Surprise! Surprise! Surprise!

University of Malaya(UM), notched up 16 places in the latest THES 2008 ranking, clinging the 230th spot, some 20 places ahead of its closest rival in the country, UKM. Malaysia's newly crowned Apex University, University Science Malaysia(USM), is nowhere near the them, in fact sliipped a few places to 313th.

Keep up the UM-bashing, guys, so that those folks in UM continue to work hard, I will be laughing if UM can inched another 16 places higher next year!

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Hooray! UM on top again .....

On the recent released QS-THES World University Rankings 2007, University of Malaya slipped further into the oblivion, clutching the 246th spot, however, they are reasons for the UM's folks to celebrate (yeh, UM lived on celebrations & feasts) coz' UM retain the TOP spot again, in Malaysia-lah of course, beating UKM and USM. UM's folks must be feeling vindicated this time around, as memories of the humiliating defeat by UKM last year still haunted them until now. And the recently announced survey results by MQA of MOHE, putting USM ahead of UM, also bored un-easiness among the UM's folks. Quoting a BERNAMA report, "In the latest ranking, Universiti Malaya was relegated to 246 from 192 last year, USM to 307 from 277, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia to 309 from 182, and Universiti Pertanian Malaysia to 364 from 292. However, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) for the first time made its way into the top 500 at 415."

Don't bother that Malaysian's rankings actually drop, as Rafiah put it, they change every year, it is hard to make comparison, the thing is UM beat UKM & USM!

Yeh, Let's CELEBRATE, UM is the JAGUH KAMPUNG! Hooray!

On a more serious note, Let see how some media reports in Malaysia tackle this issue.

Whither rankings? by the The Star on 10 November, 2007
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