Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) : Rankings, Fees & Courses Details

Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) formerly known as Universiti Pertanian Malaysia was founded in 1971 through the merger of Faculty of Agriculture, University Malaya and Agriculture College in Serdang. The first three founder faculties were Faculty of Agriculture, Faculty of Forestry and Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science. UPM maintains its traditional role of education in focussing its tertiary level research on agriculture and its relevant areas. In early 80?s, UPM has expanded its scope by including science and technology into its areas of studies. In 1994, UPM aspired to be the University of the Next Millennium and in line with its vision, the name of Universiti Pertanian Malaysia was changed to Universiti Putra Malaysia by Malaysia?s Prime Minister, Dato? Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed on April 3, 1997.This is looked upon as a strategic move in preparing UPM as a versatile, higher learning institution that is in tandem with Malaysia?s dynamic technology.

QS World University Rankings

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2012
#360
2014
#411-420
2015
#376
2016
#=331
2017
#270
2018
#229
2019
#202
2020
#159
2021
#132
2022
#143

Ranking criteria

52.2

Overall

53.6

Academic Reputation

56.4

Employer Reputation

73.9

Faculty Student Ratio

20.5

Citations per Faculty

32.9

International Faculty Ratio

87

International Students Ratio

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