Research Institute for Sustainable Environment (RISE) was established on 15th February 2015. This institute was formed from a merger between 5 outstanding Centers of Excellence in UTM namely Centre for Environmental Sustainability and Water Security – IPASA (IPASA), Geoscience & Digital Earth Centre – INSTeG , PROSPECT Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) – Process Systems Engineering Centre, UTM Centre for Innovative Planning and Development – CIPD and Center for Coastal and Ocean Engineering (COEI). The institute provides R&D, consultancy, lab services, monitoring and testing, as well as advices for policy makers, industries, town planners and domestic users in the area of sustainable environmental management, planning and engineering.