年3月1日正式开课。
新纪元大学学院与众不同的办学特色是：
· 源自社会，回馈社会的办学理念
· 非营利、非政府、超越政党的组织性质
· 多元文化、全人教育、具备社会责任感的教育使命
· 学术自由、学生自治的办学承诺
· 知性发展、艺术发展并重的培养计划
· 科学发展、工艺发展并进的办学方向
New Era University College Malaysia was conceived many years before the approach of the new millennium as a community-funded tertiary institution. Its realisation today is the result of deep commitment and persistence by those in the community who care about our society’s progress through education, culture and human resource development. The 8.5 acre piece of land on which the campus stands was originally donated by the local Chinese associations in Kajang to Dong Jiao Zong (The Chinese School Committees and School Teachers Associations) in 1974 for use as a tertiary-level education institution. The desire of the community for a tertiary institution as an extension of the Malaysian Independent Chinese Secondary Schools (MICSS) has been determined and unwavering as manifested in the enthusiastic response to the fund-raising campaigns to start the campus. Planning for the university college started in earnest when a formal application for a College license was made in August 1994. After waiting for three years, the college was eventually approved by the Malaysian Education Ministry on 28 May 1997. The first intake of students at New Era University College started their courses on 1 March 1998.
What’s Different about New Era University College?
· New Era University College is founded by the community, for the community
· A non-profit, non-governmental and non-partisan establishment
· Committed to multi-cultural, holistic and socially responsible education
· Upholds academic freedom and students’ autonomy
· Promotes intellectual and artistic development
· Encourages scientific and technological advancement
