http://www.ireg-observatory.org/images/audit/audit_baner_pionowy_1.gifThe upward mobility through higher education was essential to reduce economic inequality and maintain national unity said Malaysian Prime Minister Mohammad Najib Tun Razak, speaking at UNITAR International University, Kuala Lumpur.
An article by the Oxford Business Group details Malaysia's concern with improving the quality of the country's universities, specifically with ensuring that Malaysia has at least one university in the world's top 50 by the year 2020 and three in the top 100 in the QS World University Rankings.
At present there are no Malaysian universities in the QS top 100 and the top university is Universiti Malaya, the country's oldest institution, in 167th place. However, the article notes that some universities are performing well in specific subjects. For example, Universiti Sains Malaysia was ranked 28th in environmental sciences and has done well in a number of other scientific and technical fields. Universiti Malaya was in the top 100 for computer science and three engineering disciplines.
Source: Oxford Business Group.