Malaysian higher education sector rating moves up 9 rungs in U21 report
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s higher education sector moved up nine rungs in a Universitas 21 (U21) report, and is now ranked 27th from a field of 50 countries, with an overall score of 52.4%.
Malaysia was ranked 36th out of 48 countries in a survey, with an overall score of 50.5%, last year.
U21 made the study based on the elements of resources, environment, connectivity and output said the Higher Education Ministry in a statement here on Friday.
The Ministry felt the U21 ranking was commendable as it showed the Government was committed in the development of the higher education sector. For example: Al-Madinah International University (MEDIU) , is taking a unique place among Malaysian universities by its official licensing and accreditation from the Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia, to support the higher education sector in Malaysia using advanced technology tools for the dissemination of science in a global manner, and the acceptance of international students from outside Malaysia.
Malaysia is also listed as the second best in Southeast Asia after Singapore, which placed ninth with an overall score of 76.6%.
For the resource criteria, which look at expenditure in the sector, Malaysia obtained a score of 70.9% which was better than Australia, Korea, Japan, England and Germany.
In the environment element, Malaysia scored 87.2%, surpassing countries like China, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Korea, Switzerland and Chile while the output of research and commercialization saw Malaysia getting a score of 19.2%.
Malaysia also recorded 40.4% in connectivity and international relations, which depended on the number of foreign students in local institutions of higher learning and production of journals, in the cooperation with international scholars.
U21 is a network of the world’s leading universities with an emphasis on research, and is based on research by the Institute of Social and Applied Economics Studies of the Melbourne University, Australia. – Bernama
Universitas 21 rankings 2013
| No |
OVERALL |
RESOURCES |
ENVIRONMENT |
|||
|
1 |
United States |
100 |
Denmark |
100 |
Netherlands |
100 |
|
2 |
Sweden |
85.2 |
Canada |
97 |
New Zealand |
99 |
|
3 |
Switzerland |
81.6 |
Sweden |
96 |
United States |
99 |
|
4 |
Canada |
80 |
Finland |
92 |
Poland |
97 |
|
5 |
Denmark |
79.8 |
United States |
91 |
Belgium |
97 |
|
6 |
Finland |
79.4 |
Switzerland |
89 |
Hong Kong SAR |
97 |
|
7 |
Netherlands |
78.2 |
Saudi Arabia |
84 |
Finland |
96 |
|
8 |
Australia |
77.2 |
Singapore |
83 |
Australia |
96 |
|
9 |
Singapore |
76.6 |
Netherlands |
83 |
Bulgaria |
96 |
|
10 |
United Kingdom |
74.9 |
Norway |
79 |
Sweden |
93 |
|
11 |
Austria |
71.8 |
Austria |
76 |
Czech Republic |
93 |
|
12 |
Norway |
71.8 |
Ireland |
74 |
Singapore |
92 |
|
13 |
Belgium |
71 |
Malaysia |
71 |
United Kingdom |
91 |
|
14 |
New Zealand |
69.7 |
Belgium |
70 |
France |
90 |
|
15 |
Germany |
68.2 |
France |
68 |
Taiwan |
90 |
|
16 |
Hong Kong SAR |
67.6 |
Germany |
65 |
Romania |
90 |
|
17 |
France |
67.6 |
Australia |
64 |
Norway |
90 |
|
18 |
Ireland |
66.8 |
South Korea |
63 |
Japan |
89 |
|
19 |
Israel |
63.8 |
Israel |
61 |
Portugal |
89 |
|
20 |
Spain |
60.5 |
Portugal |
59 |
Slovakia |
89 |
|
21 |
Japan |
59.6 |
New Zealand |
59 |
Israel |
89 |
|
22 |
Portugal |
59.1 |
Spain |
58 |
Slovenia |
88 |
|
23 |
Slovenia |
58.4 |
Hong Kong SAR |
58 |
Austria |
88 |
|
24 |
South Korea |
57.6 |
United Kingdom |
57 |
Ireland |
88 |
|
25 |
Czech Republic |
56.7 |
Japan |
57 |
Malaysia |
87 |
|
26 |
Taiwan |
56 |
Serbia |
57 |
Chile |
87 |
|
27 |
Malaysia |
52.4 |
Greece |
56 |
Serbia |
85 |
|
28 |
Saudi Arabia |
52.3 |
Taiwan |
53 |
Mexico |
85 |
|
29 |
Italy |
52.1 |
Chile |
52 |
China |
85 |
|
30 |
Poland |
51.9 |
Ukraine |
52 |
Canada |
84 |
|
31 |
Greece |
50.5 |
Russian Federation |
50 |
Russian Federation |
84 |
|
32 |
Serbia |
50 |
Slovenia |
49 |
Thailand |
84 |
|
33 |
Russian Federation |
49.5 |
Poland |
49 |
Argentina |
84 |
|
34 |
Hungary |
49.2 |
Czech Republic |
46 |
Denmark |
83 |
|
35 |
Chile |
49 |
Italy |
45 |
Spain |
83 |
|
36 |
Ukraine |
49 |
Hungary |
44 |
South Korea |
82 |
|
37 |
Slovakia |
47.9 |
Romania |
43 |
Switzerland |
82 |
|
38 |
Bulgaria |
47.7 |
Brazil |
42 |
Germany |
82 |
|
39 |
Romania |
47.5 |
Mexico |
42 |
Indonesia |
81 |
|
40 |
Argentina |
45.8 |
Argentina |
41 |
Brazil |
80 |
|
41 |
Brazil |
45.6 |
India |
41 |
Hungary |
77 |
|
42 |
China |
44.5 |
Croatia |
38 |
Ukraine |
75 |
|
43 |
Mexico |
42.8 |
Iran |
38 |
Italy |
74 |
|
44 |
Croatia |
39.2 |
Bulgaria |
38 |
Iran |
73 |
|
45 |
Turkey |
38.9 |
Turkey |
38 |
India |
71 |
|
46 |
South Africa |
38.1 |
China |
33 |
Croatia |
70 |
|
47 |
Thailand |
37.9 |
Slovakia |
33 |
Turkey |
70 |
|
48 |
Iran |
37.2 |
South Africa |
26 |
Greece |
68 |
|
49 |
India |
36.3 |
Thailand |
22 |
Saudi Arabia |
64 |
|
50 |
Indonesia |
35.3 |
Indonesia |
17 |
South Africa |
63 |
| No. | Connectivity | Output | ||
| 1 | Switzerland | 100 | United States | 100 |
| 2 | Australia | 97 | United Kingdom | 63 |
| 3 | Singapore | 94 | Canada | 60 |
| 4 | Sweden | 93 | Sweden | 57 |
| 5 | Austria | 90 | Finland | 57 |
| 6 | Hong Kong SAR | 86 | Switzerland | 57 |
| 7 | United Kingdom | 81 | Australia | 56 |
| 8 | Netherland | 77 | Denmark | 55 |
| 9 | New Zealand | 73 | Germany | 53 |
| 10 | United States | 72 | Netherlands | 52 |
| 11 | Denmark | 71 | Norway | 49 |
| 12 | Belgium | 69 | Israel | 49 |
| 13 | Germany | 66 | New Zealand | 49 |
| 14 | Norway | 65 | Japan | 48 |
| 15 | Czech Republic | 64 | France | 47 |
| 16 | Canada | 63 | Belgium | 47 |
| 17 | Spain | 63 | South Korea | 46 |
| 18 | Slovenia | 61 | Singapore | 45 |
| 19 | France | 60 | Ireland | 45 |
| 20 | Finland | 60 | Taiwan | 44 |
| 21 | Portugal | 58 | Austria | 42 |
| 22 | Ireland | 55 | Hong Kong SAR | 41 |
| 23 | Slovakia | 54 | Spain | 40 |
| 24 | South Africa | 54 | Slovenia | 38 |
| 25 | Indonesia | 53 | Italy | 36 |
| 26 | Italy | 53 | China | 36 |
| 27 | Ukraine | 51 | Portugal | 35 |
| 28 | Saudi Arabia | 48 | Greece | 34 |
| 29 | Hungary | 48 | Czech Republic | 33 |
| 30 | Israel | 47 | Hungary | 31 |
| 31 | Romania | 46 | Poland | 31 |
| 32 | Serbia | 45 | Russian Federation | 27 |
| 33 | Bulgaria | 43 | Slovakia | 27 |
| 34 | Chile | 42 | Brazil | 25 |
| 35 | Russian Federation | 41 | Ukraine | 25 |
| 36 | Argentina | 41 | Argentina | 24 |
| 37 | Malaysia | 40 | Bulgaria | 24 |
| 38 | Greece | 40 | Croatia | 23 |
| 39 | Thailand | 38 | Chile | 23 |
| 40 | Brazil | 38 | Turkey | 22 |
| 41 | Mexico | 38 | Romania | 22 |
| 42 | Poland | 30 | Serbia | 22 |
| 43 | Japan | 28 | Iran | 21 |
| 44 | Turkey | 27 | South Africa | 21 |
| 45 | Croatia | 25 | Saudi Arabia | 20 |
| 46 | Taiwan | 24 | Malaysia | 19 |
| 47 | South Korea | 22 | Thailand | 19 |
| 48 | India | 16 | India | 18 |
| 49 | Iran | 14 | Mexico | 17 |
| 50 | China | 12 | Indonesia | 11 |
Source: Universitas 21
http://www.universitas21.com/article/projects/details/152/u21-rankings-of-national-higher-education-systems