Majid Kadir received his bachelor’s degree in Land Surveying from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM-Malaysia) in 1978 and followed by his Master of Science and Ph.D degrees in Geodetic Science from University of Helsinki (Finland) in 1983 and 1991, respectively. From 1978 to 2006, he served as a member of the academic staff at the Faculty of Geoinformation Science and Engineering, UTM. The last post he held at UTM was as a Professor in Geomatics Engineering. He is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Surveyors Malaysia (RISM) and a member of the Association of Authorised Land Surveyors Malaysia (PEJUTA). He was conferred with the title Emeritus Professor from UTM in 2019.