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🇲🇾Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia·Est. 1905Public

Universiti Malaya

Malaysia's oldest & highest-ranked university

Global rank#215
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Ranking source comparison
SourceScore
QS79 out of 100
THE66 out of 100
USC0 out of 100
USG60 out of 100
ARWU33 out of 100
CWUR54 out of 100
Niche0 out of 100
Leiden0 out of 100
84.3
aggregate score · 5 sources
QS World University Rankings
2024 edition
65–65
Times Higher Education World University Rankings
2024 edition
201–250
US News Best Colleges (National Universities)
2024 edition
Unranked
US News Best Global Universities
2023–24 edition
301–350
Academic Ranking of World Universities (Shanghai Ranking)
2023 edition
401–500
Center for World University Rankings
2024 edition
401–450
Niche Best Colleges
2024 edition
Unranked
CWTS Leiden Ranking
2024 edition
Unranked

Ranking history

Real snapshots recorded each time this dataset is refreshed — never backfilled or estimated.

Ranking history over time
DateRankScore
August 3, 2026#21584.3
August 4, 2026#21584.3
August 5, 2026#21584.3
August 6, 2026#21584.3
August 7, 2026#21584.3
August 10, 2026#21584.3
August 15, 2026#21584.3
August 17, 2026#21584.3
August 20, 2026#21584.3

Admissions

Most recently published acceptance rate and enrolled-student score ranges. SAT/ACT and GPA are US-specific admissions measures, so they're only shown where applicable.

Applications / year
Acceptance rate
SAT (25th–75th)
ACT (25th–75th)
Avg. GPA

Not yet published for this university on Analects Proverbs.

Campus & outcomes

Class size, graduation and freshman retention rates, sticker tuition vs. what students actually pay after aid, how many receive it, post-graduation employment, research output, and a few real, commonly-cited top recruiters. Everything except ratio and enrollment is US-specific or approximate — papers/year and top employers in particular are rounded/illustrative, not exhaustive or precise database exports. Earnings figures and what they imply against cost are in their own section below.

Student : faculty
14:1
Undergrads
13,000
Grad rate (6-yr)
Tuition
Avg. net price
Employed within 6mo
Papers/year (approx.)
4,000
Classes under 20
Freshman retention
Receiving aid
Where grads work
PetronasMaybankDeloitteCIMB Group

Studying in Malaysia as an international student

A low-cost destination, including at branch campuses of UK and Australian universities. These are country-level figures for a typical bachelor's at a public university (2025–26 academic year) — not a quote for this university, which sets its own fees.

Typical tuition, non-national
$3,500–$12,000
per year, approx. USD
Typical living costs
$4,500–$8,000
per year, approx. USD
Funding routes
Malaysian International Scholarship; institution-level awards.

Subject strengths

An Analects Proverbs editorial estimate — derived from this university's specialty and overall standing, not pulled from a named subject ranking.

Ranking source comparison
SourceScore
CS82 out of 100
Eng75 out of 100
Business76 out of 100
Medicine79 out of 100
Law77 out of 100
Sciences77 out of 100
Social77 out of 100
Arts75 out of 100
Strongest in
Computer ScienceMedicineLaw & Policy
Computer Science
Engineering
Business
Medicine
Law & Policy
Natural Sciences
Social Sciences
Arts & Humanities

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Frequently asked questions

What is Universiti Malaya's ranking?

Universiti Malaya ranks #215 on Analects Proverbs's combined score of 84.3/100, aggregated across 5 major published rankings.

What is Universiti Malaya known for?

Malaysia's oldest & highest-ranked university. Its strongest subject areas, by our editorial estimate, are Computer Science, Medicine, Law & Policy.