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Universiti Malaya tops our list of 30 Computer Science & IT universities in Malaysia at #58 in the QS World University Rankings 2026. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (QS World #126) and Universiti Sains Malaysia (QS World #134) complete the top three. Across the whole list there are 153 courses to choose from.
30 universities · ranked best first
how we rankPublic University · 2 courses in Computer Science & IT
Public University · 1 course in Computer Science & IT
Public University · 7 courses in Computer Science & IT
Public University · 17 courses in Computer Science & IT
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6 of these universities hold a QS World position, from #58 (Universiti Malaya) to #580 (Management and Science University); they are listed first, in that order. The rest are ordered by research impact. Universiti Malaya has the largest research record in this group, with 6,091,682 citations and an h-index of 608. 3 universities have neither a QS position nor a research record yet and appear at the end, marked "Not yet ranked".
The split is 30 public to 0 private institutions. By location, Federal Territory (1), Selangor (1) and Penang (1) account for the most of those we can place. The oldest is Universiti Malaya, founded in 1949. INTI International University is the largest, with 95,000 students.
By level: 72 bachelor's, 39 master's, 22 diploma and 11 phd / doctorate. Within the subject, the largest areas are Information Technology (53), Computer Science (50), Computer Science & IT (21) and Artificial Intelligence (15). The usual length is 4 years and 3 Years. 96% are full-time and 5 can be studied online. Start dates lean to Fall (90% of courses with a stated intake) and Spring (86% of courses with a stated intake). Asia Pacific University of Technology & Innovation (APU) offers the widest choice, with 19 of these courses.
We hold indicative fees for 4 of these universities. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia is the least expensive at USD 5,000 a year and Universiti Malaya the most at USD 6,000; the middle of the range is about USD 5,000. Check each university's own fee page before you budget — figures change every year.
Universiti Malaya (QS World #58), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (QS World #126) and Universiti Sains Malaysia (QS World #134) lead this list. QS World positions come first; the rest are ranked by research impact.
Of those with published fees, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia is the least expensive at about USD 5,000 a year. Fees are indicative — confirm on the university's site.
30 public and 0 private universities are on this list.
Most listed courses run 4 years, with 3 Years the next most common.
Fall is the main intake — 90% of courses with a stated start date begin then, and Spring is the second.
5 of these courses are listed as online.
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