QS Rankings 2026

Best Universities in Malaysia

Discover and compare the top 32 universities in Malaysia by QS World Rankings 2026

Ranked Universities

#59

Highest Rank

24.5

Avg. Score

29.1

Academic Rep.

32 universities in MalaysiaPage 1 / 2

World	Local	University	City	Score	Academic	Employer
#=58	#1	Universiti Malaya (UM)	Kuala Lumpur	80.1	92.3	96.7
#=126	#2	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)	Bangi	65.2	76.2	76.4
#=134	#3	Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)	Serdang	64.1	75.7	73.4
#=134	#4	Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)	Gelugor	64.1	77.6	79.8
#=153	#5	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Skudai	61.6	64.0	72.1
#=251	#6	Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP)	Seri Iskandar	50.2	29.7	41.0
#=253	#7	Taylor's University	Kuala Lumpur	50.0	40.2	85.2
#=269	#8	UCSI University	Kuala Lumpur	48.5	40.7	70.4
#=410	#9	Sunway University	Kuala Lumpur	36.7	20.9	53.3
#=491	#10	Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM)	Sintok	32.6	31.2	39.2
#=509	#11	INTI International University	Nilai	31.9	14.3	37.8
#=542	#12	Universiti Teknologi MARA - UiTM	Shah Alam	30.3	44.5	48.8
#=551	#13	Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN)	Kajang	29.9	9.5	19.9
#=597	#14	Asia Pacific University of Technology and Innovation (APU) Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	28.3	17.3	23.7
#=597	#15	Management and Science University	Shah Alam	28.3	25.1	20.9
#=609	#16	Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah (UMPSA)	Kuantan	27.9	17.2	9.9
#=613	#17	International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM)	Kuala Lumpur	27.8	36.0	27.3
#=638	#18	Lincoln University College	Kuala Lumpur	27.1	11.1	26.0
#731-740	#19	SEGi UNIVERSITY	Kuala Lumpur	—	6.7	12.6
#791-800	#20	Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR)	Kampar	—	19.4	43.9
#801-850	#21	Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT)	Kuala Terengganu	—	16.7	8.2
#851-900	#22	Multimedia University (MMU)	Cyberjaya	—	18.9	27.0
#851-900	#23	Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI)	Tanjong Malim	—	17.0	18.5
#951-1000	#24	University of Cyberjaya	Cyberjaya	—	22.5	6.1
#1001-1200	#25	Universiti Malaysia Perlis	Kangar	—	10.7	9.1
#1001-1200	#26	Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS)	Kota Kinabalu	—	22.0	15.7
#1001-1200	#27	Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)	Kuching	—	20.1	14.4
#1001-1200	#28	Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM)	Batu Pahat	—	14.5	12.2
#1201-1400	#29	Universiti Kuala Lumpur (UniKL)	KUALA LUMPUR	—	9.9	10.8
#1201-1400	#30	Universiti Malaysia Kelantan	Kota Bharu	—	9.5	3.6