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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #23 |
Hokkaido University
Japan |
82.8 | 81.6 | 80.1 | 91.4 | 31.3 | 45.3 | 90.3 |
| #13 | 92 | 97.9 | 92.7 | 91.4 | 32.3 | 79.9 | 87 | |
| #33 |
Hanyang University
South Korea |
72.3 | 71.5 | 58.6 | 91.9 | 53 | 79 | 71.4 |
| #16 |
Yonsei University
South Korea |
90.9 | 97.6 | 97.7 | 91.9 | 28.6 | 77.4 | 94 |
| #41 |
Kyung Hee University
South Korea |
68.9 | 71.7 | 40.4 | 93.3 | 40.7 | 86.7 | 65.2 |
| #38 |
Mahidol University
Thailand |
70.6 | 85.6 | 47.1 | 94.3 | 29.1 | 18.4 | 93.5 |
| #32 |
University of Tsukuba
Japan |
73.9 | 81.7 | 14.5 | 95.2 | 33 | 63.5 | 92.5 |
| #1 | 100 | 99.8 | 99.5 | 95.3 | 100 | 100 | 98 | |
| #6 |
Peking University
China |
96.7 | 100 | 100 | 95.6 | 86.3 | 77.8 | 84.7 |
| #24 |
Sungkyunkwan University
South Korea |
81 | 78.4 | 65.8 | 95.6 | 41.8 | 81 | 91.4 |
| #2 |
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Singapore |
99.1 | 100 | 100 | 95.9 | 100 | 100 | 99.6 |
| #15 |
Tsinghua University
China |
91 | 100 | 100 | 96.3 | 86 | 62.3 | 51.7 |
| #18 |
Nagoya University
Japan |
89.1 | 91.2 | 81.6 | 96.7 | 39.5 | 67 | 97.4 |
| #77 |
Kanazawa University
Japan |
52.1 | 12.2 | 4.5 | 97.2 | 31.7 | 15.3 | 97.6 |
| #7 | 95 | 98.9 | 87.8 | 98 | 71.2 | 58.1 | 79.5 | |
| #4 |
Seoul National University (SNU)
South Korea |
97.8 | 100 | 99.5 | 98.2 | 83.6 | 96.5 | 95.8 |
| #8 |
The University of Tokyo
Japan |
94.9 | 100 | 100 | 98.4 | 25.2 | 61.4 | 98.7 |
| #11 |
Osaka University
Japan |
93.1 | 99.5 | 87.2 | 98.5 | 34.7 | 50.1 | 97.8 |
| #10 |
Kyoto University
Japan |
94.6 | 100 | 98.6 | 98.7 | 34.8 | 53.6 | 99.4 |
| #94 |
The Catholic University of Korea
South Korea |
46.8 | 12 | 5.1 | 98.8 | 9.5 | 25.4 | 81.1 |
| #52 |
Chiba University
Japan |
62.8 | 54.3 | 3.9 | 99.2 | 15 | 45.1 | 91.2 |
| #3 |
University of Hong Kong (HKU)
Hong Kong |
99.1 | 100 | 99.8 | 99.2 | 100 | 100 | 99.7 |
| #14 |
Tohoku University
Japan |
91.9 | 95.6 | 83 | 99.7 | 48.4 | 60.4 | 93.2 |
| #50 | 64.1 | 26.5 | 44 | 99.9 | 27.8 | 28.7 | 92.2 | |
| #81 |
Yokohama City University
Japan |
50 | 14.4 | 3.2 | 99.9 | 18.7 | 21.7 | 98.3 |














