UTM ranks third among universities in ASEAN countries

by StudyMalaysia.com on June 22, 2016 | Top Stories, University Rankings

In the Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings 2016 published on 21 June, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia emerged third among universities in ASEAN countries.

Other Malaysian universities in the top 10 ASEAN ranking are Universiti Putra Malaysia in 6th place, Universiti Sains Malaysia in 7th place, and Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia in 10th place.

Top universities in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean)

Asean rank	Institution	Country	2016 Asia Rank
1	National University of Singapore	Singapore	1
2	Nanyang Technological University	Singapore	=2
3	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Malaysia	=70
4	Mahidol University	Thailand	90
5	King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi	Thailand	98
6	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Malaysia	121-130
=7	Chiang Mai University	Thailand	141-150
=7	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Malaysia	141-150
9	Chulalongkorn University	Thailand	151–160
=10	Suranaree University of Technology	Thailand	161–170
=10	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Malaysia	161–170

National University of Singapore and Nanyang Technological University have taken the top two spots respectively both for the ASEAN and Asia university rankings.

The top 10 universities in the THE Asia University Rankings 2016 are:

1	National University of Singapore, Singapore
=2	Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
=2	Peking University, China
4	University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
5	Tsinghua University, China
6	Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
7	University of Tokyo, Japan