Soaring upwards
by StudyMalaysia.com on June 7, 2016 | Top Stories, University Rankings
From world university rankings to national policies on openness to international higher education, Malaysian higher education institutions are making their mark globally.
The government of Malaysia is committed in providing the best and the highest quality of higher education to its students. Several initiatives have been introduced to produce holistic graduates with balanced traits and an edge in entrepreneurship.
Some of the initiatives that have already been implemented include the iCGPA (Integrated Cumulative Grade Point Average) and the CEO@Faculty programme. In iCGPA, a matrix is used to display the GPAs for eight specific attributes: knowledge, practical skills, social skills and responsibility, ethics and values, communication, problem solving, information management, and entrepreneurship.
The CEO@Faculty programme has seen an increase in public-private sector collaboration where CEOs are appointed as adjunct professors. Some of the companies participating in this initiative are AirAsia, Huawei Malaysia, Novartis Corporation, Shell Malaysia, Samsung, B Braun, CIMB group, Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC), Maybank, Redtone International, Motorola Solutions, Asian Finance Bank, COMOS, and others.
These are just a couple of examples of the ongoing strategies carried out in line with the Malaysia Education Blueprint 2015-2025 (Higher Education) that has helped Malaysian higher education institutions improve the quality of higher education experience for its students. The infographic shows the highlights of higher education achievements of public and private universities in Malaysia.
Higher education achievements for public universities in Malaysia
| 20 public universities in Malaysia | Research grants |
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| 5 research universities | Total allocation RM226 million (as at Sep 2015) |
| 4 MTUN (TVET) | Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS) |
| 11 comprehensive universities | Transdisciplinary Research Grant Scheme (TRGS) |
| 14 HiCOEs | Prototype Development Research Grant Scheme (PRGS) |
| HiCOE – Higher institution centre of excellence | Long Term Research Grant Scheme (LRGS) |
| MTUN – Malaysian Technical University Network | Research Acculturation Grant Scheme (RAGS) |
| TVET – Technical and vocational education and training | Research Acculturation Collaborative Effort (RACE) |
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Research Incentive Grant Ministry of Higher Education (GSP-MoHE) |
QS World University Rankings 2015/16 |
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5 public universities on the QS World University Rankings 2015/16 |
Upward trend in the QS World University Rankings |
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| Universiti Malaya, 146 | In the world: | 2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
| Universiti Sains Malaysia, 289 | Universiti Malaya | 167 | 151 | 146 |
| Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 303 | Universiti Sains Malaysia | 355 | 309 | 289 |
| Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 312 | Universiti Putra Malaysia | 411 | 370 | 331 |
| Universiti Putra Malaysia, 331 | ||||
QS World University Rankings by Subject 2016 |
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Top 100:
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Top 100:
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Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Top 100:
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Top 100: Agriculture & Forestry |
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Upward trend in QS World University Rankings by Faculty |
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| Engineering & Technology | Social Sciences & Management |
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| University | 2014 | 2015 | University | 2014 | 2015 |
| Universiti Malaya | 83 | 54 | Universiti Malaya | 123 | 69 |
| Universiti Sains Malaysia | 122 | 85 | Universiti Sains Malaysia | 161 | 89 |
| Universiti Teknologi Malaysia | 134 | 100 | Universiti Putra Malaysia | 232 | 152 |
| Universiti Putra Malaysia | 161 | 133 | Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia | 196 | 161 |
| Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia | 186 | 149 | Universiti Teknologi Malaysia | 283 | 211 |
| Universiti Teknologi Petronas | 335 | 288 | Universiti Teknologi MARA | 350 | 327 |
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For Life Sciences & Medicine, University of Malaya is ranked 48th in the world for Academic Reputation |
| QS Stars University Ratings 2015 | QS World University Rankings 2015 Top 50 Under 50 |
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| Universiti Malaya, 5 stars | 26 | |
| Universiti Teknologi Petronas, 4 stars | Universiti Teknologi Malaysia | 30 |
| Universiti Malaysia Perlis, 3 stars | Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia | 32 |
| Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, 3 stars | Universiti Putra Malaysia | 38 |
Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, 2 stars |
Universiti Islam Antarabangsa ???? | (91-100) |
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings |
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5 public universities ranked for the first time |
BRICS & Emerging Economies Rankings 2016 |
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Top 500: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia? |
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia | 56 | |
Top 800: |
103 | ||
| ? | 112 | ||
| ? | Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia | 158 | |
| Academia-Industry Collaboration | Thomson Reuters' 'World's Most Influential Scientific Minds' |
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3 researchers recognised as ‘World’s most influential scientific minds 2015’
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Research and publications |
Research in Islamic banking |
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Malaysia is ranked 23rd for world scholarly outputs indexed in SCOPUS in 2014 Malaysia is #7 on the ‘Top 30 Asia Pacific Countries’ ranked by number of scholarly output, 2011-2015 |
11% of global Islamic finance research is contributed by International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance (INCEIF) & International Shari'ah Research Academy for Islamic Finance (ISRA) 11% of the world’s Islamic Banking publications come from International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) |
Thomson Reuters Malaysia's Rising Star Award: Top 1% in the World |
National Policies on Openness to International Higher Education |
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14 Malaysian academicians were bestowed the Thomson Reuters "Rising Star" award in 2015. These 14 academicians were recognized for emerging as the top 1% researchers with the most cited papers in their respective fields, in the world |
Germany and Malaysia emerge the best performers in a major British Council research that looks at national policies on openness to international higher education |
Private higher education institutions in Malaysia have begun making their mark in rankings
Private higher education institutions, > 500 | Foreign university branch campuses, 9 |
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QS World University Rankings Asia |
QS World University Rankings by Subject 2016 |
Universiti Teknologi Petronas, 151 Top 250: |
Top 150: Chemical Engineering Top 200: Mechanical, Aeronautical & Manufacturing Engineering Top 250: Electrical & Electronic Engineering Top 350: Computer Science & Information Systems |
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Top 200: Electrical & Electronic Engineering Top 350: Computer Science & Information Systems |
QS Stars University Ratings 2015 |
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QS World University Rankings Asia |
QS World University Rankings by Subject 2016 |
| Universiti Teknologi Petronas, 4 stars |
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Source:
- “Moving Forward – Higher Education in Malaysia”, speech delivered by Dato’ Prof Dr Asma Ismail, Director General of Higher Education, Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia at the Victoria-Southeast Asia Higher Education Forum, 19 & 20 May 2016
- “Soaring Upwards – Malaysian Higher Education”, speech delivered by Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh, Higher Education Minister at the 20th Malaysian Education Summit, 14 April 2016
- Study in Malaysia Handbook (10th edition) – to be released soon
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