Top Universities in Malaysia Rated "Excellent" in SETARA Rankings
November 11, 2017
EasyUni Staff
The SETARA '13 is the third rating exercise undertaken at the institutional level for universities and university colleges in Malaysia.
The rating exercise was carried out between March 2013 and July 2013. Data collected and used for the rating was based on the year of 2013. The resulting rating system uses a six-tier categorization with Tier 6 identified as "Outstanding" and Tier 1 as "Weak".
No university was rated "Outstanding". However, there are over 40 universities rated "Excellent" and 11 rated "Very good" and we've listed them for you below.
TIER 5: EXCELLENT Universities
The following universities are listed in alphabetical order.
ASIA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION
BINARY UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
CURTIN UNIVERSITY SARAWAK MALAYSIA
CYBERJAYA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
INFRASTRUCTURE UNIVERSITY KUALA LUMPUR
INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY
MANAGEMENT AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY
OPEN UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA (ODL)
SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SARAWAK CAMPUS
UNIVERSITI ISLAM ANTARABANGSA MALAYSIA (INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA)
UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA
UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA PAHANG
UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA PERLIS
UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH
UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK
UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA TERENGGANU
UNIVERSITI PENDIDIKAN SULTAN IDRIS
UNIVERSITI PUTRA MALAYSIA
UNIVERSITI SAINS ISLAM MALAYSIA
UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA
UNIVERSITI SELANGOR
UNIVERSITI TEKNIKAL MALAYSIA MELAKA
UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA
UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA
UNIVERSITI TUN HUSSEIN ONN MALAYSIA
UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM MALAYSIA CAMPUS
TIER 4: VERY GOOD Universities
1 - AIMST UNIVERSITY
2 - HELP UNIVERSITY
3 - KOLEJ UNIVERSITI INSANIAH
4 - KOLEJ UNIVERSITI ISLAM ANTARABANGSA SELANGOR
5 - KUALA LUMPUR METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE
6 - LIMKOKWING UNIVERSITY OF CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY
7 - TATi UNIVERSITY COLLEGE
8 - TWINTECH INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY
9 - UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA KELANTAN
10 - UNIVERSITI PERTAHANAN NASIONAL MALAYSIA
11 - UNIVERSITI SULTAN ZAINAL ABIDIN
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