UM ONE OF TOP 20 VARSITIES IN ASIA

It moves from 24th spot to 19th

UNIVERSITI Malaya has again made the country proud by breaking into the top 20 bracket in next year’s edition of the QS World University Rankings: Asia, released by global higher education analyst QS Quacquarelli Symonds today.

From the 24th position last year, UM has moved up to 19th — its highest spot since the inception of the ranking, now in its tenth edition.

The latest assessment of Asia’s 500 best universities sees National University of Singapore taking back the leadership of the Asia ranking from its neighbour, Nanyang Technological University, which has to settle for third place.

The University of Hong Kong moved three places to second. Malaysia, with 26 universities ranked, is the fifth most represented country in the rankings after China (111), Japan (89), India (75) and South Korea (57).

According to QS, apart from UM, Malaysia has four more universities in the top 50 and the country’s top 19 universities have all moved up.

UM comes in third under the measure for international research network — a new indicator in the ranking assessment, which gives credit to the volume of collaboration with universities outside the home country.

The two leading Singaporean universities top the list, while five Malaysian universities are among the top 25 in this indicator.

The full results will go live on www.TopUniversities.com.