KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 3 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysian public university of Universiti Malaya (UM) has been ranked 8th in the Quacquarelli-Symonds (QS) University Rankings: Asia (QS-AUR) 2022, ascending one place from last year.
UM in a statement on Tuesday said this achievement sees UM 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 has consistently improved its performance by over 30 places the past 11 years and remains the nation’s best in its overall position and 3rd among ASEAN universities. According to QS, the university 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 PhD.
“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 said.
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 Professor Mohd Hamdi Abd Shukor, said the university is seeking to explore other global options for research collaboration that will contribute to 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 (CLAS) and Africa-Asia Development University Network (AADUN),” he said in the statement.
UM is also proud of its Faculty of Medicine’s Prof Dr Adeeba Kamarulzaman’s appointment as a member of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Science Council, 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.
— NNN-BERNAMA