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World's Best Universities: Asia

The U.S. News World's Best Universities rankings, based on the QS World University Rankings, evaluated schools in countries such as China, India, Singapore, and more, and identified these to be the top universities in Asia. See the methodology.

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Rank	School	Overall Score	Asian Academic Reputation Score	Asian Employer Review Score	Faculty-Student Ratio Score	International Faculty Score	International Students Score	Citations per Paper Score
#1	Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) Hong Kong	100.0	99.4	96.3	92.6	100.0	100.0	94.1
#2	University of Hong Kong (HKU) Hong Kong	99.8	100.0	97.3	98.7	100.0	100.0	99.9
#3	National University of Singapore (NUS) Singapore	99.3	100.0	100.0	96.8	100.0	100.0	98.5
#4	The University of Tokyo Japan	97.4	100.0	100.0	98.9	28.6	68.4	99.8
#5	Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Hong Kong	97.2	99.6	89.7	80.3	100.0	99.7	96.4
#6	Seoul National University (SNU) South Korea	96.9	100.0	95.4	97.2	65.8	88.2	93.1
#7	Kyoto University Japan	96.3	100.0	99.3	96.0	34.4	59.1	99.6
#8	Osaka University Japan	96.1	99.7	95.6	96.8	27.2	61.6	99.0
#9	Tohoku University Japan	94.3	96.6	89.1	99.2	49.0	57.7	94.0
#9	Tokyo Institute of Technology Japan	94.3	97.5	96.8	88.0	43.2	85.0	88.5
#11	KAIST - Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology South Korea	94.2	98.4	84.0	95.0	69.0	66.5	72.6
#12	Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) South Korea	93.6	88.9	62.9	99.8	92.6	22.6	96.9
#13	Peking University China	93.3	100.0	100.0	91.8	36.8	63.5	74.8
#14	Nagoya University Japan	92.8	95.2	91.4	90.6	39.5	77.5	97.4
#15	City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong	91.2	94.8	79.8	74.5	100.0	95.8	80.9
#16	Tsinghua University China	90.2	100.0	99.9	94.2	79.7	69.8	42.3
#17	Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore	89.4	99.2	99.3	58.0	100.0	100.0	70.9
#18	Kyushu University Japan	86.9	91.7	87.6	72.5	12.3	59.9	94.1
#18	Yonsei University South Korea	86.9	98.3	82.0	84.1	28.1	70.5	88.7
#20	Hokkaido University Japan	85.8	88.5	83.4	82.3	12.9	46.1	94.1
#21	Fudan University China	85.1	99.7	99.8	63.0	28.3	71.1	80.3
#21	National Taiwan University (NTU) Taiwan	85.1	99.9	94.0	46.9	35.5	46.1	90.1
#23	University of Tsukuba Japan	82.3	86.9	65.4	87.9	26.2	69.6	95.3
#24	Keio University Japan	81.9	95.3	98.6	81.5	26.9	24.2	94.7
#24	University of Science and Technology of China China	81.9	93.1	82.8	69.8	8.7	2.6	81.8

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