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QS University Rankings 2018: Asia
QS Quacquarelli Symonds, global higher education analysts, have today named Asia’s leading 426 universities. The 2018 edition of the QS World University Rankings: Asia sees Nanyang Technological University take the number-one spot from compatriot National University of Singapore (2nd).
Highlights
- The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) rises from 4th to 3rd;
- South Korea’s KAIST – Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology rises from 6th to 4th;
- Mainland China’s top university remains Tsinghua University, which falls from 5th to 6th;
- Mainland China’s Fudan University is the only new entrant into the top 10 this year; it has risen from 11th to 7th;
- The top 50 features universities from Japan (11), Mainland China and South Korea (9); Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Taiwan (5); India (3); Singapore (2); and Thailand (1);
- Malaysian universities make particularly noteworthy improvements this year, with three of its universities breaking into the top 50;
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Table 1: QS University Rankings 2018: Asia (Top 10) |
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2018 Rank |
2017 Rank |
Institution |
Country/Territory |
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1 |
3 |
NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY (NTU) |
SG |
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2 |
1 |
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE (NUS) |
SG |
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3 |
4 |
THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (HKUST) |
HK |
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4 |
6 |
KAIST – KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY |
KR |
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5 |
2 |
UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG (HKU) |
HK |
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6 |
5 |
TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY |
Mainland China |
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7 |
11 |
FUDAN UNIVERSITY |
Mainland China |
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8 |
7 |
CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG |
HK |
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9 |
9 |
PEKING UNIVERSITY |
Mainland China |
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10 |
8 |
THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG (CUHK) |
HK |
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Methodology
QS use a unique methodology to calculate this ranking. The methodology is designed to account for the unique challenges facing the region’s universities, and features 10 indicators. They are:
- Academic Reputation (measuring research quality)
- Employer Reputation (measuring employability)
- Faculty/Student Ratio (measuring teaching quality)
- Papers per Faculty (research)
- Citations per paper (research)
- International Faculty Ratio (measuring internationalization)
- Staff with PhD (teaching quality)
- International Student Ratio (internationalization)
- Inbound Exchange Students (internationalization)
- Outbound Exchange Students (internationalization).
A detailed methodology document can be found here, as can the full table.
Ben Sowter, Research Director, QS, said: “This year’s rankings suggest that, in a number of nations, established hierarchies are being disrupted. This is a result of the region’s universities continually striving to become competitive, forward-thinking, and internationally attractive.”
