Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) Rankings 2026

Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) Overall Rankings 2027

Across six active ranking listings UPM places consistently inside the global top 600, with its QS World position the strongest of the set and its ARWU band the lowest. The body-by-body spread of more than 700 positions points to a profile that scores higher on reputation surveys than on pure research citation counts.

The QS World rank of #138 sits roughly 400 positions ahead of the THE band, the widest gap UPM shows between any two ranking agencies. UPM scores in the high 90s on QS academic and employer reputation surveys, which carry the most weight in that formula.

The ARWU #801-900 band is the weakest signal in the set because ARWU rewards Nobel-track research that Malaysian public universities rarely produce. For an Indian applicant the QS rank carries more decision weight than the ARWU band here.

Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) Rankings: Bottom Line for Indian Students

The rank story for Indian applicants at UPM is subject-driven rather than overall-rank driven. The signals below translate body-by-body numbers into the decision inputs that matter on a Class 12 to PG applicant timeline.

Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) QS World University Rankings 2027

In QS World University Rankings 2027 UPM ranks #138 globally and #2 in Malaysia, easing four positions from #134 in QS 2026. QS rates universities on academic reputation, employer reputation, faculty-student ratio, citations per faculty, international student ratio and international faculty ratio.

UPM scores in the high 90s on the two reputation indicators, which carry the largest weight in the QS formula. The 5-year band runs from a peak of #123 in 2023 to a low of #158 in 2024, marking 35 positions of total variation.

The sharpest drop was the 35-position fall between 2023 and 2024, after which the rank has recovered back inside the #130s. Across the full five editions the average UPM rank is roughly #140. UPM has stayed inside the global top 150 in every QS World list released since 2022.

Key insight: The 5-year mean of #140 is materially closer to the 2027 rank of #138 than to the 2024 low of #158. This signals that the post-pandemic recovery is durable rather than a single-year bounce.

Collegedunia Study Abroad Rankings of Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)

On the Collegedunia Study Abroad ranking of UPM, the university sits at #5 in Malaysia and #453 globally in the 2026 listing. The category-level table below shows the stream-specific positions used by Indian students to compare Malaysian universities.

The Collegedunia Engineering rank of #184 places UPM inside the top 50% of the 370 engineering universities tracked globally on the platform. The Health Care rank of #282 of 356 sits in the bottom quartile of that subject list.

The CD Study Abroad rank uses Indian-student-relevant signals like application support, visa pathways and Indian alumni counts. These weigh differently from the pure-academic QS formula.

India-relevance: The QS World rank of #138 and the CD Study Abroad rank of #453 differ by 315 positions, the widest gap UPM shows across ranking agencies. CD’s Indian-applicant lens scores UPM below its global academic standing.

Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) Times Higher Education (THE) Rankings

In Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2026 UPM sits in the #501-600 band, the same band it appeared in for the 2025 edition. THE ranks universities on teaching, research environment, research quality, international outlook and industry income. It has placed UPM 300 to 400 positions below its QS standing across this window.

The move from #601-800 in 2022 to the current #501-600 represents one full band of improvement on the THE scale. The lift came across four THE release cycles.

The 400-position gap between THE #501-600 and QS #138 is unusually wide. It is driven by THE’s heavier weighting on research citation quality. Malaysian public universities trail East Asian and Western peers on that metric.

Trend signal: A one-band lift on THE while QS oscillated by 35 positions points to a quieter underlying improvement on research metrics that QS reputation surveys have not yet matched at the same pace.

Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) ARWU (Shanghai) Rankings

UPM appears in the #801-900 band of the ARWU 2025 edition, the same band as in 2023. ARWU ranks universities mainly on Nobel and Fields Medal alumni, highly-cited researchers and papers in Nature and Science. The formula rewards research markers that Malaysian public universities rarely accumulate.

The 2024 spike to #601-700 was followed by a return to the #801-900 band in 2025. The four-year ARWU pattern reads as sideways rather than as a clear upward climb.

The ARWU band stays roughly 700 positions below the QS rank. For Indian applicants the ARWU signal carries less decision weight than the QS or subject-specific positions.

Note: ARWU is the only major ranking where UPM has never broken inside the global top 600 in the last five years. The broader university brand is read off the QS rank rather than the ARWU band.

Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) Other Global Rankings

U.S. News Best Global Universities places UPM at #578 in the 2025-2026 edition, a drop of 34 positions from #544 the year before. U.S. News scores universities mainly on research publication and citation data, similar to ARWU. The UPM rank on U.S. News sits closer to the THE and ARWU bands than to the QS top-150 position.

The 34-position slip on U.S. News came in the same year that UPM climbed 14 positions on QS World. The two cycles show how reputation-led and research-led rankings can move in opposite directions on a single university in the same window.

What it signals: The QS Sustainability Ranking 2026 separately places UPM at #329 globally, the only major non-subject list outside QS World where UPM breaks into the global top 350.

Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) Subject Rankings

UPM is officially ranked across 29 subjects in QS WUR by Subject 2026, with two subjects inside the global top 65. The subject-level numbers are the strongest part of the UPM ranking profile and the most decision-relevant ones for Indian applicants picking a discipline.

Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) QS Subject Rankings 2026

Two UPM subjects sit inside the global top 65 on the QS subject list, both in the agriculture and life-sciences cluster. The table below shows the QS Subject Rankings 2026 positions verified on the QS subject pages.

Veterinary Science and Agriculture and Forestry both sit 70 to 100 positions ahead of the overall QS World rank of #138. The broad social and arts subjects sit 30 to 115 positions behind that line. This pattern tells an Indian applicant that the discipline pick matters more here than the overall university rank.

Key insight: Malaysia’s #1 spot in Veterinary Science for five years and in Agriculture for 14 years are the longest single-subject streaks in the country. Both subjects carry a degree value that survives short-term dips on the broader QS World list.

Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) THE Subject Rankings 2026

On the THE subject lists UPM ranks highest in Business and Economics at the #201-250 band, roughly 300 positions ahead of its overall THE band. The discipline-level THE numbers show the same pattern as QS, with applied and professional subjects beating pure research subjects.

Business and Economics outranks the overall THE position by 300 places. The MBA and economics programmes carry stronger international standing than the broader university brand. Pure science subjects sit at the same #501-600 band as the overall THE rank, in line with the institutional average.

Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) ARWU Subject Rankings 2025

The ARWU subject list contains the single best subject number anywhere in UPM’s ranking profile. Textile Science and Engineering ranks #8 in the world on the ARWU 2025 list, with three more UPM subjects in the global top 200.

The ARWU Textile Science rank of #8 globally sits roughly 800 positions ahead of the overall ARWU band. Food Science at #41 sits in the global top 50, reinforcing the agriculture and food-systems specialisation that runs across UPM’s QS subject lists.

What it signals: Four of UPM’s five strongest subject ranks across all bodies sit in the agriculture-food-veterinary cluster. That cluster defines the university’s global identity more than its overall #138 QS World position does.

Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) Regional Rankings

Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) QS Asia University Rankings

UPM ranks #22 in QS Asia 2026, sitting inside the top 1.5% of 1,526 Asian universities and at #2 in Malaysia. Across the last three Asia editions the rank has moved between #20 and #25, a 5-position band over three release cycles.

The #22 Asia rank places UPM ahead of IIT Bombay at #48 in QS Asia 2025. It also leads IIT Delhi and most other Indian universities on the same regional list. This is the rank line Indian applicants encounter most often when comparing UPM to home options.

The 5-position Asia band is materially tighter than the 35-position QS World band over the same window. The regional reputation is steadier than the global one.

India-relevance: A QS Asia 2026 rank of #22 means UPM scores higher than 99% of the 1,526 Asian universities tracked. That set includes every IIT and IIM on the same list in the most recent Asia edition.

Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) Rankings: Indian Student Outlook

For Indian applicants the ranking story at UPM splits cleanly along subject lines. The discipline-by-discipline numbers, not the overall #138 QS World rank, are what should drive the program shortlist.

Popular programs chosen by Indian students at UPM include:

• Master of Business Administration (MBA), supported by Business and Economics at THE #201-250
• M.S. in Computer Science and Data Science, mapping to QS Data Science and AI at #101-200
• B.Sc and M.Sc in Agriculture and Plant Sciences, sitting in the QS Agriculture top 65
• Bachelor and Master of Veterinary Medicine, anchored by QS Veterinary Science at #38
• B.Eng programmes in Civil, Electrical and Biosystems Engineering
• Graduate degrees in Food Science and Technology, linked to ARWU Food Science at #41

You can explore the full programme list and Indian-student fees on the UPM courses and fees page on Collegedunia.