THE releases Asia University Rankings 2024; Tsinghua University China again tops chart

In the 12th edition of its Asia University Rankings, Southeast Asian countries, in particular Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand have excelled. Mainland China takes five of the top 10 positions including first and second.

Times Higher Education (THE) released the 12th edition of its Asia University Rankings, which ranks 739 universities (up from 669 last year) from 31 countries/regions. As per the latest ranking, Tsinghua University in China has retained its top slot for the sixth year in a row, and Perking University, again from China, is in second place for the fifth year in a row in Asia University Rankings 2024.

As per THE release, Turkey has 75 universities ranked up from 61 last year, two Indonesia universities jump up a band, and 739 universities are ranked – 70 more than last year, from 31 countries/regions, Southeast Asian countries, in particular Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand excelled in the latest rankings.

Top 10 universities in THE’s Asia University Rankings 2024 

Following are the top 10 universities:

University	Country/region	Rank 2024	Rank 2023
Tsinghua University	China	1	1
Peking University	China	2	2
National University of Singapore	Singapore	3	3
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore	Singapore	4	5
The University of Tokyo	Japan	5	8
University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong	6	4
Shanghai Jiao Tong University	China	7	=9
Fudan University	China	8	=9
Zhejiang University	China	9	12
Chinese University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong	10	6

THE’s Asia University Rankings 2024 More Details

The 12th edition of THE’s Asia University Rankings saw Japan having the most universities in the rankings with 119, followed by India with 91, up from 75 last year. India’s highest-ranked institution is the Indian Institute of Science at 32nd place, up from 48th.

Phil Baty, Times Higher Education’s chief global affairs officer, said: “We have tracked the impressive rise of China in the global rankings for two decades now, but what we can clearly see now is that the rising tide in Asia is lifting all boats. While China’s leading universities now compete at the very top of the world rankings, our data shows a strengthening across Asia, where healthy competition, more collaboration, more investment in research and university capacity and more internationalisation are driving up performance. It all amounts to hugely positive tectonic shifts in higher education from the West to the East, with real excellence demonstrated in East Asia and South East Asia in particular and well beyond.”

“Another significant highlight is the growth of other regional powerhouses including India, Japan and increasingly Thailand, all of which show a continuous improvement in Asian countries’ higher education systems, which must be seen against the backdrop of an increasingly highly competitive higher education environment in the region,” added Phil Baty.

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