ANOTHER UNIVERSITY RANKING.....MALAYSIA???

While flipping thru the news pages in the NZ Herald, I bumped into the Times Higher Education World University Rankings.



Another one? Well, I can't help it but went thru the WEBSITE.

I did not pay much attention to how the universities were ranked as I was more interested to see where our universities are placed in this table. I CAN'T FIND ANY IN THE TOP 400 UNIVERSITIES! NONE! ZIPPED!
Don't tell me we are that bad!

 

Top Asian universities 2012-13

Rank	Institution	Country / Region	Overall scorechange criteria
27	University of Tokyo	Japan	78.3
29	National University of Singapore	Singapore	77.5
35	University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong	75.6
46	Peking University	China	70.7
50	Pohang University of Science and Technology	Republic of Korea	69.4
52	Tsinghua University	China	67.1
54	Kyoto University	Japan	66.8
59	Seoul National University	Republic of Korea	65.9
65	Hong Kong University of Science and Technology	Hong Kong	64.4
68	Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology	Republic of Korea	64.0
86	Nanyang Technological University	Singapore	59.4
124	Chinese University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong	54.4
128	Tokyo Institute of Technology	Japan	53.7
134	National Taiwan University	Taiwan	53.2
137	Tohoku University	Japan	53.1
137	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Israel	53.1
147	Osaka University	Japan	52.0
158	Tel Aviv University	Israel	50.5
182	City University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong	48.5
183	Yonsei University	Republic of Korea	48.2
193	Technion Israel Institute of Technology	Israel	46.9
201-225	Fudan University	China	Data withheld by THE
201-225	Middle East Technical University	Turkey	Data withheld by THE
201-225	Nagoya University	Japan	Data withheld by THE
201-225	University of Science and Technology of China	China	Data withheld by THE
201-225	Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU)	Republic of Korea	Data withheld by THE
226-250	Bilkent University	Turkey	Data withheld by THE
226-250	Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur	India	Data withheld by THE
226-250	Koç University	Turkey	Data withheld by THE
226-250	Korea University	Republic of Korea	Data withheld by THE
226-250	National Tsing Hua University	Taiwan	Data withheld by THE
251-275	National Chiao Tung University	Taiwan	Data withheld by THE
251-275	Hong Kong Polytechnic University	Hong Kong	Data withheld by THE
251-275	Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay	India	Data withheld by THE
251-275	Nanjing University	China	Data withheld by THE
251-275	Tokyo Metropolitan University	Japan	Data withheld by THE
276-300	Boğaziçi University	Turkey	Data withheld by THE
276-300	Istanbul Technical University	Turkey	Data withheld by THE
276-300	Shanghai Jiao Tong University	China	Data withheld by THE
276-300	Tokyo Medical and Dental University	Japan	Data withheld by THE
301-350	National Cheng Kung University	Taiwan	Data withheld by THE
301-350	Hokkaido University	Japan	Data withheld by THE
301-350	Hong Kong Baptist University	Hong Kong	Data withheld by THE
301-350	King Abdulaziz University	Saudi Arabia	Data withheld by THE
301-350	Kyushu University	Japan	Data withheld by THE
301-350	Renmin University of China	China	Data withheld by THE
301-350	Sharif University of Technology	Iran	Data withheld by THE
301-350	National Sun Yat-Sen University	Taiwan	Data withheld by THE
301-350	Sun Yat-sen University	China	Data withheld by THE
301-350	University of Tsukuba	Japan	Data withheld by THE
301-350	Zhejiang University	China	Data withheld by THE
351-400	National Central University	Taiwan	Data withheld by THE
351-400	Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee	India	Data withheld by THE
351-400	Keio University	Japan	Data withheld by THE
351-400	King Mongkut's University of Technology, Thonburi	Thailand	Data withheld by THE
351-400	National Taiwan University of Science and Technology	Taiwan	Data withheld by THE
351-400	Waseda University	Japan	Data withheld by THE

I don't know how bad is the higher education system here but I am pretty sure something need to be seriously looked at and I doubt that the new education plan will ever work!

Moreover, friends around me are starting to send their kids elsewhere. One is sending both his kids to Global Indian School in KL, preparing them for higher education overseas, while my cousin sends his children to a private school here and also in Melbourne. My neighbour registered her grandson with Mutiara International Grammar School (he's only 5!!!!).
Personally, my eldest daughter is in Monash University Sunway. This because she can't fit into the current local education system!
So, THINK ABOUT IT!!!