University Of Malaya Excels Again – They're Listed As One Of Asia's Top 20 Universities

University of Malaya (UM) students, alumni, faculty members, and lecturers will be pleased to hear another piece of news about their institution that is sure to make their hearts beaming with pride.

According to the New Straits Times, UM has earned their greatest achievement to date after being listed as one of the top 20 universities in Asia.

Last year, UM was at the 24^th spot, and now, they've moved up to the 19^th spot on this year’s 'QS World University Rankings: Asia' list.

Who knows, we might break into the top 10 next year.

Not only that, the esteemed institution also placed third in the measure for international research network – a new indicator in the ranking assessment which gives credit for the volume of collaboration with universities outside Malaysia.

Earlier in September, UM was listed in the top 350 universities in the world list.

Besides UM, there are also five other local universities that managed to improve their rankings this year and make it to the top 100 universities in Asia.

Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) moved up to 34^th place from 36^th, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) placed 41^st from 43^rd, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) climbed to the 43^rd spot from 46^th, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) moved up to 47^th spot from 49^th, and Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP) placed 99^th from the 101^st spot.

Congratulations to all universities! May we produce more talents in the future.

For more info on the rankings, click here.