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Welcome

Methodology: Indicators & Weigh ngs

Methodology: Refinements

EduData Summit

2019 Overall Results

Ranks & Scores by Indicator

Underlying Data & Ra os

The QS Rankings Team

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CONTENTS

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THE 2019 QS WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGSWILL BE LAUNCHED ON 6 JUNE 2018

www.topuniversi es.com

WELCOME

The QS World University Rankings 2019 will bepublished on topuniversi es.com on 6th June2018.

This file provides the detailed results for yourins tu on and the data that has been used tocalculate the ranks and scores.

It should also provide you with useful informa onfor any media communica on you might need toprepare prior to launch.

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Comprehensive+ Comprehensive SpecialistFocused

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Private - Not for Profit PrivatePublic

INSTITUTION CLASSIFICATION

Universi Sains Malaysia (USM)Established in 1969

Malaysia

SIZE

AGE BAND

STATUS

RESEARCHINTENSITY

SUBJECTAREA FOCUS

QS Classifica ons make it easier to quickly iden fy and compare ins tu ons with similar characteris cs.To find out more about how the classifica ons are compiled please visit www.iu.qs.com

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METHODOLOGY:INDICATORS & WEIGHTINGSThe QS World University Rankings® have been published since 2004. Whilst theheadline measures have not changed since 2005, we introduce refinements to provide even stronger results year a er year.

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AcademicReputa on

Taken from the annual survey conducted by QS designed to evaluate the percep onsof academics from around the world regarding the best ins tu ons in terms ofresearch. In this edi on, over 83,000 responses were recorded globally.

EmployerReputa on

Taken from the annual QS survey aimed at gathering the views of employers aroundthe world on the ins tu ons providing the best professionals. For the 2019, about43,000 responses were analysed.

Cita ons perFaculty

This ra o measures the average number of cita ons obtained per faculty member, andis an es mate of the impact and quality of the scien fic work produced by universi es.This indicator is calculated using data from Scopus. To avoid anomalous results, anaffilia on cap is applied discarding papers with an unusually high number of affilia ons.Self-cita ons are excluded and cita on counts are normalized, ensuring that cita onsachieved in each of the five broad faculty areas are weighted equally (moreinforma on: bit.ly/1RbERtx).

Faculty StudentThis is the ra o between the number of academic staff and number of students. Ahigher number of teachers per student is an indirect indicator of the commitment ofthe ins tu ons to high-quality teaching.

Interna onalFaculty

The Interna onal Faculty Index is simply based on the propor on of faculty membersthat are interna onal. It is a proxy measure for how interna onally a rac ve theuniversity is to academic staff. Universi es based in loca ons known for a rac ng highpropor ons of expatriates perform well here such as those in Hong Kong, Switzerlandand UAE.

Interna onalStudents

Similar in nature to the Interna onal Faculty Index, the Interna onal Students Index isbased on the propor on of students that are interna onal. It is a proxy measure forhow interna onally a rac ve the university is to students. A rac ng interna onalfaculty and students can be challenging for ins tu ons that are more na onally orregionally focussed.

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METHODOLOGY:REFINEMENTSAlthough the methodology hasn't been changed this year, we have inctroduced a series of adjustments to our processes.

Stronger Survey AnalysisFor this edi on, whilst we have retained a five-year response period, we have refined the survey analysis approach, including thescreening, valida on and de-duplica on of responses. Combined with an increase in respondents numbers this year, this hasenabled us to draw on over 1.2 million academic nomina ons, and nearly 200 thousand employer nomina ons for this edi on. Ineach case, this comprises a 38% increase on the 2018 rankings. Extended ReachQS have been taking efforts to extend the reach of our rankings by considering more high-performing ins tu ons from all overthe world for inclusion. This year, we have evaluated 4,763 ins tu ons from 151 countries through our rich survey datasets.More than 1,230 ins tu ons have been considered in the final evalua on of the QS World University Rankings where 60ins tu ons have made their first appearance in the final Top 1000 ins tu ons. An extra cohort of 21 specialist ins tu ons havebeen evaluated in the indicators analysis.

Screening PolicyFor this edi on, we have established a new screening policy to further evaluate the ins tu ons to be ranked in the QS WorldUniversity Rankings. For the ins tu ons with fewer than 5,000 total students (small ins tu ons, according to QS Classifica ons),the threshold would fall into three alterna ve bars:

1. Being Ranked Top 800 in one of the three indicators: Academic Reputa on OR Employer Reputa on OR Cita ons per Faculty;2. Being Ranked Top 900 in two of the three indicators: Academic Reputa on OR Employer Reputa on OR Cita ons per Faculty;3. Being Ranked Top 1000 in each of the three indicators: Academic Reputa on AND Employer Reputa on AND Cita ons perFaculty;

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CONSIDEREDINSTITUTIONS

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RANKEDINSTITUTIONS

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OVERALL, THE INSTITUTION IMPROVED ON ITS2018 PERFORMANCE BY 57 PLACES.

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

31.5%34.7%

20.3%

35.3%

26.9%

41.2%

PERCENTILE EVOLUTIONQS WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS

TOP 21%In the 2019 edi on, the ins tu on performed

among the top 21% in the QS World UniversityRankings.

RANKINGS TREND

OVERALL RANK

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2019 OVERALL RESULTS

Since 2014, Universi SainsMalaysia (USM) moved up 148places. Over the 6 considered

years, the ins tu on moved up 4mes and fell once.

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RANKS BY INDICATOR2019 EDITION

Interna onal Students

Academic Reputa on

Employer Reputa on

Interna onal Faculty

Cita ons per Faculty

Faculty Student

168

225

556

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411

367At 168 globally, the Academic Reputa on is the strongest indicator for UniversiSains Malaysia (USM).

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Academic Reputa on

Employer Reputa on

Faculty Student

Cita ons per Faculty

Interna onal Faculty

Interna onal Students

Overall

Academic Reputa on

Employer Reputa on

Faculty Student

Cita ons per Faculty

Interna onal Faculty

Interna onal Students 37.5

36.0

19.6

64.3

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45.9

43.0

SCORES BY INDICATOREACH INDICATOR CAN REACH A MAXIMUM OF 100 POINTS

YEAR ON YEAR SWING

UNDERLYING DATA & RATIOS

Cita ons (Excluding Self-Cita ons)

Cita ons (Including Self-Cita ons)

Interna onal Students

Cita ons (Normalized)

Interna onal Faculty

Faculty Staff

Students

Papers

18,141

76,231

62,324

81,212

15,376

2,711

2,427

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VERIFIED DATA

The figures above are full- me equivalent (FTE). In those cases where only theheadcounts were available, the FTE was calculated by applying a ra o based on countryor regional average.

Papers period: 2011-2016 | Cita ons period: 2012-2017

This is the underlying dataused for rankings calcula onsand has undergone extensivechecking but this is a majorundertaking so if anythingraises ques ons, pleasecontact us as atrankings@qs.com.

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Global Median 8.0

FACULTY STUDENT RATIOFaculty staff per 100 students

31.4

Global Median 34.1

CITATIONS PER FACULTYNormalized cita ons per faculty member

14.3

Global Median 9.5

INTERNATIONAL FACULTY RATIOInterna onal faculty staff per 100 faculty members

14.9

Global Median 9.6

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS RATIOInterna onal students per 100 students

The following charts present the ra os u lized for rankings calcula ons for your ins tu on, compared against the globalmedian results.

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Bibliometric data

A technical explana on of thecita ons normaliza on process canbe accessed here:h ps://bit.ly/1RbERtx

THE QS RANKINGS TEAM

Ben Sowter DirectorSelina Griffin Rankings Manager

Mar n Juno Product Development ManagerDennis Yu Rankings Lead Analyst

Ting Qin Data Acquisi on Manager

Tony Fregoli Data Analyst

Senior Research Execu veIrene-Jay Shin

ResearchersAjita Rane

Anuja ShenoyGabriel Maschião da Costa

Priyanka BalapureSamuel Wong

Shilpa Narayankar

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