The Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings 2015 have been published. The top spot is being held by the University of Tokyo, Japan. However, the overall number of Japanese universities in the top 100 has dropped from 22 in 2013 to 19 universities this year as a result of national budget cuts.
Meanwhile, research investment in China has shown results, with 21 universities located in mainland China in the top 100, up from 15 in 2013. The rankings are based on the same criteria as the THE World University Rankings.
Top 20 Universities
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Rank |
Institution |
Country |
Score |
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1 |
University of Tokyo |
Japan |
76.1 |
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2 |
National University of Singapore (NUS) |
Singapore |
73.3 |
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3 |
University of Hong Kong |
Hong Kong |
67.5 |
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4 |
Peking University |
China |
65.2 |
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5 |
Tsinghua University |
China |
65.1 |
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6 |
Seoul National University |
South Korea |
64.8 |
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7 |
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology |
Hong Kong |
64.7 |
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8 |
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) |
South Korea |
64.5 |
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9 |
Kyoto University |
Japan |
62.8 |
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10 |
Nanyang Technological University |
Singapore |
62.2 |
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11 |
Pohang University of Science and Technology (Postech) |
South Korea |
61.1 |
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12 |
Middle East Technical University |
Turkey |
56.6 |
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13 |
Chinese University of Hong Kong |
Hong Kong |
52.4 |
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14 |
Boğaziçi University |
Turkey |
51.1 |
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15 |
Tokyo Institute of Technology |
Japan |
50.9 |
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16 |
Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) |
South Korea |
50.2 |
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17 |
National Taiwan University |
Taiwan |
49.3 |
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18 |
Osaka University |
Japan |
49.1 |
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19 |
Istanbul Technical University |
Turkey |
48.1 |
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19 |
Tohoku University |
Japan |
48.1 |
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Methodology
The Times Higher Education ranking uses 13 performance indicators, grouped into five areas:
- Teaching (the learning environment)
- Research (volume, income and reputation)
- Citations (research influence)
- International outlook (staff, students and research)
- Industry income (innovation).
Institutions provide and sign off their institutional data for use in the rankings.
Source
- Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings 2015,
powered by Thomson Reuters
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- Academic Ranking of World Universities 2014
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