THE Asia University Rankings 2020

by StudyMalaysia.com on June 16, 2020 | Top Stories, University Rankings

THE Asia University Rankings 2020 - StudyMalaysia.com

Find out what the top universities in Asia are according to the Times Higher Education’s rankings data on its World University Rankings.

The Asia University Rankings 2020 by Times Higher Education reveal the top higher education institutions from 30 territories in Asia. The nations with the most number of universities appearing in this ranking are Japan (110), China (81) and India (56).

With three universities each, China and Hong Kong have the most number of universities in the top 10 ranking listed below. Tsinghua University holds on to first place from the previous year.

Asia Rank 2020	Asia Rank 2019	University	Country / Region	World University Rank 2020
1	1	Tsinghua University	China	23
2	5	Peking University	China	24
3	2	National University of Singapore	Singapore	25
4	4	University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong	35
5	3	The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology	Hong Kong	47
6	6	Nanyang Technological University, Singapore	Singapore	=48
7	8	The University of Tokyo	Japan	=36
8	7	Chinese University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong	=57
9	9	Seoul National University	South Korea	64
=10	12	University of Science and Technology of China	China	=80
=10	10	Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU)	South Korea	89

Meanwhile, 13 universities in Malaysia were represented in the ranking. At number 43, University of Malaya is the only university ranked in the top 100.

University of Malaya (UM) Ranking: 43	Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) Ranking: =119	Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP) Ranking: 124
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) Ranking: 143	Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) Ranking: 145	Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) Ranking: =156
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) Ranking: =160	Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP) Ranking: 165	Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN) Ranking: 201–250
Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) Ranking: 251–300	Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) Ranking: 401+	Multimedia University (MMU), Cyberjaya Campus Ranking: 401+
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Ranking: 401+

Here are the top performing universities in each of the 30 countries or territories in alphabetical order:

Country	University	Ranking
Bangladesh	University of Dhaka	401+
Brunei Darussalam	Universiti Brunei Darussalam	=60
China	Tsinghua University	1
India	Indian Institute of Science	36
Indonesia	University of Indonesia	162
Iran	Babol Noshirvani University of Technology	=48
Iraq	University of Baghdad	251-300
Israel	Tel Aviv University	25
Japan	The University of Tokyo	7
Jordan	Jordan University of Science and Technology	58
Kazakhstan	Al-Farabi Kazakh National University	301-350
Kuwait	Kuwait University	251-300
Lebanon	American University of Beirut	=60
Macao	Macau University of Science and Technology	32
Malaysia	University of Malaya	43
Nepal	Tribhuvan University	351-400
Oman	Sultan Qaboos University	251-300
Pakistan	Quaid-i-Azam University	=75
Philippines	University of the Philippines	=65
Qatar	Qatar University	52
Saudi Arabia	King Abdulaziz University	26
Singapore	National University of Singapore	3
South Korea	Seoul National University	9
Sri Lanka	University of Peradeniya	=69
Taiwan	National Taiwan University	21
Thailand	Mahidol University	122
Turkey	Sabancı University	=48
United Arab Emirates	Khalifa University	31
Vietnam	Vietnam National University, Hanoi	210-250

The Asia University Rankings 2020 ranking includes just under 500 universities from 30 territories and are based on the same 13 performance indicators as the THE World University Rankings, but these have been recalibrated to reflect the attributes of Asia’s universities.

Source: Best universities in Asia 2020