Choosing the university that is best for you isn’t easy. Which institution will enrich you academically while helping you grow as an individual? Which offers the right education for your dream career, yet provides meaningful experiences that will allow you to flourish?
It is a three- to four-year investment of money, time and mental-emotional energy. All the more reason why you should consider a top-ranking university or college in Malaysia, which provides a high standard of education that makes seeking employment, locally or globally, much easier.
A top-ranking university will also provide outstanding student services and a diverse community of intellectual minds from different backgrounds.
A good place to start is by checking the results of dependable sources such as the QS World University Rankings, or Setara, the government’s rating system for Malaysian higher-education institutions. These provide trustworthy performance data of universities in the country and worldwide.
Data-collection methods vary, from surveys of university students and staff, and information submitted from the institutions themselves; to the use of comprehensive research databases like Elsevier’s Scopus.
The main components covered by these rankings include academic reputation, the perception of employers, faculty-student ratio, and international faculty and student ratio.
These ranking factors can help you identify and determine factors that are important to you. For instance,
- Are you looking for renowned courses that will challenge and nourish you on an intellectual level?
- Do you want to learn from and be inspired by experienced professors who are leading experts in their field?
- Do you value being surrounded by coursemates and teachers from diverse cultural backgrounds?
Once you figure all this out, you can refine your search according to subject-specific, geographical, research-based or employability rankings.
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