The Times Higher Education (THE) have just released the Asia University Rankings 2023, a comprehensive comparison of research-intensive institutions that is trusted by students, academics, universities, industry and governments.

The universities are judged across all their core missions – teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook – using the same 13 performance indicators as the THE World University Rankings.

In 2023, China’s institutions take the top spot, with Tsinghua University and Peking University taking first and second positions for the fourth year in a row. It comes as little surprise that the country is predominant in the rankings, given that the higher education sector is attracting increasing attention for its global competitiveness. Our sister company China Admissions makes studying in China all the more accessible by helping prospective students apply to these to universities.

*Tsinghua University took the top place for higher education institutions across Asia in 2023.*

Rank	Name Country/Region	No. of FTE Students	No. of students per staff	International Students	Female:Male Ratio
1	Tsinghua University China	38,324	11.6	10%	n/a
2	Peking University China	31,994	10.3	19%	n/a
3	National University of Singapore Singapore	32,337	19.8	25%	51 : 49
4	University of Hong Kong Hong Kong	18,087	18.2	43%	54 : 46
5	Nanyang Technological University Singapore	24,651	15.1	25%	48 : 52
6	Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong	18,468	19.0	21%	n/a
7	The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Hong Kong	9,864	21.0	32%	n/a
8	The University of Tokyo Japan	26,112	10.5	15%	n/a
=9	Fudan University China	36,318	11.9	9%	52 : 48
=9	Shanghai Jiao Tong University China	37,478	11.5	8%	42 : 58
11	Seoul National University South Korea	26,209	15.1	10%	n/a
12	Zhejiang University China	46,124	12.0	16%	n/a
13	Yonsei University (Seoul campus) South Korea	19,481	14.7	17%	50 : 50
14	Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong	19,046	28.9	30%	51 : 49
15	University of Science and Technology of China China	18,573	8.1	6%	n/a
16	City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong	9,099	12.1	62%	54 : 46
17	Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) South Korea	9,946	10.7	9%	21 : 79
18	Kyoto University Japan	22,269	9.2	12%	25 : 75
19	Nanjing University China	36,426	16.5	8%	54 : 46
20	King Abdulaziz University Saudi Arabia	31,545	7.8	22%	54 : 46
21	Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) South Korea	3,896	13.6	9%	27 : 73
22	Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) South Korea	3,260	10.0	3%	n/a
23	Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) China	5,137	8.8	1%	n/a
24	Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) South Korea	23,399	19.4	18%	n/a
25	Huazhong University of Science and Technology China	57,167	16.2	4%	n/a

*Peking University ranked second in Asia’ Best Universities 2023, according to THE.*

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