Latest Asian University Rankings
QS have just published their latest rankings of universities in Asia. No huge surprises in the top 20 but a few ups and downs. Hong Kong, South Korean and Japanese institutions dominant but NUS seems to have had an impressive leap. It will be interesting to see how this plays out in the full QS world rankings.
Ranking 2010 (2009 ranking in brackets)
1 (1) University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2 (4) The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
3 (10) National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore
4 (2) The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
5 (3) The University of Tokyo, Japan
6 (8) Seoul National University, Korea, South
7 (6) Osaka University, Japan
8 (5) Kyoto University, Japan
9 (13) Tohoku University, Japan
10 (12) Nagoya University, Japan
11 (9) Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
12 (10) Peking University, China
13 (7) KAIST – Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea
14 (17) Pohang University of Science And Technology (POSTECH), South Korea
15 (18) City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
16 (15) Tsinghua University, China
17 (15) Kyushu University, Japan
18 (14) Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore
19 (25) Yonsei University, South Korea
20 (19) University of Tsukuba, Japan