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Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT)

MalaysiaAsia

#801

QS World University Rankings 2026

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QS 2026 overall score

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Ranking data

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#801

QS World University Rankings 2026

#1001

QS World University Rankings 2025

Not listed

QS 2026 overall score

QS 2026 indicators

Indicator-level data

Each card keeps the QS 2026 score and rank separate. A missing value is not estimated.

Academic reputation

QS 2026 score
16.7
QS 2026 rank
#701

Employer reputation

QS 2026 score
8.2
QS 2026 rank
#701

Faculty-student ratio

QS 2026 score
18.6
QS 2026 rank
#801

Citations per faculty

QS 2026 score
28.9
QS 2026 rank
#596

International faculty ratio

QS 2026 score
23.6
QS 2026 rank
#668

International student ratio

QS 2026 score
30.3
QS 2026 rank
#588

International student diversity

QS 2026 score
31.7
QS 2026 rank
#592

International research network

QS 2026 score
58.9
QS 2026 rank
#709

Employment outcomes

QS 2026 score
5
QS 2026 rank
#801

Sustainability

QS 2026 score
58.2
QS 2026 rank
#543
University profile

About Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT)

UMT's marine and environmental research map

Universiti Malaysia Terengganu's current research page places marine science, aquatic resources, and social innovation near the centre of its public research description. It also points to natural research stations used for work on marine science, biodiversity, and local ecosystems. This gives a prospective researcher a clear starting map, especially when a question depends on a coastal or aquatic setting. It does not, by itself, identify a supervisor, a specific field site, or a project that is currently accepting researchers. Those details have to be checked on the nearer faculty, institute, or staff page.

The page also describes research activity connected with biodiversity, ecology, and conservation. These labels can cover very different objects and methods. A biodiversity project may compare species or habitats; an ecology project may examine interactions or change over time; conservation work may focus on management, restoration, policy, or community practice. UMT's public research map is useful because it connects the institution with these settings, but the applicant still needs to name the material, location, comparison, and evidence that would make a proposed question workable.

Postgraduate research areas listed by UMT

UMT's programme directory separates postgraduate research areas from postgraduate coursework programmes. Its research headings cover biological and earth sciences, physical science, environmental study, protection technology, engineering, and computing, alongside other areas. This distinction matters when reading the site: a named master's course answers a different question from a research area, and a broad research area still does not identify a confirmed project. The directory is best used to identify the faculty or academic neighbourhood where a more specific research question may belong.

The programme directory also shows how UMT connects research areas with wider study themes. At the theme level, it brings together earth and marine work with environmental study. Separate headings point to engineering and energy, maritime activity, fisheries and food, plus information technology. Data and mathematics appear as another study area. Use these headings to move between a practical problem and a possible academic home. They do not confirm that all methods, facilities, or supervisors are available in every intake. The current programme page and the relevant research group remain the sources for that decision.

How to assess a UMT research fit

Start with the setting that makes the question visible. A marine question might specify a species, habitat, water condition, or human activity. An environmental-technology question may need a process, instrument, material, or measured change. A data or computer-science question could focus on a defined dataset, model, sensor stream, or comparison. Once the object is clear, use UMT's research and programme pages to locate the closest faculty, area, station, laboratory, or researcher. This is more useful than choosing a large field label without deciding what will actually be examined.

A strong UMT shortlist record should keep the public institutional evidence separate from the applicant's own plan. Record the official research area, the named unit or staff member, the relevant method, and the page where the current programme information appears. Then identify what still needs confirmation, such as site access, equipment, supervision, language, or the status of a project. UMT's public pages provide a practical route from marine and environmental themes to postgraduate research areas, but the final fit must be established at the specific academic source level.

Institution record

Country
Malaysia
Region
Asia
Status
Public
QS size code
M
Profile record updated
July 24, 2026

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