Who has the best universities in south-east Asia according to QS World University Rankings

by StudyMalaysia.com on July 14, 2017 | Top Stories, University Rankings

We know that the top 10 universities in the world are mainly from the US and the UK. But which are the best universities of each country? The QS World University Rankings® 2018 has released a list of the top universities in the world by location.

This year, the QS World University Rankings® 2018 has released a list of the top universities in the world by location. This list could be particularly useful for students who are looking for higher education opportunities in a particular country or region.

Coming closer to home, here are the countries in south-east Asia and the corresponding top university for each country:

Corresponding top university for each country in South-East Asia
Singapore: Nanyang Technological University (NTU) – ranked 11th	Malaysia: Universiti Malaya (UM) – ranked joint 114th	Thailand: Chulalongkorn University – ranked joint 245th
Indonesia: University of Indonesia – ranked joint 277th	Brunei Darussalam: University of Brunei Darussalam – ranked joint 349th	Philippines: University of the Philippines – ranked joint 367th

Note: Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam were not ranked

Overall, notable universities in Asia were dominated by Singapore, China, Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea. The top 10 universities in Asia are (world ranking indicated in brackets):

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU), Singapore (#11)
National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore (#15)
Tsinghua University, China (#25)
The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (#26)
The University of Tokyo, Japan (#28)
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong (#30)
Seoul National University, South Korea (#36)
Kyoto University, Japan (#36)
Peking University, China (#38)
Fudan University, China (#40)

Top universities of each country in other parts of Asia are shown below:
China: Tsinghua University – ranked 25th	Hong Kong: University of Hong Kong (HKU) – ranked 26th	Japan: University of Tokyo – ranked joint 28th
South Korea: Seoul National University (SNU) – ranked joint 36th	Taiwan: National Taiwan University (NTU) – ranked joint 76th	Israel: Hebrew University of Jerusalem – ranked 145th
India: Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD) – ranked 172nd	Saudi Arabia: King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) – ranked joint 173rd	Lebanon: American University of Beirut (AUB) – ranked 235th
Kazakhstan: Al-Farabi Kazakh National University – ranked joint 236th	Qatar: Qatar University – ranked joint 349th	United Arab Emirates: United Arab Emirates University – ranked 390th
Bahrain: Arabian Gulf University – ranked 411-420	Turkey: Bilkent University – ranked 421-430	Pakistan: National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) Islamabad – ranked 431-440
Oman: Sultan Qaboos University – ranked 451-460	Iran: Sharif University of Technology – ranked 471-480	Iraq: University of Baghdad – ranked 501-550
Macao, S.A.R., China: University of Macau – ranked 501-550	Jordan: University of Jordan – ranked 551-600	Kuwait: Kuwait University – ranked 651-700
Azerbaijan: Khazar University – ranked 701-750	Bangladesh: University of Dhaka – ranked 701-750	Sri Lanka: University of Colombo – ranked 751-800
Palestine: Birzeit University – ranked 801-1000