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.
See complete list of World's Best Universities
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #2 |
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Singapore |
99.1 | 100 | 100 | 95.9 | 100 | 100 | 99.6 |
| #6 |
Peking University
China |
96.7 | 100 | 100 | 95.6 | 86.3 | 77.8 | 84.7 |
| #8 |
The University of Tokyo
Japan |
94.9 | 100 | 100 | 98.4 | 25.2 | 61.4 | 98.7 |
| #15 |
Tsinghua University
China |
91 | 100 | 100 | 96.3 | 86 | 62.3 | 51.7 |
| #19 |
Fudan University
China |
86.1 | 99.5 | 99.9 | 62.6 | 34.1 | 93.1 | 88.6 |
| #34 | 72 | 89.5 | 99.8 | 39.5 | 6.4 | 1.6 | 69.4 | |
| #17 |
Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
Singapore |
90.7 | 99.5 | 99.8 | 68.4 | 100 | 100 | 81.4 |
| #3 |
University of Hong Kong (HKU)
Hong Kong |
99.1 | 100 | 99.8 | 99.2 | 100 | 100 | 99.7 |
| #29 | 77.4 | 98.1 | 99.7 | 59.3 | 38.7 | 52.7 | ||
| #1 | 100 | 99.8 | 99.5 | 95.3 | 100 | 100 | 98 | |
| #4 |
Seoul National University (SNU)
South Korea |
97.8 | 100 | 99.5 | 98.2 | 83.6 | 96.5 | 95.8 |
| #10 |
Kyoto University
Japan |
94.6 | 100 | 98.6 | 98.7 | 34.8 | 53.6 | 99.4 |
| #42 |
Waseda University
Japan |
67.5 | 96.6 | 98 | 47.2 | 65.5 | 55.2 | 56.3 |
| #16 |
Yonsei University
South Korea |
90.9 | 97.6 | 97.7 | 91.9 | 28.6 | 77.4 | 94 |
| #25 |
Zhejiang University
China |
80.5 | 91.5 | 96.8 | 70.8 | 31.1 | 17.4 | 57 |
| #36 | 71.2 | 82.6 | 96.1 | 48.4 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 62.5 | |
| #78 |
University of Delhi
India |
51.3 | 82.2 | 95.8 | 17.9 | 1.6 | 71.6 | |
| #30 |
Keio University
Japan |
76.6 | 89.1 | 94.9 | 76.8 | 32.3 | 19.4 | 91.5 |
| #13 | 92 | 97.9 | 92.7 | 91.4 | 32.3 | 79.9 | 87 | |
| #21 |
Korea University
South Korea |
84.3 | 96.7 | 91.7 | 80.3 | 34.4 | 45.2 | 88.6 |
| #5 |
Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
Hong Kong |
97.1 | 99.8 | 90.1 | 89.9 | 100 | 99.9 | 95.9 |
| #45 | 64.7 | 72.3 | 89.9 | 42.2 | 3.8 | 1.5 | 53.5 | |
| #7 | 95 | 98.9 | 87.8 | 98 | 71.2 | 58.1 | 79.5 | |
| #11 |
Osaka University
Japan |
93.1 | 99.5 | 87.2 | 98.5 | 34.7 | 50.1 | 97.8 |
| #22 |
Kyushu University
Japan |
83.8 | 83.6 | 86.6 | 83.2 | 34.5 | 54.5 | 86.3 |













