Malaysian varsities improve in Top 200 QS Asian Rankings 2015

Malaysian universities improve their rankings in the latest QS evaluation for 2015.

Universiti Malaya is now number 29 in the latest QS University Rankings - Asia, three steps up from last year's result. Universiti Sains Malaysia also made in in the top 50 by ranking 49th. Overall, 17 out of Malaysia's 21 public universities had improved on their previous year rankings, with only three universities dropping and one unchanged.

Taking the first five spots in the list are National University of Singapore, University of Hong Kong, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

2015	2014	Institution
29	32	Universiti Malaya
49	57	Universiti Sains Malaysia
56	56	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
61	66	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
66	76	Universiti Putra Malaysia
151-160	142	International Islamic Universiti Malaysia
151-160	191-200	Universiti Teknologi Petronas
191-200	201-250	Universiti Utara Malaysia
201-250	201-250	Universiti Teknologi MARA
201-250	201-250	Universiti Malaysia Sabah
201-250	201-250	Universiti Malaysia Perlis
201-250	201-250	Multimedia University
201-250	201-250	Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
201-250	-	Taylor's University
251-300	251-300	Universiti Malaysia Pahang
251-300	251-300	Universiti Tun Hussein Onn
251-300	251-300	Limkokwing University of Creative Technology
251-300	251-300	Universiti Malaysia Terengganu
251-300	251-300	Universiti Tenaga Nasional
251-300	300+	UCSI University
251-300	300+	Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman