Malaysian Universities Move Up in QS World Universities Ranking
by StudyMalaysia.com on September 23, 2014 | Top Stories, University Rankings
Five Malaysian universities move up in QS world universities ranking. Can you guess which ones made it to top 400?
The university that leads this year's is , US, for the third year running.
Coming after MIT in the top ten ranking are the (UK), (UK), (US), (UK), (UK), (US), , (US), (US) and (US).
Meanwhile, how did Malaysian universities fare in this global ranking that measures the four key pillars of research, teaching, employability and internationalisation?
Overall, the top public universities in Malaysia improved their ranking with Universiti Malaya (UM) rising to 151 (from 167 last year) and Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) at 259th place (from 269 last year). Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) had the most marked improvement – up 61 ranks to 294 (from 355 last year).
Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) also improved 46 ranks up at 309th place (from 355 last year) while Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) made it to 376 from the 411-420 category.
In the , the top ten universities in Asia are led by Singapore, Korea and China.
The top university is and followed by , , , , , , , , and .
In this ranking of universities in Asia, Universiti Malaya (UM) ranked 32 followed by Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) at 56, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) at 57, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) at 66, and Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) at 76.
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