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Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia leads the 18 Diploma universities in Malaysia at #126 in the QS World University Rankings 2026. It is followed by Management and Science University (QS World #580) and Multimedia University (#21 in Malaysia). Across the whole list there are 139 courses to choose from.
18 universities · ranked best first
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Universities at other levels
By university type
2 of these universities hold a QS World position, from #126 (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia) to #580 (Management and Science University); they are listed first, in that order. The rest are ordered by research impact. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia has the largest research record in this group, with 3,303,305 citations and an h-index of 416. 5 universities have neither a QS position nor a research record yet and appear at the end, marked "Not yet ranked".
The split is 18 public to 0 private institutions. By location, Selangor (1) account for the most of those we can place. The oldest is Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, founded in 1970. Asia E University is the largest, with 30,000 students.
The most common subjects are Business & Management (36), Arts, Design & Architecture (16), Professional Accounting & Finance (13) and Media & Communication (12). The usual length is 2 years and 2 1/2 years. 99% are full-time and 1 can be studied online. Start dates lean to Fall (100% of courses with a stated intake) and Spring (97% of courses with a stated intake). City University Malaysia offers the widest choice, with 21 of these courses.
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (QS World #126), Management and Science University (QS World #580) and Multimedia University (#21 in Malaysia) lead this list. QS World positions come first; the rest are ranked by research impact.
18 public and 0 private universities are on this list.
Most listed courses run 2 years, with 2 1/2 years the next most common.
Fall is the main intake — 100% of courses with a stated start date begin then, and Spring is the second.
1 of these courses are listed as online.
City University Malaysia, with 21, ahead of International Islamic College (19).
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