The latest rankings by Times Higher Education are out, but where are the Malaysian universities? This is a reflection of the dismal standards to which they have sunk.
The top three Asian universities as ranked by THE are University of Tokyo, National University of Singapore and University of Hong Kong.
The latest rankings on the Times website.
Top Asian universities 2012-13
| Rank | Institution | Country / Region | Overall score change criteria |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | University of Tokyo | Japan |
78.3
|
| 29 | National University of Singapore | Singapore |
77.5
|
| 35 | University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong |
75.6
|
| 46 | Peking University | China |
70.7
|
| 50 | Pohang University of Science and Technology | Republic of Korea |
69.4
|
| 52 | Tsinghua University | China |
67.1
|
| 54 | Kyoto University | Japan |
66.8
|
| 59 | Seoul National University | Republic of Korea |
65.9
|
| 65 | Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | Hong Kong |
64.4
|
| 68 | Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology | Republic of Korea |
64.0
|
| 86 | Nanyang Technological University | Singapore |
59.4
|
| 124 | Chinese University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong |
54.4
|
| 128 | Tokyo Institute of Technology | Japan |
53.7
|
| 134 | National Taiwan University | Taiwan |
53.2
|
| 137 | Tohoku University | Japan |
53.1
|
| 137 | Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Israel |
53.1
|
| 147 | Osaka University | Japan |
52.0
|
| 158 | Tel Aviv University | Israel |
50.5
|
| 182 | City University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong |
48.5
|
| 183 | Yonsei University | Republic of Korea |
48.2
|
| 193 | Technion Israel Institute of Technology | Israel |
46.9
|
| 201-225 | Fudan University | China |
Data withheld by THE
|
| 201-225 | Middle East Technical University | Turkey |
Data withheld by THE
|
| 201-225 | Nagoya University | Japan |
Data withheld by THE
|
| 201-225 | University of Science and Technology of China | China |
Data withheld by THE
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| 201-225 | Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) | Republic of Korea |
Data withheld by THE
|
| 226-250 | Bilkent University | Turkey |
Data withheld by THE
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| 226-250 | Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur | India |
Data withheld by THE
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| 226-250 | Koç University | Turkey |
Data withheld by THE
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| 226-250 | Korea University | Republic of Korea |
Data withheld by THE
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| 226-250 | National Tsing Hua University | Taiwan |
Data withheld by THE
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| 251-275 | National Chiao Tung University | Taiwan |
Data withheld by THE
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| 251-275 | Hong Kong Polytechnic University | Hong Kong |
Data withheld by THE
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| 251-275 | Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay | India |
Data withheld by THE
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| 251-275 | Nanjing University | China |
Data withheld by THE
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| 251-275 | Tokyo Metropolitan University | Japan |
Data withheld by THE
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| 276-300 | Boğaziçi University | Turkey |
Data withheld by THE
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| 276-300 | Istanbul Technical University | Turkey |
Data withheld by THE
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| 276-300 | Shanghai Jiao Tong University | China |
Data withheld by THE
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| 276-300 | Tokyo Medical and Dental University | Japan |
Data withheld by THE
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| 301-350 | National Cheng Kung University | Taiwan |
Data withheld by THE
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| 301-350 | Hokkaido University | Japan |
Data withheld by THE
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| 301-350 | Hong Kong Baptist University | Hong Kong |
Data withheld by THE
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| 301-350 | King Abdulaziz University | Saudi Arabia |
Data withheld by THE
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| 301-350 | Kyushu University | Japan |
Data withheld by THE
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| 301-350 | Renmin University of China | China |
Data withheld by THE
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| 301-350 | Sharif University of Technology | Iran |
Data withheld by THE
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| 301-350 | National Sun Yat-Sen University | Taiwan |
Data withheld by THE
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| 301-350 | Sun Yat-sen University | China |
Data withheld by THE
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| 301-350 | University of Tsukuba | Japan |
Data withheld by THE
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| 301-350 | Zhejiang University | China |
Data withheld by THE
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| 351-400 | National Central University | Taiwan |
Data withheld by THE
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| 351-400 | Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee | India |
Data withheld by THE
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| 351-400 | Keio University | Japan |
Data withheld by THE
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| 351-400 | King Mongkut’s University of Technology, Thonburi | Thailand |
Data withheld by THE
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| 351-400 | National Taiwan University of Science and Technology | Taiwan |
Data withheld by THE
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| 351-400 | Waseda University | Japan |
Data withheld by THE
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For me, this ranking is almost correct. We got to accept it. However, our universities should employ world class professors.
Most of the commentor is anti BN for sure !!….All their comment is therefore meaningless.
There is a reason why we are the 16th trader nation in the world ! The world 4th shopping destination, etc. There surely good things done by Malaysian and our Politician !
To understand ranking, we have to understand the ranker’s agenda … and the ranking business…
I have visited NUS and NTU and they are for real. Their hiring and promotion standards are way tougher than those in Malaysia. They also benefit from the readily-available talents, many of whom from China, who graduated from prestigious universities in the West. With no permanent jobs in the West and nowhere to go, Singapore is the next best place to be for these foreign talents. With color-blind hiring practices based on meritocracy, obscenely-high salaries, and the tons of money from the Singaporean govt, it is just no surprise at all to see these institutions improving by leaps and bounds.… Read more »
Maybe they are thinking big about how to solve global poverty!
Maybe they are thinking big about how to solve global poverty! 😉
UM is living on its past glory.
Today it is no different from UiTM.
Of course its alumni is still in denial. Cannot blame them.
lol – even the made-in-china universities rank higher than Malaysian U.
The reply from the ministry: 1. Different benchmark. We feel they are bias. 2. We produce a lot of qualified graduates that are now successful professional. 3. Our university has different course structure that emphasize differently. 4. We are still better than many 3rd world country. The story will spin and spin. Our government is excellent in story telling and always in the state of denial. When they always give u the fish, rather than teach u how to fish, it is time we know we need to do something drastic. Their heart to achieve a better Malaysia in the… Read more »
I work in SG for a MNC and interviewed many UM applicants and I can tell you that the average Nanyang tech unit graduates are way more qualified than the average UM grads. Communication, presentation skills, technical knowledge and command of English is superior by several levels. MNC employers running HQs prefer to hire NUS/NTU grads over Australian grads. Malaysian grads go to Australia because of the low standard of local unis and MNC in Malaysia take them because they are better than the rest. This is definitely not the case in SG. The bottom 30% of graduates that cannot… Read more »
Only an idiot would keep saying not fair not fair not fair as he is too stupid to be able to think and brainwashed into thinking its always 1Malaysia Boleh.
The Cheap can keep saying Malaysia Boleh a thousand or a millions times but it will infect the idiot and stupid
Not to mention, the ranking system is not full proof and varies according to the criteria. I judge the university by the quality of its staff, the quality of graduates and the research they do. Not based on figures of international students, foreign staff and other things they include. How do u justify that Nanyang Technological University, Sg, which was prior to this only a polytechnic is ranked above places like Uni of New South Wales, Australia and Uni of Auckland, NZ which are leading institutions that conducts high-impact research year after year. I can believe the rankings to a… Read more »
Please check your facts about the origin of Nanyang Technological University. You must be mistaken with Ngee Ann Polytechnic which is still a top-rated polytechnic in Singapore.
In the case of Times higher education ranking, the top malaysian universities did not participate in the ranking process, hence no entries. However if you were the check the QS rankings which are also used internationally, University of Malaya has improved tremendously over the past 5 years from abut 300 to now within the top 150. I always give credit where credit is due. The current VC of UM is doing a good job and under his admin their rankings have only improved compared to the past 20 years of sliding down the ladder. As for other local unis, I… Read more »
I’m NOT surprised at all,folks.In the 60’s n 70’s our universities namely UM,USM,UKM n UPM were ranked top 50!Uni Malaya was in the top 20. The fall of Education Standard in Malaysia was started by none other than … a/l kutty,as education minister in 1974,subjects changed to Bahasa Malaysia.As for me,i was lucky.Finished my MCE in 1977 but in 1980 it was SPM. During my time n before,all Teachers were Uni Graduates who were respected by students and parents! In 1983 WHO(World Health Organisation)cancelled the Status of Recognition of our Medical Courses conducted in the Local Uni’s,thanks again to …… Read more »
Gurjit Sing,
In the 60s you need to pass the qualifying test (QT) before you go to Form 6. Even though you may have pass the SC but does not get through the QT, you may not be able enter Form 6. Now if you have good results in SPM you may still go to U. Thats how our standard has declined. Sobri was right, sooner you will only need your school results to go to U.
Even our driving license are not accepted in many countries whereas Singapore are internationally accepted.
This is One Cheap Malaysia Boleh
QT is for those who who got a C in the form 3 exam. If you don’t pass it you would not be allowed to sit for the Senior Cambridge.
Why bother the ranking when the measurement is not fair ??? Before continuing the spinning, did you check the criteria for ranking ???
Dumb GERAKAN K you are always in denial. Tomorrow they tell you the sun rises in the East and you will say no it is the West. You are an irritant and a pest. Real dumb.
Malaysian universities did not submit themselves to be evaluated for this report. Why? Because the Higher Education Ministry on a matter of principle, disagreed with the criteria of the evaluation.
The criteria was heavily (90% scoring) into research, publications, and teaching. Because in Malaysia, we don’t do those three things. We just admit students, and graduate them.
I believe the above ranking is an effort to sabotage the excellent performance of our Universities. Didn’t our education Minister once said, our Universities are better than those of United States, Germany and Japan? Surely, our em and also dpm cannot be misleading the country? The Rakyat has got no reason to believe the above ranking as what our em said is the truth, nothing but the truth! No wonder, today, whatever the Government says, the Rakyat is taking it with a pinch of salt! Wait, this is just the beginning, with the scrapping of the STPM next year, you… Read more »
Scrapping the PMR not STPM friend.
I commented scrapping the STPM, not PMR. STPM is used as the entrance exam for those students who are not absorbed by the mediocre and weak matriculation course. But, even the STPM is now scrapped, University entrance will now be based on school works and results will be based on school exams, no longer a standard exam for all students. If you are a headmaster and if you want your students to “excel” in this exam just set Form 3 or Form 5 questions to gain entry in the university. Where is the control? Who controls? God Bless Malaysia! Selamatkan… Read more »
don’t go out of your way to say matriculation is mediocre or weak and undermine students who took it as a way to break away from the issue at hand. as if u did it matriculation and u scored 100%? u’d be lucky to get 50%
Why bother the ranking when the measurement is unfair ??? Before spinning anymore, do you check their measurement criteria ???
It will sure be interesting to hear the fairy tale excuses that are going to be vomited out by our 3rd grade ruling politicians. Can’t wait to enjoy the stand-up comedies …….
Where do we find malapex unis ?. Very simple to find one !
Go straight,turn left left and left again, youd come to the edge of the cliff
just in front of lorong belakang mati off persiaran dungu
LOL!! Good one, Rajan!!!
of course…thats where he studied!!!….(you will get a d… answer as well)
And thats 1malaysia boleh land isn`t it