Malaysian universities make their mark in THE's emerging economies university rankings 2019

by StudyMalaysia.com on January 29, 2019 | Top Stories, University Rankings

Malaysian universities make their mark in THE's emerging economies university rankings 2019 - StudyMalaysia.com

The University of Malaya climbed from the 27th spot to 18th in The Times Higher Education Emerging Economies University Rankings 2019, making this its highest position so far in the ranking.

In this ranking, the same 13 performance indicators as the THE World University Rankings are used to judge institutions on their teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook. However, the indicators are recalibrated to reflect the development priorities of universities in emerging economies which are classified by the FTSE as “advanced emerging”, “secondary emerging” or “frontier”.

Here’s a quick look at the key highlights of the rankings:

The #1 spot goes to Tsinghua University, China	442 universities from 43 countries feature in the table
University of Malaya is ranked #18	11 Malaysian universities are represented in 2019, up from 9 in 2018
India is the second most-represented country with 49 institutions, up from 42 last year	The third and fourth most represented countries go to Brazil and Russia
China remains the most-represented nation with 72 institutions (2019), up from 63 in 2018 Chinese universities claim seven out of the top 10 positions

The top 20 universities are listed below:

Malaysian universities make their mark in THE's emerging economies university rankings 2019

Here’s how Malaysian universities fared:

University	Ranking
University of Malaya	=18
Universiti Teknologi Petronas	60
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	86
Universiti Sains Malaysia	105
Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR)	=117
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	132
Universiti Putra Malaysia	=145
Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN)	=187
Universiti Utara Malaysia	201–250
Universiti Teknologi MARA	351+
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)	351+