Achieving targets: Abdul Rahim led UM to achieving its highest position in the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings in under three years since he helmed the position.
It has just been under three years since Datuk Abdul Rahim Hashim helmed the country’s oldest varsity, University Malaya (UM), but it is in this period that UM has achieved its highest position in the prestigious Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings since the rankings began in 2004.
In the recently released 2021 rankings, UM – now ranked third in Southeast Asia – leaped 11 spots to its current 59th spot globally, with an overall score of 70.1.
