Muhammad Azril Hezmi received his Bachelor Degree in Civil Engineering from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) in 2001. Later he pursue his M. Eng in Civil-Geotechnis in 2002 and completed within a year in UTM. He pursed his PhD in Civil Engineering in University of Glasgow where he was working on experimental work on Mechanical Behaviour of Bonded Unsaturated Soil.

He started his career in UTM as Research Officer (RO) in 2003 for 6 months in development of Rapid Consolidation Equipment (RACE) for cohesive soils. Currently, he is a Senior Lecturer in Department of Geotechnics and Transportation, Faculty of Civil Engineering. His field of research interests in experimental research in unsaturated soils, rainfall induce landslide and global climate changes effect on soil behaviour. He has involved in research and consultancy projects. He also active in social activities such as community drive, NGO drive and religious body drive and young professional financial educator .