All five Malaysian research universities in top 100 of QS University Rankings: Asia 2016

by StudyMalaysia.com on June 21, 2016 | Top Stories, University Rankings

Another achievement for UM, UPM, USM, UKM and UTM – the five research universities of Malaysia make it to the top 100 in the latest QS University Rankings: Asia

In the latest QS University Rankings: Asia 2016 results which were released on 14 June, the five public universities in Malaysia that have been designated research university status did the country proud by making it to the top 100. All five universities were also ranked among the top 100 in 2015.
Universiti Malaya which holds the highest ranking among all Malaysian universities moved from the 29th spot last year to 27th. Many of the universities improved their ranking compared to the previous year.

QS University Rankings: Asia 2016 – rankings of institutions in Malaysia
	Institution	2016	2015
Top 50	Universiti Malaya (UM)	27	29
Top 50	Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)	49	66
Top 100	Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)	51	49
	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)	55	56
	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)	63	61
Top 200	Universiti Teknologi Petronas	127	151-160
	Universiti Utara Malaysia	137	191-200
	International Islamic University Malaysia	151	151-160
	Taylor’s University	179	201-250
	Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)	181	201-250
	Multimedia University (MMU)	193	201-250

The number one spot was retained by National University of Singapore. Here’s a quick look at the top 10 institutions in Asia.

QS University Rankings: Asia 2016 - Top 10
2016	2015	Institution	Country/Territory
1	1	National University of Singapore (NUS)	Singapore
2	2	University of Hong Kong (HKU)	Hong Kong
3	4	Nanyang Technological University (NTU)	Singapore
4	5	The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)	Hong Kong
5	11	Tsinghua University	China
6	3	KAIST - Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology	South Korea
7	9	City University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong
8	6	The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)	Hong Kong
9	7	Peking University	China
10	8	Seoul National University (SNU)	South Korea