THE Asia University Rankings 2022 Released

ASIA’S BEST UNIVERSITIES REVEALED BY TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION 

• Record 616 universities from 31 countries/regions across Asian continent ranked
• Mainland China home to top two universities for the third consecutive year
• Japan is most-represented country with 118 institutions
• India has four universities in top 100
• Taiwan’s National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University is the highest-ranked newcomer, following merger
• Pakistan doubles representation in top 200 to six
• Thailand’s top universities decline
• Indonesia has 14 ranked institutions, up from nine in 2021
• View the full Asia University Rankings 2022 results: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2022/regional-ranking
• View the full Asia University Rankings 2022 methodology:  https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/asia-university-rankings-2022-methodology 

London, 1 June 2022

Asia’s top-performing universities have been revealed today in the Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings 2022. Comprising 616 universities from 31 countries and territories, the list highlights the dynamism and strength of higher education across the Asian continent.

China is home to the continent’s top two universities for the third consecutive year, with Tsinghua and Peking universities holding on to first and second place, respectively.

Meanwhile, Japan is the most-represented nation again this year, with 118 institutions, up from 116 last year. 

Elsewhere, a Palestinian university is ranked for the first time and Saudi Arabia has increased its representation in the top 100 from four to six institutions.

The Asia University Rankings 2022 results will be exclusively revealed at the THE Asia Universities Summit, which is taking place from 31 May to 2 June in partnership with Fujita Health University.

Asia University Rankings 2022: top 10

Phil Baty, Chief Knowledge Officer, THE, commented:

“The Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings, spun out from our gold-standard World University Rankings to provide a closer focus on the Asian context, are based on the most comprehensive, balanced and rigorous set of performance indicators available, with 13 separate metrics used to assess research-intensive universities in the round.

“Once again, this new dataset shows the extraordinarily diverse range of excellence across the Asian continent – with 31 Asian nations/regions making the list, and with successes in all corners of the continent. The data demonstrate that Asia is perhaps the most exciting and most dynamic continent for higher education, research and innovation in the world today.”

Country and region highlights

Japan is the most-represented nation in the ranking for the seventh consecutive year (in 2016, it was joint top with mainland China), with 118 institutions, up from 116 last year. The University of Tokyo retains sixth place. There are eight Japanese universities featured in the top 100.

It is a different story for mainland China, which cements its position as Asia’s top-performing higher education system. Mainland China takes the top two spots in the ranking for the third consecutive year, and 30 places in the top 100 (the same as last year). Twenty-two of these 30 top-100 institutions have risen or stayed stable compared with last year. Overall, there are 97 mainland Chinese universities in the ranking, up from 91 last year, making it the second most-represented nation in the table.

India is the third most-represented country, with 71 institutions, up from 63 last year. Just one makes the top 50 - Indian Institute of Science at 42^nd place (down from 37^th last year) – but a further three are in the top 100 as JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research makes its debut in 65^th place. There are 17 Indian universities in the top 200, down from 18 last year. Of the 14 that were ranked in both years, eight have risen.

Taiwan has 40 universities in the ranking, up from 38 last year. However, just six are in the top 100, down from eight. National Taiwan University leads the pack at joint 21^st (a slight drop from 20^th place last year), while Taipei Medical University is 29^th (a slight rise from 30^th). Taiwan’s National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University – a 2021 merger of National Yang-Ming University and National Chiao Tung University – is the highest-ranked newcomer in the table at joint 44^th place. The two former institutions were ranked joint 78^th and 90^th respectively last year.

Pakistan has significantly increased its showing in the ranking this year, with 21 universities, up from 16 last year. While it drops out of the top 100 (Quaid-i-Azam University falls 16 places to 116^th), it has doubled its representation in the top 200, from three to six.

Thailand has 17 universities in the ranking, the same number and same institutions as last year. 

Indonesia has also significantly increased its showing in the ranking, with 14 institutions, up from nine last year. But the flagship University of Indonesia drops out of the top 200, falling from joint 194^th to the 201-250 band. Just three of its institutions make the top 400, down from five last year.

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