Worldwide University Rankings Experts Released the QS University Rankings: ASIA 2013
Now in its fifth edition, QS University Rankings: Asia provides an essential overview of higher education in one of the world’s most dynamic and rapidly developing regions. Covering the top 300 institutions in Asia, the rankings are based on nine indicators.
The QS University Rankings for Asia 2013 has just been released and coming out on top is the Hong Kong University of Science & Technology while our neighbour’s National University of Singapore (NUS) comes in at 2nd placing. Singapore’s flagship university comes top in the employer reputation survey and second in the academic reputation survey. Its strongest rating from academics is in the field of social sciences and management. NUS also has the second highest score for research citations, behind Tokyo Medical and Dental University.
National Technological University (NTU) remains at 10th placing. This is an impressive
climb for Singapore’s second ranked university, which was 17th last year. Like HKUST, NTU is just 22 years old. Having climbed to 47th in the last QS World University Rankings, it comes second in this year’s Top 50 Under 50. It comes 6th in the employer reputation survey, 13th in the academic reputation survey, and is the region’s number one in the indicator for international diversity of staff.
This year’s top 10 universities in Asia, includes threeHong Kong universities, three South Korean, two Singaporean, two Japanese and one from mainland China
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, which is represented by EduSpiral, comes in at

25th placing.
The first Malaysian university to enter the QS University Rankings: Asia 2013 is Universiti Malaya (UM) at 33rd with Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) at 57 and next at 61st placing is Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM). Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) is 68th while Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) is at 72nd.
Below is a list of the Top 50 Universities in Asia for 2013
QS RANK |
SCHOOL NAME |
COUNTRY |
1 |
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology |
Hong Kong |
2= |
National University of Singapore (NUS) |
Singapore |
2= |
University of Hong Kong |
Hong Kong |
4 |
Seoul National University |
South Korea |
5 |
Peking University |
China |
6 |
KAIST – Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology |
South Korea |
7= |
Pohang University of Science And Technology (POSTECH) |
South Korea |
7= |
The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
Hong Kong |
9 |
The University of Tokyo |
Japan |
10= |
Kyoto University |
Japan |
10= |
Nanyang Technological University (NTU) |
Singapore |
12 |
City University of Hong Kong |
Hong Kong |
13 |
Tokyo Institute of Technology |
Japan |
14 |
Tsinghua University |
China |
15 |
Osaka University |
Japan |
16 |
Yonsei University |
South Korea |
17 |
Tohoku University |
Japan |
18 |
Nagoya University |
Japan |
19 |
Korea University |
South Korea |
20 |
Kyushu University |
Japan |
21 |
Sungkyunkwan University |
South Korea |
22 |
National Taiwan University (NTU) |
Taiwan |
23 |
Fudan University |
China |
24 |
Hokkaido University |
Japan |
25 |
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
Hong Kong |
26 |
University of Science and Technology of China |
China |
27 |
Shanghai Jiao Tong University |
China |
28 |
Zhejiang University |
China |
29 |
Nanjing University |
China |
30 |
National Chiao Tung University |
Taiwan |
31 |
National Tsing Hua University |
Taiwan |
32 |
Keio University |
Japan |
33 |
Universiti Malaya (UM) |
Malaysia |
34 |
University of Tsukuba |
Japan |
35 |
Kyung Hee University |
South Korea |
36 |
Hanyang University |
South Korea |
37 |
National Cheng Kung University |
Taiwan |
38 |
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD) |
India |
39 |
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB) |
India |
40 |
Ewha Womans University |
South Korea |
41 |
Kobe University |
Japan |
42 |
Mahidol University |
Thailand |
43 |
Hong Kong Baptist University |
Hong Kong |
44 |
Waseda University |
Japan |
45 |
National Yang Ming University |
Taiwan |
46 |
Beijing Normal University |
China |
47 |
Hiroshima University |
Japan |
48 |
Chulalongkorn University Loading… |
Thailand |
49 |
Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) |
India |
50 |
Taipei Medical University |
Taiwan |
For more on the rest of the universities’ rankings you can go to this link
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