Asia University Rankings 2018

In calculating the top universities in Asia, the Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings 2018 use the same 13 performance indicators as the THE World University Rankings, but they are recalibrated to reflect the attributes of Asia’s institutions.

The universities are judged across all their core missions – teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook – to provide the most comprehensive and balanced comparisons available.

Singapore is home to the continent’s best university for the third year in a row – the National University of Singapore – while Japan is once again the most-represented nation in the list, boasting 89 universities.

Meanwhile, Tsinghua University has overtaken Peking University to become the top Chinese institution in the rankings. 

There is also success for Hong Kong, which has three universities in the top 10.