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Published by Afterschool.my on Jun 08, 2017, 06:26 pm
It has been a long way since national independence and we are starting to see our fruits. Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University rankings for 2018 has named five Malaysian universities in the top 300 best universities in the world. Now that is something to shout about.
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According to New Straits Times, QS research director Ben Sowter said: “Seven Malaysian universities improved their scores for QS’s Academic Reputation metric, while eight improved their scores for QS’s Employer Reputation metric.” This shows that Malaysian universities are slowly gaining prominence in the field of education and improving their reputation among the global academic community and the world’s employers.
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Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) leaped its way from being no. 330 to 264 in the world rankings.
http://www.usm.my/
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Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) rose from the 288th place to 253rd place.
www.utm.my
Rising up 72 places is Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) who was ranked 302 and now 230.
http://www.ukm.my/portal/
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Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) stands at 229 currently when it was no. 270 last year. That is quite a big leap.
http://www.upm.edu.my/
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And our all-time favourite university, Universiti Malaya (UM) reached its highest rank since 2004 which shot up from 133 to 114 on the latest QS World University Rankings.
https://www.um.edu.my/
Here’s a summarised version of it.
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Cited as one of the world’s most prestigious universities, Massachusetts Institute of Technology continues to live up to its name where it has been leading the charts for the record sixth consecutive year. Stanford University remains in second place, Harvard University sits at third and California Institute of Technology takes fourth place.
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The QS World University Rankings have created the first-of-its-kind app for students who would like to make the best decision when pursuing their tertiary education. Students can now download it from the App Store to compare courses, schools, ratings and more.
The complete QS World University Rankings 2018 can be found at:
https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2018
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