8 Best universities for Development Studies in Kuala Lumpur

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Below is a list of best universities in Kuala Lumpur ranked based on their research performance in Development Studies. A graph of 86.7K citations received by 8.58K academic papers made by 8 universities in Kuala Lumpur was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

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1. University of Malaya

For Development Studies

#1 in Malaysia
#25 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
34%
Founded
1905

2. International Islamic University Malaysia

For Development Studies

#8 in Malaysia
#128 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
21,607
Founded
1983

3. International Medical University

For Development Studies

#22 in Malaysia
#654 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
66%
Founded
1992

4. UCSI University

For Development Studies

#27 in Malaysia
#897 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
80%
Founded
1986

5. University of Kuala Lumpur

For Development Studies

#28 in Malaysia
#914 in Asia
Founded
2002

6. National Defence University of Malaysia

For Development Studies

#29 in Malaysia
#1074 in Asia
Founded
1995

7. HELP University

For Development Studies

#31 in Malaysia
#1302 in Asia
Enrollment
5,920
Male:Female
55:45
Founded
1986

8. Tun Abdul Razak University

For Development Studies

#34 in Malaysia
#1696 in Asia
Founded
1997

Universities for Development Studies near Kuala Lumpur

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University
Country rank
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City
13 Sunway University 21
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Petaling Jaya
14 Taylor's University 16
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Subang Jaya
17 Putra Malaysia University 5
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Serdang
19 Tenaga National University 17
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Kajang
20 Tunku Abdul Rahman University 14
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Kajang
23 MARA University of Technology 6
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Shah Alam
25 Multimedia University 9
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Cyberjaya
27 National University of Malaysia 4
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Bangi
35 Islamic Science University of Malaysia 24
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Nilai
63 Sultan Idris University of Education 11
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Tanjong Malim

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