Dr Amran Muhammad

Associate Professor Dr Amran Muhammad is Dean of the International Institute for Islamic Civilization (IIIC), University College of Yayasan Pahang in Kuantan. He is the Coordinator of the Technical Committee for the Development of Philosophy and Current Issues Course under the Ministry of Higher Education, and also the Head of Southeast Asia of Kalam Research and Media (KRM) – ISSI. He has been involved in conducting Training of Trainers for Philosophy and Current Issues lecturers for both Malaysian Public and Privates Higher Learning Institutions. He was the Founder and Chief Executive of the Islamic and Strategic Studies Institute (ISSI) based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He received BSc in Economics from the University of Alabama, USA, an MA in Islamic History and Philosophy of Science from the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilisation (ISTAC, Kuala Lumpur) and a PhD in Science and Technology Policy from the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of Manchester, UK. He had been selected as the Malaysian National Research Partner for the Atlas of Islamic World – Science and Innovation under the Royal Society of United Kingdom and the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) from 2009-2012. While serving the University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur from 1998-2013, he was Head of the Department of Science and Technology Studies and Deputy Director of the University Malaya’s Centre for Civilisational Dialogue. He has authored several essays and books including Ibn Sina on Demonstration: A Logico-Epistemological Framework of Ibn Sina’s Philosophy of Science (ISSI, 2019)