The History Department offers book prizes for its students who have excelled in History. Prizes offered are:

• R.R. Bonney @ Mohd Hamdan Book Prize
• Ghazali Shafie Prize
• K.K. Nair
• Malaysian Historical Society History Prize
  FAMOUS PERSONALITIES

  Among the famous personalities in the country who have graduated from the History Department are as follows:

  
  Tan Sri Abdul Halim Ali(Chief Secretary of Malaysia)
  Tan Sri Shahidan Kassim (Chief Minister of Perlis )
  Datuk Megat Junid Megat Ayob(Minister of Domestic Trade & Consumer Affairs)
  Datuk Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (UMNO Youth Leader)
  Tan Sri Dr. Mazlan Ahmad (Chief of the Civil Service of Malaysia)
  Dato' Danabalan Vengidasalam (Chief Secretary to the Ministry of Science, Tec. & Environment )
  Datuk James Ongkili (Former Minister in the Prime Minister's Department )
  Prof. Dato' Khoo Kay Kim (Professor of History,Department of History, UM )
  Prof. Dato'Mohd. Yusoff Hashim (Head, Department of History, UM)
  Datuk Ahmat Nazri Abdullah (Chief Editor, Berita Harian )
  Datuk Aziz Shamsuddin (Political Secretary to the Prime Minister )
  Abdul Malik Munip (Member of Johore State Council )
  Dr. Alias Mohammad (Former Press Secretary to Tun Ghafar Baba )
  Krishen Jit Amar Singh(Writer and Director of Drama )
  Dato' Hj. Mohd. Kamal Abu Bakar (Corporate figure )