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6 Nation,l,UM breaksintotop:SO'Malaysia~s leadinguniversitv rankedz.Gth in Asia by Times'By CHRISTINA CHINeducate@thestar.colll;myPETALING JAYA:' Two local uni-versities have done the countryproud in the Times HigherEducation (THE) Asia UniversityRankings 2018.Universiti Malaya (UM) brokeinto the top 50 list, while UniversitiTunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR)madeit into the top 100. '. For.the first time in the table's six-year history, UM,joined",the top 50after making its debut in the list lastyear,said THE global rankings edi-torial director Phil Baty.According to the THE "top 350+"Asian universities list publishedtoday; UM jumped 13 spots up from59th to 46th position.· ,UTAR.which was in the 99th spot,ranked betweenll1 and 120 lastyear.-The 2018 ranking includes 359universities.Universiti Teknologi Petronas,Universiti Teknologi Malaysia,Universiti Putra Malaysia1UniversitiSa~~ .Malaysia, Universiti TeriagaNasional (UNITEN), UniversitiKebangsaan Malaysia and UniversitiUtara Malaysia also made the list(see graphics) ..THE acting rankings editor EllieBothwell said UM improved in' allfive areas underpinning the rank-ing - teaching, research; citationimpact, industry income and inter- -national outlook.UTAR received a much higherlearning in teaching, research, pub-lication and innovation, he said ..Describing it as a "great recogni-tion", UTARpresident ProfDatuk DrChuah Hean Teik said the universi-ty uses ranking exercises as abenchmark to further improve, notto compare itself with others.. Different rankings are focused ondifferent areas, he said. ,"In some, reputation based onsurvey is given high weightage,while THE rankings gives highweightage on research and citationof published works," Abdul Rahimsaid, adding that it is importantfor 'UTAR to keep improving, andto continue providing affordableand high quality tertiary educa-tion.Higher Education Minister DatukSeri Idris [usoh said UM's perfor-mance proved that the country'soldest university was on the rightbility, networking and collaboration track to joining the world's top 100with industries and international universities.strategic partnerships." ."HaVing our universities on theHe expressed hope', that the list shows that we're serious aboutHigher Education Ministry- would benchmarking at an internationalcontinue' to support UM' in rising level. "further in future rankings. "We want to, better understand" Abdul Rahim said this is a great our strengths and weaknesses inachievement for the university and order to improve.a further indication of UM's contin- "Thiswillbode well as we embarkued improvement in the ranking on quality research that is relevantsystem of THE. . , to the challenges ofIndustry 4.0," heThe improvement in rankings is "said. ' . , .an affirmation of the university's. National University of Singaporestrategic plan as UM continues to topped the rankings, followed bystrive to be an internationally China's Tsinghua University andrenowned institution of higher Peking University.The Times Higher Education Asia UniversityRankings2018 ' -Institution 2018 2017Source: Times Higher Educatiqn (https://www.timeshighereducation.com/·world-university-rankings/2018/regional,ranking)citation impact and also ,achieved .higher scores for its teaching andresearch' environments, she said.A total of 12 Malaysian universi-ties submitted data for the rank-ings.UM vice-chancellor Datuk AbdulRahirnHashim said in an interviewwith The Star that the university'sparticipation in ranking systemswas to benchmark itself againstother higher learning institutions to.plan for further improvement.~Overthe years, UMhas improvedin building on its fundamentals butit's also pertinent for us to continueimproving our graduate emplova-THE STAR. WEDNESDAY 7 FEBRUARY 201B

UM breaks into top 50: Malaysia's leading university ranked 46th in Asia by Times

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UM breaks into top 50: Malaysia's leading university ranked 46th in Asia by Times

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