(Video) So Proud! These Are 10 Best Universities In South East Asia For 2021!

Universities actually can be defined as institutions of higher or even tertiary educations and also researches that awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities around the world typically would offer both undergraduate and also postgraduate programs. Despite all the universities, there are ranking to see which is best.

For the measurement, universities are usually measured based on the academic standing, graduate employability, student and staff ratio, research impact, and also the internationalization. For South East Asia, there are indeed so many great universities for students to enroll. For the year 2021, these are the 10 best universities in South East Asia.

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10) Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia

Number 10 in ASEAN and number 57 in Asia. Gadjah Mada University is a public research university located in Sleman, Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Officially founded on 19 December 1949, Gadjah Mada University is one of the oldest and largest institutions of higher education in the country. It is widely known as the largest and the first state university in the nation. It has been credited as one of the best universities in Indonesia.

9) Mahidol University, Thailand

Number 9 in ASEAN and number 44 in Asia. Mahidol University is an autonomous research institution in Thailand, had its origin in the establishment of Siriraj Hospital in 1888. Mahidol had an acceptance rate for Medicine of 0.4% as of the 2016 academic year. Becoming the University of Medical Science in 1943, it has been recognized as the country’s fourth public university. The university was later renamed in 1969 by King Bhumibol Adulyadej after his father, Prince Mahidol of Songkhla, the ‘Father of Modern Medicine and Public Health of Thailand’.

8) Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

Number 8 in ASEAN and number 43 in Asia. Chulalongkorn University is a public and autonomous research university in Bangkok, Thailand. The university was originally founded during King Chulalongkorn’s reign as a school for training royal pages and civil servants in 1899 at the Grand Palace of Thailand. It was later established as a national university in 1917, making it the oldest institute of higher education in Thailand.

7) University of Technology Malaysia (UTM), Malaysia

Number 7 in ASEAN and number 39 in Asia. University of Technology Malaysia (UTM) is a premier Malaysian public research-intensive university. Its medium of instruction is English.

6) The National University of Malaysia (UKM), Malaysia

Number 6 in ASEAN and number 35 in Asia. The National University of Malaysia, abbreviated as UKM, is a public university located in Bandar Baru Bangi, Selangor which is at south of Kuala Lumpur. Its teaching hospital, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre (UKMMC) is located in Cheras and also has a branch campus in Kuala Lumpur.

5) University of Science (USM), Malaysia

Number 5 in ASEAN and number 34 in Asia. University of Science, Malaysia abbreviated as USM is a public research university in Malaysia. Founded on 1 June 1969 as a statutory body with its own constitution, it is among the oldest institutes of higher learning in Northern Malaysia. It has three campuses which are the main campus on the island of Penang, a health campus in Kelantan, and engineering campus in Nibong Tebal. There is currently an overseas collaboration with KLE University, India offering the Doctor of Medicine (USM) undergraduate degree. USM plans to open a Global Campus (Kuala Lumpur Campus) in Kuala Lumpur Education City (KLCE).

4) Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Malaysia

Number 4 in ASEAN and number 28 in Asia. Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) is recognized by the independent government assessments as one of Malaysia’s leading research universities offering undergraduate and postgraduate courses with a focus on agricultural sciences and their related fields.

3) University of Malaya (UM), Malaysia

Number 3 in ASEAN and number 9 in Asia. The University of Malaya (UM) is a public research university located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is the oldest and highest-ranking Malaysian institution of higher education according to two international ranking agencies. The university has graduated four prime ministers of Malaysia, and other political, business, and cultural figures of national prominence. The predecessor of the university, King Edward VII College of Medicine, was established on 28 September 1905 in Singapore, then a territory of the British Empire. In October 1949, the merger of the King Edward VII College of Medicine and Raffles College created the university.

2) Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Number 2 in ASEAN and number 2 in Asia. The Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU), is the second oldest public autonomous research university in Singapore and is considered to be one of the top universities in the world. NTU is consistently ranked within the top 50 universities in the world according to most rankings. It has 23,951 full-time enrolled students and 3846 full-time teaching staff.

1) National University of Singapore, Singapore

Number 1 in ASEAN and number 1 in Asia. The National University of Singapore (NUS) is a national research university based in Singapore. Founded in 1905 as the Straits Settlements and the Federated Malay States Government Medical School, NUS is the oldest higher education institution in Singapore. NUS is a comprehensive research university, offering degree programs in a wide range of disciplines at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels, including in the sciences, medicine and dentistry, design and environment, law, arts, and social sciences, engineering, business, computing, and music.

Sources: TikTok TOPLIST NEGARAKU.

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