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Three M’sian unis crack top 100 world universities ranking

KUALA LUMPUR: Three Malaysian universities made it to the top 100 list (of 300 universities in 50 countries) of the “Times Higher Education (THE) BRICS and Emerging Economies University Rankings 2017.”

According to the THE website, Universiti Putra Malaysia is in 89th place, a climb of 14 places from its previous ranking, while Universiti Teknologi Petronas is 91st and Universiti Teknologi Malaysia ranks 100th.

Making it to the top 300 are Universiti Sains Malaysia, at 114th, and Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia at 136th; while Universiti Utara Malaysia made it to within the 201-250 range and Universiti Teknologi MARA made it to the 251-300 band.

Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh congratulated the universities on Twitter, saying: “Congrats to our universities for achieving this. Keep it up, the hard work doesn’t end here – go for Top 100 and beyond. #SoaringUpwards.”

Some 50 countries were listed in the BRICS 2017 ranking, including China, Brazil, Russia, India and South Africa. – Bernama

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