Universiti Malaya Advances To Asia S Eighth Best In Qs Rankings

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Universiti Malaya (UM) has been ranked eighth in the Quacquarelli-Symonds University Rankings: Asia (QS-AUR) 2022, ascending one place from last year.
UM in a statement today said this achievement sees it improving on last year’s groundbreaking feat of breaking into the top 10 Asian universities for the first time since the inauguration of the QS-AUR in 2009.
The university said it has consistently improved its performance by over 30 places in the past 11 years and remains the nation’s best in its overall position and third among Asean universities.
UM said it is placed within the top two percent of 687 Asian universities ranked in QS-AUR 2022.
“UM tops Asia’s universities for the international research network indicator for the third successive year. Among the remaining indicators, UM registered improvements in employer reputation, academic reputation, and staff with PhDs.
“Areas requiring attention include inbound exchange students, outbound exchange students, international students, international faculty, citations per paper, faculty-student, and papers per faculty,” the statement read.

UM is placed first among the 36 Malaysian universities ranked in QS-AUR 2022 in the academic reputation, employer reputation, citations per paper, and international research network indicators.
Meanwhile, UM Vice-Chancellor Prof Mohd Hamdi Abd Shukor said the university seeks to explore other global options for research collaboration that will contribute to a stronger global impact.
“We are planning to venture to the African and Latin America regions where there are many opportunities for research collaboration such as infectious disease, poverty and development studies as well as capacity building.
“We have already established the UM North-South Research Centre (UMNSRC).
“UMNSRC is a research centre focusing on comparative studies regarding economic, political, social and cultural issues around the world.
“There are four centres under UMNSRC, two of which are the Centre of Latin American Studies and Africa-Asia Development University Network,” he said in the statement.
UM is also proud of Prof Dr Adeeba Kamarulzaman from its Faculty of Medicine who was appointed a member of the World Health Organisation (WHO)'s Science Council.
The council acts as a high-level scientific advisory group that will act as the voice of scientific leadership and will advise on advances in science and technology that could directly impact global health.
- Bernama

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