QS World University Rankings

Asia 2019

LONDON, October 23, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --

QS Quacquarelli Symonds has released the rankings of Asia's 500 best universities. National University of Singapore takes back the leadership of the Asia ranking from Nanyang Technological University, and the University of Hong Kong moves three places to second. However, it is Mainland China's universities that have made the biggest impact with five in the top 20 - two more than last year - all improving their position. Japan is the second most represented country, followed by India and South Korea.

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Number of ranked universities by location

   
    Mainland China      111
    Japan                89
    India                75
    Korea                57
    Malaysia             26
    Pakistan             23
    Indonesia            22
    Taiwan               20
    Thailand             11
    Philippines           8
    Hong Kong S.A.R.      7
    Vietnam               7
    Bangladesh            6
    Sri Lanka             4
    Singapore             3
    Macau                 2
    Brunei                2

   
                         QS University Rankings: Asia 2019 (Top 20)
       2019        2018                                                         Location
              1           2 National University of Singapore                       SG
              2           5 University of Hong Kong                                HK
             3=           1 Nanyang Technological University                       SG
             3=           6 Tsinghua University                                    CN
              5           9 Peking University                                      CN
              6           7 Fudan University                                       CN
              7           3 Hong Kong University of Science and Technology         HK
              8           4 Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology     KR
              9          10 The Chinese University of Hong Kong                    HK
             10          11 Seoul National University                              KR
             11          13 The University of Tokyo                                JP
             12          16 Korea University                                       KR
             13          21 Zhejiang University                                    CN
             14          17 Kyoto University                                       JP
             15          18 Sungkyunkwan University                                KR
             16          15 Osaka University                                       JP
             17          19 Yonsei University                                      KR
             18          14 Tokyo Institute of Technology                          JP
            19=          24 Universiti Malaya                                      MY
            19=          22 Shanghai Jiao Tong University                          CN