The Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings 2016 have been published. This year, the top two spots are occupied by universities located in Singapore for the first time. Overall, China and Japan dominate the list of top institutions in the continent, with 22 Chinese universities and 14 Japanese institutions in the top 100. The most-represented countries after China and Japan are South Korea and Taiwan.

This year’s list features institutions from 22 countries. The rankings are based on the same criteria as the THE World University Rankings, adjusted for the circumstances of Asia’s higher education systems.

Top 20 Universities

 

Rank	Institution	Country	Score
1	National University of Singapore	Singapore	77.4
2	Nanyang Technological University	Singapore	72.9
2	Peking University	China	72.9
4	University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong	71.9
5	Tsinghua University	China	70.9
6	Hong Kong University of Science and Technology	Hong Kong	69.9
7	University of Tokyo	Japan	67.8
8	Pohang University of Science and Technology	South Korea	63.8
9	Seoul National University	South Korea	62.8
10	Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)	South Korea	59.7
11	Kyoto University	Japan	58.8
12	Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU)	South Korea	57.1
13	Chinese University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong	56.2
14	University of Science and Technology of China	China	52.8
15	National Taiwan University	Taiwan	51.4
16	City University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong	51.3
17	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Israel	50.9
17	Korea University	South Korea	50.9
19	Fudan University	China	50.0
20	Tel Aviv University	Israel	49.9

 

 

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.

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Source

• Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings 2016

Also of Interest

• CWTS Leiden Ranking 2016,
  ChemistryViews.org 2016.
  Assessing the scientific performance of 842 universities based on bibliometric indicators
• Academic Ranking of World Universities 2015,
  ChemistryViews.org 2015.
  Harvard University ranked first overall, UC Berkeley top in the natural sciences
• Asia University Rankings 2015,
  ChemistryViews.org 2015.
  China’s universities are on the rise in the Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings