Top Universities in Malaysia

96 universities in Malaysia with a measured position, 11 of them ranked worldwide.

#UniversityCityWorld rankIn-countryCitations
1 Monash University Malaysia Subang Jaya #37 (2026) #5 22,352,651
2 Universiti Malaya Malaya #58 (2026) #1 6,114,113
3 Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia #126 (2026) #2 3,317,780
4 Universiti Sains Malaysia #134 (2026) #3 3,853,521
5 Universiti Putra Malaysia Serdang #148 #4 4,562,459
6 Universiti Teknologi Malaysia #153 (2026) #5 3,580,815
7 Petronas Technology University #251 (2026) #6 1,191,633
8 Taylor's University College #284 (2024) #7 314,892
9 Universiti Utara Malaysia #491 (2026) #8 408,480
10 INTI International University #516 (2025) #9 89,203
11 Management and Science University #580 (2025) #10 90,044
12 Monash University, Malaysia Campus not ranked #13 869,098
13 Multimedia University not ranked #21 436,180
14 International Medical University not ranked #23 338,923
15 Curtin University of Technology, Sarawak Campus not ranked #29 206,649
16 Xiamen University Malaysia not ranked #33 156,145
17 Aimst University not ranked #34 103,622
18 Malaysia University of Science and Technology (MUST) not ranked #35 70,705
19 Asia Pacific University of Technology & Innovation (APU) not ranked #41 43,519
20 University Tun Abdul Razak not ranked #40 42,937
21 Segi University College not ranked #38 41,017
22 Perdana University not ranked #43 34,655
23 Universiti Industri Selangor not ranked #44 34,578
24 Nilai University College not ranked #46 20,589
25 University of Southampton Malaysia not ranked #47 20,231
26 Open University Malaysia not ranked #48 12,998
27 International Islamic College not ranked #51 10,519
28 UOW Malaysia KDU not ranked #52 10,004
29 University of Reading Malaysia not ranked — 9,810
30 City University Malaysia not ranked #53 8,415
31 Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Sultan Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah not ranked #56 6,763
32 Al Madinah International University not ranked #59 6,649
33 Asia Metropolitan University not ranked — 6,183
34 Asia E University not ranked #50 5,818
35 Wawasan Open University not ranked #60 5,120
36 German Malaysian Institute not ranked — 1,930
37 Raffles University not ranked #63 1,827
38 Saito College not ranked — 1,450
39 Sunway University Subang Jaya not ranked — 646
40 Sultan Ismail Petra International Islamic College not ranked — 125
41 Darul Takzim Institute of Technology not ranked — 54
42 Brickfields Asia College not ranked — 32
43 International Islamic College of Penang not ranked — 32
44 Iact College not ranked — 5
45 Universiti Teknologi Mara not ranked #11 1,423,569
46 University Malaysia Pahang not ranked #12 894,966
47 Universiti Malaysia Perlis not ranked #14 645,559
48 Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia not ranked #15 554,612
49 Universiti Malaysia Terengganu not ranked #16 540,277
50 Universiti Malaysia Sabah not ranked #17 532,401
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What the two columns mean

In-country is the position the ranking record gives the university among those in its own country, and it is often the more useful number: a university ranked 480th in the world may still be third at home. It is carried over as published, so it does not always follow the order of the other two columns. 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 138 ranked UK 55 ranked Germany 40 ranked China 37 ranked Australia 31 ranked Canada 26 ranked France 19 ranked Italy 18 ranked South Korea 17 ranked Japan 16 ranked Spain 15 ranked Switzerland 13 ranked