UM Beats Princeton and Columbia In World Rankings For Electrical Engineering Degrees
Several local universities, including the private-owned Taylor's University, also recorded Top 50 performances in other subjects.
By Samantha Khor — 13 Mar 2017, 03:14 PM
In the latest edition of the QS World University Rankings by Subject, University Malaya (UM) has broken into the Top 25 for Electrical and Electronic Engineering degrees, ranking #23 out of 400 universities worldwide
Compiled by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), a British company specialising in education and study abroad, the World University Rankings by Subject names the world's top universities for the study of 46 different subjects and is one of the most widely-viewed rankings of its kind, alongside the Academic Ranking of World Universities and Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings.
UM moved up 14 positions from the previous year, beating out prestigious universities like US' Princeton (#26) and Columbia (#32) as well as Australia's University of New South Wales (#48) and RMIT (51-100)
UM also rose from the 51-100 band to enter the Top 50 for several other subjects, including Development Studies (#26), Mechanical Engineering (#33), Chemical Engineering (#38), and Education (#41). The university ranks in the Top 50 for five subjects this year, compared to two last year.
Three other Malaysian universities - Taylor's University, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), and the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) - also earned spots in the Top 50 lists for certain subjects
Taylor's University and USM placed 29th and 32nd respectively in the Hospitality and Leisure Management category, which has been introduced for the first time this year. Meanwhile, IIUM placed 46th for the Theology, Divinity, and Religious Studies category.
USM also placed in the Top 50 for three other subjects, namely Mineral and Mining Engineering (#35), Chemical Engineering (#38), and Environmental Studies (#49).
Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh has congratulated the Malaysian universities for earning top performances in the QS World University Rankings
Idris also remarked that local universities performed much better this year as compared to last year, in which they only recorded three courses in the list.
"This shows that our universities are continuously improving or soaring upwards, which is the slogan of the ministry," he added.
In fact, 19 Malaysian universities were entered into this year's list, including Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UiTM), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), and Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). You can see the rankings by subject here.