QS World University Rankings® 2021

by StudyMalaysia.com on June 11, 2020 | Top Stories, University Rankings

QS World University Rankings® 2021 - StudyMalaysia.com

In the world’s top universities this year ranked by QS World University Rankings® 2021, Malaysia has five universities ranked among the world’s top 200.

The results for the QS World University Rankings® 2021 which were released on 9 June 2020 ranked 1029 universities from 82 different locations. Among the highlights of the seventeenth edition of the QS World University Rankings® are:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology is named the world's best university for a record-breaking ninth consecutive year
The top 3 universities in the world are the same from the previous two years
Universiti Malaya reaches a record high at 59th place
Asia's top university is the National University of Singapore (11th)
China's Tsinghua University reaches a new all-time high (15th)

There were no newcomers in the top 10 universities. Here’s the top 10 list:

In Malaysia, a total of 20 universities were ranked this year with Universiti Malaya moving up to 59th position, improving 11 places and recording its highest ever rank. Most of the other universities showed a marked improvement in their rankings from the previous year.

Among the public universities, Universiti Teknologi Petronas had the biggest jump from a ranking of 482 to 439, followed by Universiti Teknologi Malaysia from 217 to 187. The best performer among the private universities is Taylor’s university at 379, rising from the 511-520 band in last year’s ranking. UCSI is the next highest ranked private university in Malaysia at 391.

2021 Ranking	2020 Ranking	2019 Ranking	University
59	70	87	Universiti Malaya (UM)
132	159	202	Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
141	160	184	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)
142	165	207	Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)
=187	217	228	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
379	511-520	601-650	Taylor’s University
391	442	481	UCSI University
=439	482	521-530	Universiti Teknologi Petronas (Petronas)
531-540	591-600	601-650	Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM)
551-560	541-550	-	Management and Science University
601-650	651-700	651-700	International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM)
651-700	651-700	751-800	Universiti Teknologi MARA – UiTM
701-750	751-800	-	Sunway University
701-750	801-1000	701-750	Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN)
751-800	751-800	-	Universiti Malaysia Pahang
801-1000	801-1000	801-1000	Multimedia University (MMU)
801-1000	801-1000	-	Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
801-1000	801-1000	-	Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR)
801-1000	701-750	-	Universiti Malaysia Perlis
801-1000	801-1000	-	Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS)