He is presently the Legal Advisor for his university. He served as the Rector of UiTM, Kedah campus, from 2010 to 2013 and was appointed the Dean of the UiTM Faculty of Law from 2013 to March 2017. Dr Haidar Dziyauddin earned his doctorate from the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne in Media Law. He is well published and serves on the editorial board of several journals. He specialises in media law, human rights and civil liberties, and corporate law.