SHAH ALAM: Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) has joined the list of world elite universities after 13 of its subjects were listed in the “2017 QS World University Rankings by Subject” list.
UiTM vice-chancellor Prof Emeritus Hassan Said said of these, eight were new subjects.
The eight subjects were Architecture and Built Environment, Arts and Design, Chemical Engineering, Agriculture and Forestry, Medicine, Pharmacy and Pharmacology, Chemistry, and Business Management and Administration.
“The five subjects, which were listed in the QS World University Rankings in 2016, have improved their score rankings, namely Accountancy and Finance, Education, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Computer Science and Information Systems,” he said in a statement here today.
“We are confident that with special strategy and scheduled monitoring, UiTM can improve its position in the coming years,” Hassan said.