Trying to figure out the top ranking universities in Asia? Let me help you out.
Following is the best of the top world university rankings for the Asian academic universities analyzed for year 2009. Many of the leading rankings for 2009 still didn’t come out, but since I’ve been asked about this, I’ll post what I know is out and will and keep the rankings list updated as new world university rankings come out during 2009.
Various previous rankings covered include:
- Asian university rankings – Top universities in Asia 2008
- Best universities in Asia 2007 : The top Asian programs rankings list
- Asian academic research and the top research universities in Asia 2007
- The top universities in Asia 2006 : An update
- The top universities in China 2006
- The top universities in Taiwan (ROC) 2006
- The top MBA programs in East-Asia 2006
QS’ Top Universities, formerly known as Times Higher Rankings, have just released (May 11th) their rankings for Asian universities 2009 (2009 rank, school name, country):
- 1 University of HONG KONG Hong Kong
- 2 The CHINESE University of Hong Kong Hong Kong
- 3 University of TOKYO Japan
- 4 HONG KONG University of Science and Technology Hong Kong
- 5 KYOTO University Japan
- 6 OSAKA University Japan
- 7 KAIST – Korea Advanced Institute of Science Korea, South
- 8 SEOUL National University Korea, South
- 9 TOKYO Institute of Technology Japan
- 10 National University of Singapore (NUS) Singapore
- 10 PEKING University China
- 12 NAGOYA University Japan
- 13 TOHOKU University Japan
- 14 Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore
- 15 KYUSHU University Japan
- 15 TSINGHUA University China
- 17 Pohang University of Science and Technoly Korea, South
- 18 CITY University of Hong Kong Hong Kong
- 19 University of TSUKUBA Japan
- 20 HOKKAIDO University Japan
- 20 KEIO University Japan
- 22 National TAIWAN University Taiwan
- 23 KOBE University Japan
- 24 University of Science and Technology of China China
- 25 YONSEI University Korea, South
- 26 FUDAN University China
- 27 NANJING University China
- 28 HIROSHIMA University Japan
- 29 SHANGHAI JIAO TONG University China
- 30 Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (I… India
- 30 MAHIDOL University Thailand
For the 2008 list, see "Asian university rankings – Top universities in Asia 2008".
[UPDATE 08/10/2009] QS also updated their full list for the top 200 universities in the world. The Asian rankings follow:
- 22 19 University of Tokyo Japan
- 24 26 University of Hong Kong Hong Kong
- 25 25 Kyoto University Japan
- 30 30= National University of Singapore Singapore
- 35 39 Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Hong Kong
- 43= 44 Osaka University Japan
- 46 42 Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong
- 47= 50= Seoul National University South Korea
- 49= 56 Tsinghua University China
- 52= 50= Peking University China
- 55= 61 Tokyo Institute of Technology Japan
- 69 95 Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology South Korea
- 73= 77 Nanyang Technological University Singapore
- 92= 120 Nagoya University Japan
- 95= 124= National Taiwan University Taiwan
- 97 112 Tohoku University Japan
- 102 93= Hebrew University of Jerusalem Israel
- 103= 113 Fudan University China
- 114= 114 Tel Aviv University Israel
- 124 147= City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong
- 132= 109 Technion – Israel Institute of Technology Israel
- 134 188= Pohang University of Science and Technology South Korea
- 142 214 Keio University Japan
- 148 180= Waseda University Japan
- 151= 203 Yonsei University South Korea
- 153 144= Shanghai Jiao Tong University China
- 154 141 University of Science and Technology of China China
- 155= 158 Kyushu University Japan
- 163 174= Indian Institute of Technology Bombay India
- 171= 174= Hokkaido University Japan
- 174= 216 University of Tsukuba Japan
- 180 230 Universiti Malaya Malaysia
- 181 154 Indian Institute of Technology Delhi India
- 195 224 Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong
Here’s from their summary of the performance for Asia:
The US domination of the top ranks of global higher education is not as strong as it has been in previous years. The Times Higher Education-QS World University Rankings 2009 show that institutions in Asian countries such as Hong Kong and Japan are growing in stature. […]
"These countries have invested heavily in higher education in recent years, and this is reflected in the improved quality in their top institutions," he says. "They have also attempted to internationalise their universities by hiring more faculty from overseas … this helps to improve their visibility globally.
"These universities have also stressed the importance of their professors publishing in international journals, which has no doubt increased the visibility of their research."
For the 2008 list, see "Asian university rankings – Top universities in Asia 2008".
[UPDATE 16/10/2009] Economist has released their list of top ranking business schools in the world. Following are the rankings of the Asian universities for MBA programs :
- 23 INSEAD France / Singapore
- 30 Hong Kong University of Science and Technology – School of Business and Management Hong Kong
- 38 Hong Kong, University of – Faculty of Business and Economics Hong Kong
- 71 Nanyang Business School – Nanyang Technological University Singapore
- 78 Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong
- 85 International University of Japan – Graduate School of International Management Japan
- 89 National University of Singapore – The NUS Business School Singapore
- 95 China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) China
- 99 Indian Institute of Management – Ahmedabad India
- n/a Asian Institute of Management Philippines
Following are the 2009 world university rankings for International Management by "most favored by employers". Here’s the summary :
Employers’ top 10 preferred schools in the Asia Pacific region are:
INSEAD Singapore, NUS, AGSM, CEIBS, IIM Bangalore, HKUST, and Nanyang.
Following are the rankings of the top 15:
- CEIBS (China)
- INSEAD (Singapore)
- NUS Business school (Singapore)
- Asian Institute of Management (Philippines)
- Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HK)
- Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (India)
- Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (India)
- Indian Institute of Managemet Calcutta (India)
- Indian School of Business (India)
- Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University (Singapore)
- Tsinghua University School of Economics & Management (China)
- University of Hong Kong (HK)
- Chinese University of Hong Kong (HK)
- Delhi University (India)
- Guanghua School of Management , Peking University (China)
Financial Times’ best Asian Global MBA world university rankings 2009 :
Rank in 2009 | 3 year average rank | School name | Country | Weighted salary (US$) | Salary percentage increase | Employed at three months (%) |
5 | 6 | Insead | France / Singapore | 147908 | 108 | 89 ( 95) |
8 | 10 | Ceibs | China | 151641 | 179 | 92 ( 94) |
15 | Indian School of Business | India | 148339 | 160 | 100 ( 93) | |
16 | Hong Kong UST Business School | China | 108364 | 128 | 93 ( 86) | |
24 | 46 | Nanyang Business School | Singapore | 104294 | 131 | 92 ( 100) |
35 | National University of Singapore School of Business | Singapore | 95926 | 122 | 87 ( 88) |
I’m not quite sure about this next rankings as it’s not well known, so I suggest reading up on the methodology. Here’s from "Top ranking MBA" (Rank, Business School, Website)
- 1 Chinese University of Hong Kong www.cuhk.edu.hk
- 2 Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad www.iimahd.ernet.in
- 3 National University of Singapore Business School, Singapore www.nus.edu.sg
- 4 Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Hong Kong www.bm.ust.hk
- 5 Asian Institute of Management, Philippines www.aim.edu.ph
- 6= Australian Graduate School of Management www.agsm.edu.au
- 6= University of Queensland Business School, Australia www.gsm.uq.edu.au
- 8 University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Business & Economics, Hong Kong www.fbe.hku.hk
- 9 Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore www.iimb.ernet.in
- 10 Nanyang Technological University, Singapore www.ntu.edu.sg
- 11 Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta www.iimcal.ac.in
- 13 China Europe International Business School (CEIBS), China
www.ceibs.edu - 14 Chulalongkorn University, Sasin Graduate School of Mangement, Thailand
www.sasin.chula.ac.th - 15= City University of Hong Kong www.cityu.edu.hk
- 15= Chicago Graduate School of Business, Singapore
www.gsb.uchicago.edu - 17= Yonsei University, South Korea
www.yonse.ac.kr/~gmba/index.html - 17 Indian Institute of Mangement, Lucknow
www.iiml.ac.in - 20 International University of Japan www.iuj.ac.jp
- 21 Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand www.ait.ac.th
- 23 Peking University, Guanghua School of Management, China
www.gsm.pku.edu.cn - 23= National Institute of Development & Administration, Thailand
www.nida.ac.th - 25 Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan
www.lums.edu.pl
Other world university rankings you might want to have a look at :
- Shanghai’s Jiao Tung University’s academic research world universities rankings
- Economic Intelligence Unit Top 100 Schools
- Taiwan’s HEEACT Asian universities rankings
- The Leiden Ranking 2008
- Forbes 2005 Non-US universities
- WENR 2006 general rankings
- Ranking Web of World Universities 2009 (private, a somewhat problematic methodology for judging academic excellence, but still, interesting)
- MBA Programs (another one which looks a bit odd, still, you might wanna have a look)
- Top Asia – 4 International Colleges and Universities (private, a somewhat problematic methodology for judging academic excellence, but still, interesting)
If you’re looking for something a bit more regional :
- 2008 China University Ranking by China Academy of Management Science
- China’s Netbig
- Top Universities in Indonesia 2008
- Japan University Accreditation Association (JUAA)
- Hong Kong Education 18
More resources on studying in Asia :
- Study in Japan (government)
- Study in Hong Kong (government)
- Study in Taiwan (government)
- China Education and Research Network
- Study in China (private, use with care)
Disclaimer : These are not my rankings, they’ve been conducted by relatively high authority institutions that have their own special methodology and way of calculating university rankings. If you have something to say about the methodology, I suggest contacting them. If you have something to say about Asian academics – this would be a good place to discuss it. This list is simply provided as a service that attempts to give a general overview of academics in Asia and their rankings in the world. It should also be noted that I’m a PhD student at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.