Asia University Rankings 2017

In calculating the top universities in Asia, the Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings 2017 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 second year in a row – the National University of Singapore – while Japan is the most-represented nation in the list for the first time in three years, with 69 universities.

Meanwhile, South Korea has a new number one institution: the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology.

There is also success for China, Hong Kong and India, which have made great gains this year.