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
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No. of students per staff
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International Students
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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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