China (Mainland) claims QS Asia University Rankings top spot for the first time
Quacquarelli Symonds, higher education experts, released the 15th annual QS World University Rankings: Asia—the largest-ever—featuring 760 universities: 61% declining, 14% improving, 15% unchanged and 10% brand-new.
Peking University claims Asia’s top spot, breaking the National University of Singapore’s four-year run in first. NUS falls to second while Tsinghua University comes third. China-Mainland has the most universities ranked, (128), followed by India (118) and Japan (106).
| Top-20 | |||
| 2023 | 2022 | ||
| 1 | 2 | Peking University | China-Mainland |
| 2 | 1 | National University of Singapore | Singapore |
| 3 | 5 | Tsinghua University | China-Mainland |
| 4 | 3= | University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong SAR |
| 5 | 3= | Nanyang Technological University | Singapore |
| 6= | 7 | Fudan University | China-Mainland |
| 6= | 6 | Zhejiang University | China-Mainland |
| 8 | 14 | KAIST | South Korea |
| 9 | 8 | Universiti Malaya | Malaysia |
| 10 | 10 | Shanghai Jiao Tong University | China-Mainland |
| 11 | 11= | The University of Tokyo | Japan |
| 12= | 11= | CUHK | Hong Kong SAR |
| 12= | 16 | Yonsei University | South Korea |
| 14 | 9 | HKUST | Hong Kong SAR |
| 15 | 13 | Korea University | South Korea |
| 16 | 15 | Kyoto University | Japan |
| 17 | 18 | Seoul National University | South Korea |
| 18 | 17 | Sungkyunkwan University | South Korea |
| 19 | 19 | National Taiwan University | Taiwan |
| 20 | 21 | Tokyo Institute of Technology | Japan |
| (C) QS? https://www.topuniversities.com/ |
- Japan and China boast two universities each in the top-5 for Academic and Employer Reputation. The University of Tokyo tops both these metrics.
- India excels in research production, with three universities among the top-5 for Papers/Faculty.
- Considering only locations with 10+ ranked institutions, South Korea enjoys the highest concentration of top-20 universities while Malaysia has the highest concentration of top-50 (17%) and top-100 institutions (22%).
- Singapore and Hong Kong-SAR produce high-impact research, with two institutions each among the top-5 for Citations/Paper.
- Pakistan’s Aga Khan University enjoys Asia’s highest teaching capacity according to Faculty/Student Ratio.
- Five new entrants rank among top-100. Kazakhstan’s Al-Farabi Kazakh National University is the highest (44th).
- Iran boasts some of Asia’s most highly trained faculty, according to QS’ Staff with PhD indicator.
- Thailand achieves its best results for Academic Reputation, with five universities among top-100, while The Philippines for Employer Reputation, with four Filipino universities among top-100.
- Vietnam sees most improvement – 55% of its institutions rise.
Ben Sowter QS Senior Vice-President said: “China’s sustained and substantial investment in higher education underpins today’s success, with Peking University named Asia’s best and Tsinghua University third-best. Singapore continues to punch above its weigh, with two top-5 universities. Some Asian higher education systems face challenges due to declining population.”
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