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Malaysian Universities NOT in TOP 400 World University Ranking

For the second consecutive year, Malaysia once again fail to enter the Top 400 spot of Times Higher Education (THE) World University Ranking 2012-2013. Times Higher Education (THE), is a world reputable body that rates universities worldwide based on several factors such as teaching, research, knowledge transfer, international outlook & more. This comes as a dissapointing news as Tan Sri Muhiyiddin once said that Malaysia has one of the best education system in the world. Read on to understand how Malaysia faired in the ranking.

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Malaysian universities failed to reach TOP 400 rankings worldwide

This is another body-blow for the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak just before the long-awaited 13th General Elections as it highlights the fail...

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Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2012-2013, for a 2nd consecutive year, not a single Malaysian university is included in its 400 Top World University rankings.

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According to Times Higher Education, the universities were judged according to 13 performance indicators from five areas – teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook.

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A total of 81 Asian-Pacific Universities made it into the THE 400 Top World University Ranking, but not a single one from Malaysia.

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Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin who recently claimed that Malaysia has one of the best education systems in the world – better than United States, Britain and Germany.

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Minister of Higher Education Khaled Nording said that the absence of the country’s universities in the Times rankings was due to their recent venture into research.

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“A lof ot talk of revamping and overhauling the system hasn’t come to anything concrete,” Lim Kit Siang said.

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The Times Higher Education (THE) is a weekly magazine based in London reporting specifically on news and other issues related to higher education.

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The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2012-2013 powered by Thomson Reuters are the only global university performance tables to judge world class universities.

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THE World Reputation Rankings employ the world's largest invitation-only academic opinion survey to provide the definitive list of the top 100 most powerful global university brands.

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Top universities in Malaysia

NO.1: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

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NO.2: National University of Malaysia

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NO.3: University of Malaya

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NO.4: Universiti Teknologi MARA

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NO.5: University Putra Malaysia

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NO.6: University Sains Malaysia

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NO.7 Multimedia Universiti, Malaysia

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NO.8: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

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NO.9: University Utara Malaysia

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NO.10: University Malaysia Sarawak

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Top University in Malaysia as reported by 4International Colleges and Universities on http://www.4icu.org/my/.

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Times Higher Education's World University Ranking Results: Top universities in the world

NO.1: California Institute of Technology, USA

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Harvard University, USA

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NO.3: Stanford University, USA

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NO.4: University of Oxford, London, UK

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NO.5 Princeton University, USA

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NO.6 University of Cambridge, UK

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

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NO.8 Imperial College, London, UK

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NO.9 University of Chicago, USA

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Top Asian Universities 2012-2013 by Times Higher Education as seen on http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2012-13/world-ranking/region/asia.

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NO.10: University of California, Berkeley, USA

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World University Rankings 2013 by Times Higher Education as seen onhttp://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2012-13/world-ranking.

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