NUS(National University of Singapore), Nanyang Technical University(NTU), Beita, are the best university in Asia.
NTU has an old pedigree as the only Chinese university outside China before the war. But it only teach social study and it become den of left leaning and pro China institution!. They closed it in 60's and reopen in 80's as technical university.They co opt the graduate by allowing them to join the civil service in the 60's. Japan and India University are nowhere to be seen in top 5
Asia University Rankings 2016: results announced
Singapore leads the way in
Times Higher Education's 2016 ranking of the premier universities in Asia
June 20, 2016
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Singapore is home to the best two universities in Asia for the first time, while China and Japan have the highest density of top institutions in the continent, according to the
Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings 2016.
The
claims pole position, while its neighbour
is in joint second place (with China’s
) – the highest positions for the two Singaporean institutions in the rankings’ four-year history.
Singapore’s success in the table follows its rise in
THE’s flagship
; NUS has climbed 14 places in this table since 2012 to reach 26th place last year, while NTU has risen 119 places since 2011 to 55th place.
While mainland China and Japan are each home to almost a fifth of institutions in the extended top 200 table (39 each), China has the upper hand, after a shift in power towards the nation last year. The country has 22 universities in the top 100, including two in the top 10, while Japan has just 14 in the upper half of the table, and its top-ranked institution – the
in seventh place – has lost its place at the summit of the list.
Gerard Postiglione, chair professor in higher education at the
, said that the Singaporean government’s “strategic” positioning of its universities as “competing in the global economy” and generous financial support for research are two reasons why the city state has “shone the brightest” in the ranking. He added that collaborations with world-class universities outside Asia – such as the partnership behind the Yale-NUS liberal arts college – have benefited Singapore’s universities.
“Singapore also has a very high-quality school system and its immigration policy makes it possible to bring in talented people,” he said.
China’s special administrative region, Hong Kong, has also performed well with six representatives, all in the top 45, while South Korea and Taiwan are the most-represented countries after China and Japan, with 24 institutions each.
Tony Chan, president of
, in sixth place, said that Hong Kong’s success is part of a “wider story about the rise of East Asia over the past few decades”
“Being a gateway to mainland China and a melting pot of different cultures, Hong Kong, with its unique qualities including rule of law, low tax system, free flow of information, a skilled bilingual workforce and its world-class infrastructure, is the best breeding ground for knowledge and the advancement of science and technology – a reason why such a small city is home to several top universities in Asia,” he said.
Institutions from 22 countries, eight more than
, feature in this year’s ranking, with several countries, including Bangladesh, Indonesia and Qatar, being represented for the first time.
The
THE Asia University Rankings use the same
as the World University Rankings, but have been recalibrated to reflect the attributes of Asia’s higher education system.
Asia University Rankings 2016: top 10
2016 Asia rank World University Rank 2015-16 Institution Country
1 26
Singapore
=2 55
Singapore
=2 42
China
4 =44
Hong Kong
5 =47
China
6 59
Hong Kong
7 43
Japan
8 116
South Korea
9 85
South Korea
10 148
South Korea
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