UM breaks into QS top-150 amid mixed results for Malaysian varsities
Tuesday September 15, 2015
07:04 AM GMT+8
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UMwent up five spots to sit in 146th place this year as it remained
Malaysia’s top public university, bettering its 2014 rank of 151. — File
picKUALA LUMPUR, Sept 15 — Universiti Malaya (UM) broke
past the top-150 barrier in the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World
University Rankings for 2015 to 2016, as local universities registered
mixed results in the annual evaluation of varsities around the globe.
UM went up five spots to sit in 146th place this year as it remained
Malaysia’s top public university, bettering its 2014 rank of 151.
The closest Malaysian university on the ranking was Universiti Sains
Malaysia (USM), which jumped up 20 places to make it among the top-300
in 289th place.
Also enjoying an improvement to their standings was Universiti Putra
Malaysia (UPM), which recorded the biggest leap up 45 places to finish
in 331st place while Universiti Utara Malaysia made its debut on the
annual rankings, bringing up the tally of Malaysian varsities on the QS
list to eight.
Malaysian universities that faltered include Universiti Teknologi
Malaysia(303th) and Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (312th), both of
which fell out of the top-300.
International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) and Universiti
Teknologi Mara (UITM) also failed to better rankings and have landed in
the 551-600 and 701+ bracket.
QS said Malaysian universities in the top 400 gained ground in the
research indicator principally because of a new method applied to its
assessment, whilst they have consistently lost ground in the academic
reputation indicator and in the employer reputation indicator.
The global firm also said that the Malaysian universities excelled in
two of the five faculty areas, with UM, USM and UTM ranked among the
world’s Top 100 for Engineering and Technology while UM and USM sit
among the Top 100 for Social Sciences & Management.
“The strengths of Malaysian institutions shine in the technical and
social sciences while the performance in the world’s ranking has been
mixed, with three universities rising mostly as a consequence of the
methodological reform applied in this edition, three dropping, one new
entry and one unchanged,” said QS head of research Ben Sowter.
“While there are some successes to celebrate, there is also room for
improvement in all the indicators we consider. In particular, in the
research indicator as there isn’t any local university among the Top
400”,’ he said.
The 11th Malaysia Plan (11MP) aims to see two Malaysian universities
ranked among the top 100 tertiary education institutions on the QS
rankings.
The QS World University Rankings is an annual league table of the top
universities in the world. This year, 3,539 institutions were considered
for inclusion this year and 891 ranked.
The top ranked institutions were US’s Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (MIT), Harvard University, University of Cambridge, Stanford
University and California Institute of Technology (Caltech).
The National University of Singapore (12th) is confirmed as the leading
Asian institution while Nanyang Technological University (13th) enjoyed
a quantum leap of twenty-six places, nearly closing the gap.
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UMwent up five spots to sit in 146th place this year as it remained
Malaysia’s top public university, bettering its 2014 rank of 151. — File
picKUALA LUMPUR, Sept 15 — Universiti Malaya (UM) broke
past the top-150 barrier in the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World
University Rankings for 2015 to 2016, as local universities registered
mixed results in the annual evaluation of varsities around the globe.
UM went up five spots to sit in 146th place this year as it remained
Malaysia’s top public university, bettering its 2014 rank of 151.
The closest Malaysian university on the ranking was Universiti Sains
Malaysia (USM), which jumped up 20 places to make it among the top-300
in 289th place.
Also enjoying an improvement to their standings was Universiti Putra
Malaysia (UPM), which recorded the biggest leap up 45 places to finish
in 331st place while Universiti Utara Malaysia made its debut on the
annual rankings, bringing up the tally of Malaysian varsities on the QS
list to eight.
Malaysian universities that faltered include Universiti Teknologi
Malaysia(303th) and Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (312th), both of
which fell out of the top-300.
International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) and Universiti
Teknologi Mara (UITM) also failed to better rankings and have landed in
the 551-600 and 701+ bracket.
QS said Malaysian universities in the top 400 gained ground in the
research indicator principally because of a new method applied to its
assessment, whilst they have consistently lost ground in the academic
reputation indicator and in the employer reputation indicator.
The global firm also said that the Malaysian universities excelled in
two of the five faculty areas, with UM, USM and UTM ranked among the
world’s Top 100 for Engineering and Technology while UM and USM sit
among the Top 100 for Social Sciences & Management.
“The strengths of Malaysian institutions shine in the technical and
social sciences while the performance in the world’s ranking has been
mixed, with three universities rising mostly as a consequence of the
methodological reform applied in this edition, three dropping, one new
entry and one unchanged,” said QS head of research Ben Sowter.
“While there are some successes to celebrate, there is also room for
improvement in all the indicators we consider. In particular, in the
research indicator as there isn’t any local university among the Top
400”,’ he said.
The 11th Malaysia Plan (11MP) aims to see two Malaysian universities
ranked among the top 100 tertiary education institutions on the QS
rankings.
The QS World University Rankings is an annual league table of the top
universities in the world. This year, 3,539 institutions were considered
for inclusion this year and 891 ranked.
The top ranked institutions were US’s Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (MIT), Harvard University, University of Cambridge, Stanford
University and California Institute of Technology (Caltech).
The National University of Singapore (12th) is confirmed as the leading
Asian institution while Nanyang Technological University (13th) enjoyed
a quantum leap of twenty-six places, nearly closing the gap.
- See more at:
http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/um-breaks-into-qs-top-150-amid-mixed-results-for-malaysian-varsities#sthash.9TTozdVb.dpuf
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