Malaysian universities have achieved tremendous success in the most recent ASEAN private and public university rankings.
AppliedHE puts Malaysian universities at the top of both lists. 6 of the top 10 private universities and 4 of the top 10 public universities were from Malaysia.
Regarding public universities, the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) in Bangi was the best. In terms of private universities, Sunway University in Kuala Lumpur was the best.
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A special adviser at AppliedHE, Pieter Stek, said Malaysian universities consistently do well across all indicators.
Malaysia’s success has something to do with its resources. Malaysians make pretty good money, and the country’s big, internationally competitive higher education system brings in extra money.
2 of Brunei’s 11 universities made the list. 17 public universities made the list. Universiti Brunei Darussalam came in 8th, and Universiti Teknologi Brunei came in 9th.
The National University of Singapore and Nanyang Technological University in Singapore came in 2nd and 4th place, respectively.
About 40 universities initially sent information for the ranking. Information for universities that didn’t send information was also gathered from public sources, such as study output and media coverage.
For other data, like how students felt about teaching and learning, getting involved in the community, and their chances of getting a job, AppliedHE used estimates based on data from other universities or national statistics.
This is the first year AppliedHE has included a list of public universities. This was always the plan for the rankings from the start.
In both sets of rankings, Indonesian schools did very well. In the private table, they were 6th through 12th, and in the public table, they were 3rd through 13th, 15th through 16th, and 18th.
Different factors are used to decide the rankings. For example, 40% of the weight is given to the quality of teaching and learning, 15% to 20% to employability, and the rest to things like community involvement, fame, research, and internationalization.
