The AppliedHE Private University Ranking: ASEAN, the first ranking of only private universities, highlights the quality of teaching & learning, employability, and research, as well as community engagement, internationalization and institutional reputation. 29 universities from Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam participated in the first (2022) edition of the ranking. DTU is the only private university in Vietnam to enter this year’s top 10.
Top 10 ASEAN private universities in 2022
The AppliedHE Private University Ranking: ASEAN was created with the goal of measuring those things about private universities that students deciding on their higher education journey find most important. Especially in Southeast Asia, private universities have played an important role in educating the workforce and expanding access to higher education.
The 10 best private universities in the ASEAN:
1. Bina Nusantara University in Indonesia
2. Universiti Tenaga Nasional in Malaysia
3. Universitas Islam Indonesia in Indonesia
4. University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines
5. Universitas Telkom in Indonesia
6. Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang in Indonesia
7. Krirk University in Thailand
8. Duy Tan University in Vietnam
9. SEGi University in Malaysia
10. Universitas Teknokrat Indonesia in Indonesia
Different rankings have different methodologies. The AppliedHE Private University Ranking: ASEAN focuses on what is important to students: teaching and learning (40%), employability (15%) research in a broad sense (15%), community engagement (10%), internationalization (10%) and institutional reputation. (10%)
AppliedHE measures research because research often raises the quality of teaching and institutions’ community outreach and internationalization, which enhance the overall learning experience. AppliedHE looks at an institution’s brand value: whether it is respected by other universities, so that the degree or diploma students receive upon graduation carries some weight.
In the categories of teaching & learning and institutional reputation, DTU ranked 5th in the top 10 of best private universities.
10 best ASEAN private universities in teaching & learning and institutional reputation
According to AppliedHE, private universities are different from public universities in the sense that they receive little or no government funding, and that they are often more focused on teaching and employment. Students pay their tuition fees in the expectation of landing a good job and receiving a good education. Public universities often have a broader social mission and more government funding, which means that they might be in a position to do more research, or offer courses that are less commercially marketable. Because of these large differences, it is not always fair to compare private and public universities on the same basis.
Because of the focus on research in many international university rankings, private universities with smaller research budgets often rank quite low.Those are the reasons why AppliedHE ranks only private universities.
(Media Center)