INTAN Sabah was officiated by the Honourable Dato’ Seri Mohd Najib Tun Abdul Razak, Prime Minister of Malaysia on the 16 September 2010.

Established on 15 June 2001, INTAN Sabah began its operation from the Federal Secretary Office, Federal House Building, Kota Kinabalu. The newly built 80 acres main campus in Jalan Sulaman, Tuaran has started operation on 9 December 2008.

The campus was designed and built by taking into account the aspect of user friendliness, preservation of environment and upholding local architecture. It consists of five buildings namely, Administration and Academic Block, Surau, Hostels, Sports and Recreations Facilities and Quarters. All the buildings are inter-connected and within walking distance.

In line with INTAN rebranding exercise, regional campuses were rebranded as Centre of Excellence in their respective field. INTAN Sabah became the Centre of Excellence for Management and Organisation Governance. Its establishment is aimed to assist in transformation process and value add in organisation management that emphasises on excellence governance. Effective and efficient management will further enhance organisations, and most importantly, yields positive effect towards excellence in service delivery.

The campus offers various courses with the purpose to enhanced participant’s competency level in area such as Human Resource Management, Financial Management, Leadership, Quality and Information and Communication Technology. In addition, INTAN Sabah also provides consultation service, research undertaking and organising seminar and executive talk.

INTAN Sabah only offered short courses (3 to 5 day courses). The main target groups are both the Federal and State civil servants, mainly those who are working in Sabah and Federal Territory of Labuan.