Malaysian public universities move up in QS world rankings 2014

Five Malaysian public universities have improved their ranks at this year's QS world rankings. Universiti Malaya (UM), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM),  Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), and Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) moved up in the annual rankings.

Of the five universities, UTM showed significant improvement, the institution moved up to 294 from the 501-550 bracket last year.  Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) also made improvements by making it in the 651-700 bracket from the previous 701+. Meanwhile, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) stayed in the same position.

The QS World University Rankings are based on four key pillars - research, teaching, employability, and internationalisation.