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Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)

314= -   Arts & Humanities234  Natural Sciences
246  Engineering & IT250  Social Sciences
World Rankings114  Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Source: Times Higher Education - QS World University Rankings Copyright © 2009 QS Intelligence Unit
313= -   Arts & Humanities246  Natural Sciences
239  Engineering & IT229  Social Sciences
World Rankings123  Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Source: Times Higher Education - QS World University Rankings Copyright © 2009 QS Intelligence Unit
307= 227  Arts & Humanities161  Natural Sciences
234  Engineering & IT208  Social Sciences
World Rankings122  Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Source: Times Higher Education - QS World University Rankings Copyright © 2009 QS Intelligence Unit
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Source: Times Higher Education - QS World University Rankings Copyright © 2009 QS Intelligence Unit

Bermula dengan pengambilan seramai 57 orang pelajar sains, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) membangun dengan pesatnya. Kini, USM menawarkan pelbagai kursus di peringkat ijazah pertama dan ijazah tinggi kepada lebih 20,000 orang pelajar. Hari ini USM juga telah muncul menjadi antara universiti ternama di dalam mahupun di luar negara.

Kejayaan–kejayaan dalam pelbagai bidang, terutamanya penyelidikan, termasuk yang terbaru melalui Anugerah Inovasi Asia, sebagai satu-satunya pemenang dari negara ini, berjaya meletakkan nama USM di peta dunia.

Penubuhan USM bermula dengan persetujuan yang dicapai terhadap resolusi yang diluluskan di Dewan Undangan Negeri Pulau Pinang pada tahun 1962, yang mencadangkan agar sebuah kolej universiti ditubuhkan di negeri ini. Sebidang tanah telah diperolehi di Sungai Ara, disusuli dengan Perletakan Batu Asas oleh Perdana Menteri Malaysia Y.T.M Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj pada 7 Ogos 1967.

Walau bagaimanapun, melihat kepada keperluan kampus yang lebih luas dan kondusif sesuai dengan keperluan guna tenaga negara pada masa depan, pada tahun 1969, sebuah universiti sepenuhnya ditubuhkan dengan nama Universiti Pulau Pinang.

Pada bulan April 1969, Profesor Hamzah Sendut telah dilantik sebagai Naib Canselor. Dua bulan berikutnya, kumpulan pertama seramai 57 orang pelajar diterima masuk untuk mengikuti pengajian di sini. Disebabkan kampus Sg. Ara tidak dapat dibangunkan secepat mungkin, kumpulan pertama pelajar ini telah ditempatkan di Maktab Perguruan Persekutuan Bukit Gelugor yang dipinjamkan oleh Kementeri Pelajaran. Pada tahun 1971, kampus yang sepatutnya terletak di Sungai Ara telah ditukarkan ke Minden, sebuah kawasan yang cantik seluas 500 ekar, dengan kehijauan dan lokasinya di tanah tinggi dan pemandangan lautan yang mempersonakan.

Sejak permulaannya lagi, USM memilih untuk menggunakan sistem pusat pengajian berbanding sistem tradisi iaitu fakulti. Uniknya sistem pusat pengajian ini ialah, setiap pusat pengajian dapat menyatukan subjek pengajiannya dan kursus-kursus yang dapat memenuhi keperluan pengijazahan yang mengkhusus di dalam sesuatu bidang yang dipilih dan pada masa yang sama turut menguasai bidang-bidang disiplin pengajian yang lain.

Pendekatan antara-disiplin ini dapat memastikan USM menghasilkan para graduan yang diasuh dan dididik untuk menjadi serba boleh. USM merupakan universiti pertama yang mengamalkan sistem pusat pengajian di negara ini.

Faculty

Number of Faculty Staff Headcount: 1,885 FTE: 1,840

Total number of academic faculty staff who are responsible for planning, directing and undertaking teaching only, research only or both teaching and research. Please include: vice-chancellors, deputy vice-chancellors, principals, professors, heads of school, associate professors, principal lecturers, tutors or postdoctoral researchers. Please exclude research assistants*, PhD students who contribute to teaching, hospital residents and exchange scholars or visiting faculty staff who are members of another university. * The important distinction for us is that staff counted as 'research only' should be academically involved in that research and should be likely to publish research outputs. A research assistant, in our understanding, is any individual who is not doing own research and is therefore not likely to publish own research outputs. Said individual is (only) involved in research in terms of operation execution , such as lab technician or equipment operator.

Number of International Faculty Staff Headcount: 178 FTE: 178

Number of academic faculty staff who are of foreign nationality. The term 'international' is hereby determined by citizenship. For EU countries, this includes all foreign nationals, even if from another EU state. In Hong Kong, this includes professors from Mainland China. Inclusion and exclusion mirrors those for academic faculty staff. In case of dual citizenship, the 'deciding' criteria should be 'citizenship obtained through birth', basically first passport obtained.
Number of Inbound Visiting Faculty Staff Headcount: 56 FTE: 56

Number of academic faculty staff contributing to teaching or research at your university in the last 12 months who are visiting from an overseas institution for a minimum period of at least 3 months.
Number of Outbound Visiting Faculty Staff Headcount: 70 FTE: 70

Number of academic faculty staff employed by your institution contributing to teaching or research at an overseas institution in the last 12 months for a minimum period of at least 3 months.
Number of Staff with PhD Headcount: 990 FTE: 990

Number of academic faculty staff employed by your institution that have studied a PhD

Undergraduate Information

Number of Undergraduate Students Headcount: 20,741 FTE: 16,972

Number of students pursuing a Bachelor’s level or equivalent degree. This excludes certificates/diplomas and associate’s degrees.

Number of International Undergraduate Students Headcount: 318 FTE: 317

Number of undergraduate students who are foreign nationals. The term 'international' is hereby determined by citizenship. For EU countries, this includes all foreign nationals, even nationals of other EU states. In Hong Kong, this includes students from Mainland China. In case of dual citizenship, the 'deciding' criteria should be 'citizenship obtained through birth', basically first passport obtained. Please exclude all exchange students. As for language students, if the language students take up a particular language course that is outlined as 'undergraduate degree program' they should be included under 'international undergraduate students' . Language students who take part in a course not contributing to a degree qualification should be counted under 'Total International Students'.

Number of Inbound Exchange Undergraduate Students Headcount: 583 FTE: 583

Number of undergraduate students attending your university on international exchange programs for at least 1 semester in the last 12 months.
Number of Outbound Exchange Undergraduate Students Headcount: 52 FTE: 52

Number of undergraduate students registered at your institution who have attended another institution abroad for at least 1 semester on an exchange program in the last 12 months.
Average International Undergraduate Fees $ USD 2,234

Average tuition fees per academic year (two semesters) that an international student would be expected to pay for an undergraduate program, with ‘program’ referring to the complete range of courses contributing to a degree. FAQ: How do I calculate average fees?

Average Domestic Undergraduate Fees $ USD 456

Average tuition fees per academic year (two semesters) that a domestic student would be expected to pay for an undergraduate program, with ‘program’ referring to the complete range of courses contributing to a degree. FAQ: How do I calculate average fees?

Average Undergraduate Class Size Headcount: 31

The average size of class across all undergraduate programs. The term ‘class’ refers to an unit of instruction or taught session in which a teacher has pre-defined material to cover. It does exclude tutorial seminars.
Number of first year Undergraduate students Headcount: 5,038 FTE: 4,071

Number of students pursuing a Bachelor's level or equivalent degree in their first year of study. This excludes certificates/diplomas and associate's degrees.

Graduate / Postgraduate Information

Number of Graduate / Postgraduate Students Headcount: 7,458 FTE: 5,823

Students pursuing a higher-level degree (Master and Doctorate), including both taught and research postgraduates (e.g. PhD students)
Number of International Graduate/Postgraduate Students Headcount: 1,789 FTE: 1,724

Number of graduate / postgraduate students who are foreign nationals. The term 'international' is hereby determined by citizenship. For EU countries, this includes all foreign nationals, even nationals of other EU states. In Hong Kong, this includes students from Mainland China. In case of dual citizenship, the 'deciding' criteria should be 'citizenship obtained through birth', basically first passport obtained. Please exclude all exchange students. As for language students, if they take up a particular language course that is outlined as 'postgraduate degree program', they should be included under 'international postgraduate students'. Language students who take part in a course not contributing to a degree qualification should be counted under 'Total International Students'.

Number of Inbound Exchange Graduate/Postgraduate Students Headcount: 16 FTE: 16

Number of graduate / postgraduate students attending your university on international exchange programs for at least 1 semester in the last 12 months.
Number of Outbound Exchange Graduate/Postgraduate Students Headcount: 24 FTE: 24

Number of postgraduate students registered at your institution who have attended another institution on an exchange program for at least 1 semester in the last 12 months.
Average International Graduate / Postgraduate Fees $ USD 2,415

Average tuition fees per academic year (two semesters) that an international student would be expected to pay for a graduate / postgraduate program, with ‘program’ referring to the complete range of courses contributing to a degree. FAQ: How do I calculate average fees?

Average Domestic Graduate / Postgraduate Fees $ USD 1,540

Average tuition fees per academic year (two semesters) that a domestic student would be expected to pay for a graduate / postgraduate program, with ‘program’ referring to the complete range of courses contributing to a degree. FAQ: How do I calculate average fees?

Average Taught Graduate / Postgraduate Class Size Headcount: 6

The average size of class across all taught graduate / postgraduate programs. The term ‘class’ refers to an unit of instruction or taught session in which a teacher has pre-defined material to cover. It does exclude tutorial seminars.
Number of first year Postgraduate students Headcount: 1,742 FTE: 1,428

Number of students pursuing a Master's level or equivalent degree in their first year of study, including both taught and research postgraduates.

Students

Total Students Headcount: 28,199 FTE: 22,795

Total number of students.
Total International Students Headcount: 2,107 FTE: 2,040

Number of students who are foreign nationals. The term 'international' is hereby determined by citizenship. For EU countries, this includes all foreign nationals, even nationals of other EU states. In Hong Kong, this includes students from Mainland China. In case of dual citizenship, the 'deciding' criteria should be 'citizenship obtained through birth', basically first passport obtained.
Total Outbound Exchange Students Headcount: 76 FTE: 76

Total number of students registered at your institution who have attended another institution on an exchange program for at least 1 semester in the last 12 months.
Total Inbound Exchange Students Headcount: 599 FTE: 599

Total number of students attending your university on international exchange programs for at least 1 semester in the last 12 months.
Average International Student Fees $ USD 2,358

Average tuition fees per year that an international student would be expected to pay for any course
Average Domestic Student Fees $ USD 1,036

Average tuition fees per academic year (two semesters) that a domestic student would be expected to pay for any program, with ‘program’ referring to the complete range of courses contributing to a degree. FAQ: How do I calculate average fees?

Average Class Size Headcount: 19

The average size of class across all programs. The term ‘class’ refers to an unit of instruction or taught session in which a teacher has pre-defined material to cover. It does exclude tutorial seminars.
Number of Male Students Headcount: 11,714 FTE: 9,279

Number of students who are male out of the total number of students studying at your university
Number of Female Students Headcount: 16,485 FTE: 13,516

Number of students who are female out of the total number of students studying at your university

Graduate Output

Proportion of Graduates Pursuing Further Study Headcount: 7 %

Proportion of graduates from undergraduate programs pursuing further study at your own institution or any other within 6 months after graduation.

Proportion of Graduates Employed Headcount: 70 %

Proportion of graduates (excluding those opting to pursue further study) in permanent employment within 6 months of graduation
Number of PhDs Awarded Headcount: 151

Total number of PhDs awarded in the last 12 months

Entry Requirements

Avg Entry Requirements Headcount: 3

Please express the average academic achievement entry requirements for your institution. Please convert your domestic requirements to the US Grade Point Average system. The five-point numerical scale is typically correlated with the A-F/A-E quality index. (A=4.0, B=3.0, C=2.0, D=1.0, E or F = 0.0) In our context, a value of 0 will imply to us that your institution has an "open access" admissions policy and will in no way count against your institution in any future table built upon this data. You can use World Education Services (WES) Toolkit as guidline: http://www.wes.org/gradeconversionguide/index.asp (copy and paste)

Careers Support

Number of Full-Time Careers Advisors Headcount: 7 FTE: 7

Total number of staff employed by your institution on a full-time basis who are exclusively responsible for career support for your students (undergraduate and/or postgraduate)

Student Satisfaction

Overall Student Satisfaction Rate Headcount: 77 %

Percentage of all first year undergraduate students who are satisfied with the overall quality of their course
Teaching Student Satisfaction Rate Headcount: 77 %

Percentage of all first year undergraduate students who are satisfied with the overall teaching on their course

Internationalisation

Number of University Collaborations or Partnership Agreements Headcount: 123

Number of universities your institution has collaborations or partnership agreements with. These partnership agreements may include student and teaching exchanges, as well as collaborative research projects, exchange of academic materials and other information, and jointly offered executive development programmes. This includes collaborations at either a university or faculty level. Please also state the names of these institutions in the Submission Notes box. Click here to see a list of universities in top 500 over last 3 years
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