Top Universities in Malaysia

96 universities in Malaysia with a measured position, 63 of them ranked worldwide.

#UniversityCityWorld rankCitations
1 Universiti Teknologi Mara #0 1,423,569
2 University Malaysia Pahang #0 894,966
3 Universiti Malaysia Perlis #0 645,559
4 Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia #0 554,612
5 Universiti Malaysia Terengganu #0 540,277
6 Universiti Malaysia Sabah #0 532,401
7 University of Nottingham, Malaysia Campus #0 518,307
8 Universiti Tenaga Nasional #0 518,259
9 Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman #0 472,112
10 Universiti Malaysia Sarawak #0 418,565
11 Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka #0 308,365
12 UCSI University Kuala Lumpur #0 303,075
13 Universiti Kuala Lumpur #0 236,793
14 Universiti Kuala Lumpur Malaysian Institute of Information Technology (MIIT) #0 236,793
15 Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris #0 234,124
16 Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin #0 197,987
17 Swinburne University of Technology, Sarawak Campus #0 166,970
18 Universiti Malaysia Kelantan #0 160,698
19 Mahsa University College for Health and Medical Science #0 63,633
20 Newcastle University, Medicine Malaysia #0 58,518
21 Universiti Tun Abdul Razak #0 42,937
22 Tunku Abdul Rahman University of Management and Technology #0 40,285
23 HELP University #0 27,056
24 Limkokwing University College of Creative Technology #0 12,447
25 Mara Poly-Tech College #0 7,977
26 Kuala Lumpur Infrastructure University College #0 7,330
27 Linton University College #0 7,095
28 Tunku Syed Sirajuddin Polytechnic #0 3,787
29 Binary University College of Managemant & Entrepreneurship #0 3,561
30 KBU International College #0 3,386
31 Ungku Omar Premier Polytechnic #0 2,478
32 Penang International Dental College #0 2,021
33 Sultan Azlan Shah Polytechnic #0 1,277
34 Merlimau Polytechnic #0 768
35 Sunway University College #0 646
36 Sultanah Bahiyah Polytechnic #0 634
37 Kuching Polytechnic #0 568
38 Sultan Idris Shah Polytechnic #0 527
39 Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Polytechnic #0 523
40 Seberang Perai Polytechnic #0 457
41 Institute of Teachers Education, Sultan Mizan #0 419
42 Kota Bharu Polytechnic #0 363
43 Geomatika University Malaysia #0 352
44 Institute of Teachers Education, Temenggong Ibrahim #0 151
45 Institute of Teachers Education, Sultan Abdul Halim #0 97
46 Institute of Teachers Education, Kota Bharu #0 36
47 Institute of Teachers Education, Tun Hussein Onn #0 27
48 Darul Hikmah Islamic College #0 16
49 Darul Naim College of Technology #0 13
50 West Minster International College #0 5
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What the two columns mean

World rank is the university's QS World University Rankings position. Citations are the number of times work published by the university has been cited, as recorded in OpenAlex; it is the measure used to order universities that QS does not rank at all.

The two do not always agree. A large research university can out-cite a smaller one that sits above it in QS, because QS weighs reputation surveys and staff ratios as well as research.

Rankings in other countries

USA 981 ranked Japan 337 ranked India 306 ranked China 283 ranked South Korea 170 ranked Brazil 164 ranked Iran 160 ranked Indonesia 143 ranked Mexico 134 ranked France 108 ranked Poland 106 ranked Germany 103 ranked