2022
8 NovÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³» University ranked 72 in Asia, rising for the fifth straight year
Standfirst: Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» University breaks into Asia¡¯s top 75 after rising 140 positions in five years.
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» University is ranked 72 in the competitive QS Asia University Rankings 2023.
The milestone of breaking into Asia¡¯s top 75 comes on the back of five consecutive years of improvement, with the University rising 140 positions over this period.
The latest rankings also ranks Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» 16th in Southeast Asia.
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» University vice-chancellor Prof Datuk Dr Siti Hamisah Tapsir said that the upward trend evinced the progress the University was making, particularly in the areas of research and thought leadership.
¡°Rising 140 positions over five years is the result of years of hard work,¡± she said. ¡°Maintaining an upward trajectory is not easy and I would like to thank all Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» staff, students, alumni and industry partners for their contributions."
¡°We are encouraged by the latest results and we will continue our focus on graduate outcomes, student experiences and research.¡±
The latest ranking adds to Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»¡¯s ever-improving global profile.
In June, the University was recognised as Malaysia¡¯s top private university in the QS World University Rankings 2023. Ranked 284, Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» was classified in the world¡¯s top 0.9%.
These developments have spurred Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»¡¯s collaborative efforts with renowned universities, particularly in the areas of joint research, knowledge creation, as well as student and staff exchange.
Many Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» students have been selected for high impact research programmes at the world¡¯s best universities like Harvard, Imperial College London, Tsinghua and Queensland, among others.
Three more Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» medical students left for Harvard in October on a one-year high impact research programme.
