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EDUCATION 09

THE INSTITUTE OF

WELL-BEING

n pursuit of its research functioning, the Institute of In line with the advent of global developments in well-
Well-Being was established to further enhance UIM’s being and happiness research and ranking measures,
Ischolarship and research contribution towards the the Institute shall establish networking and academic
development of the quality of life and well-being of society linkages with other similar institutions locally and abroad.
at large. The Institute aspires to promote scholarly and
graduate research towards producing useful knowledge
for overall well-being, national integrity, harmony and a
flourishing society.

The Institute’s purpose is to conduct research,
disseminate new knowledge, practices and wisdom in
the understanding, manifestation and implementation of
well-being concepts in everyday work and life situations.
In serving UIM, the Institute’s main role is to promote and
support research in well-being as well as the related fields
of happiness and positive psychology. One of the main
thrusts is in developing and promoting measures and
indices that reflect what really matters to the population
as the realistic indicators of human progress. Other than
that, the research programme shall dwell into the search
of more relevant attributes and key drivers of well-being
notwithstanding the cultural, transcendental, religious
and spiritual dimensions.

In public service, the Institute shall collaborate with
government, non-government and private sectors to help
establish and promote community-based activities that
shall cultivate public interests and support for well-being
development efforts at various levels.