World University Index

THE Asia University Rankings

2026 edition. Published by Times Higher Education.

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Institutions the Index records in this table. A placement here is a placement anywhere: the Index reports each institution's best, whatever its scope.

Rank Institution Claim
1 Tsinghua University 1st in the world
2 Peking University 2nd in the world
3 National University of Singapore 3rd in the world
=4 Nanyang Technological University 4th in the world
=4 University of Tokyo 4th in the world
6 University of Hong Kong 6th in the world
7 Fudan University 7th in the world
8 Zhejiang University 8th in the world
9 Shanghai Jiao Tong University 9th in the world
10 Chinese University of Hong Kong 10th in the world
11 University of Science and Technology of China 11th in the world
12 Hong Kong University of Science and Technology 12th in the world
13 Nanjing University 13th in the world
14 City University of Hong Kong 14th in the world
15 Seoul National University 15th in the world
16 Kyoto University 16th in the world
17 KAIST 17th in the world
18 Hong Kong Polytechnic University 18th in the world
19 Yonsei University 19th in the world
20 Sungkyunkwan University 20th in the world
21 Tohoku University 21st in the world
22 Harbin Institute of Technology 22nd in the world
23 Tongji University 23rd in the world
24 Wuhan University 24th in the world
25 Pohang University of Science and Technology 25th in the world
=26 Korea University 26th in the world
=26 National Taiwan University 26th in the world
28 University of Macau 28th in the world
29 Beijing Normal University 29th in the world
30 Osaka University 30th in the world
31 Southern University of Science and Technology 31st in the world
32 King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals 32nd in the world
33 Huazhong University of Science and Technology 33rd in the world
34 Institute of Science Tokyo 34th in the world
=35 Tianjin University 35th in the world
=35 Universiti Teknologi Petronas 35th in the world
37 Education University of Hong Kong 37th in the world
=38 Sichuan University 38th in the world
=38 Beijing Institute of Technology 38th in the world
40 Hong Kong Baptist University 40th in the world
41 Xi'an Jiaotong University 41st in the world
42 Kyung Hee University 42nd in the world
=43 Beihang University 43rd in the world
=43 Indian Institute of Science Bangalore 43rd in the world
45 Shandong University 45th in the world
46 Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology 46th in the world
=47 Qatar University 47th in the world
=47 Sun Yat-sen University 47th in the world
49 Nagoya University 49th in the world
50 Hanyang University 50th in the world
51 Northwestern Polytechnical University 51st in the world
=52 South China University of Technology 52nd in the world
=52 Macau University of Science and Technology 52nd in the world
=52 Tel Aviv University 52nd in the world
=55 Southeast University 55th in the world
=55 United Arab Emirates University 55th in the world
=57 Khalifa University of Science and Technology 57th in the world
=57 King Saud University 57th in the world
59 Central South University 59th in the world
60 Southern Medical University 60th in the world
61 East China Normal University 61st in the world
=62 Xiamen University 62nd in the world
=62 Hebrew University of Jerusalem 62nd in the world
64 Sejong University 64th in the world
66 Hunan University 66th in the world
67 Nankai University 67th in the world
68 University of Electronic Science and Technology of China 68th in the world
69 Kyushu University 69th in the world
=73 Dalian University of Technology 73rd in the world
=73 Chongqing University 73rd in the world
76 Technion – Israel Institute of Technology 76th in the world
80 National Tsing Hua University 80th in the world
87 National University of Malaysia 87th in the world
90 Shenzhen University 90th in the world
=91 Abu Dhabi University 91st in the world
=91 Hokkaido University 91st in the world
93 King Khalid University 93rd in the world
94 Lebanese American University 94th in the world
95 University of Technology Malaysia 95th in the world
=97 University of Sharjah 97th in the world
=97 Taipei Medical University 97th in the world
=97 Istanbul Technical University 97th in the world
=100 Beijing University of Chemical Technology 100th in the world
=100 Universiti Sains Malaysia 100th in the world
=106 Prince Mohammad bin Fahd University 106th in the world
=106 Shanghai University 106th in the world
109 China University of Petroleum, Beijing 109th in the world
110 Donghua University 110th in the world
112 King Abdulaziz University 112th in the world
=116 Yangzhou University 116th in the world
=116 Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University 116th in the world
=120 Zhejiang University of Technology 120th in the world
=120 University of Tehran 120th in the world
123 Universiti Putra Malaysia 123rd in the world
=126 Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics 126th in the world
=126 National Taiwan Normal University 126th in the world
132 Al-Ahliyya Amman University 132nd in the world
133 East China University of Science and Technology 133rd in the world
=134 Jiangsu University 134th in the world
=134 Al Ain University 134th in the world
=134 Chulalongkorn University 134th in the world
140 Zayed University 140th in the world
141 Ajman University 141st in the world
=143 American University of Sharjah 143rd in the world
=143 University of Haifa 143rd in the world
=143 National Yunlin University of Science and Technology 143rd in the world
=146 Xidian University 146th in the world
=146 Mahidol University 146th in the world
148 Jiangnan University 148th in the world
=152 Harbin Engineering University 152nd in the world
=152 Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University 152nd in the world
154 Umm al-Qura University 154th in the world
=158 Ocean University of China 158th in the world
=158 Shoolini University 158th in the world
167 Nanjing Forestry University 167th in the world
169 University of International Business and Economics 169th in the world
172 Guangdong University of Technology 172nd in the world
178 Applied Science Private University 178th in the world
=180 Sultan Qaboos University 180th in the world
=180 Southwest Jiaotong University 180th in the world
=180 Kaohsiung Medical University 180th in the world
184 Nanjing Tech University 184th in the world
190 University of Nizwa 190th in the world
=191 University of Jordan 191st in the world
=191 Capital Medical University 191st in the world
194 Fuzhou University 194th in the world
=201 Qingdao University 201st in the world
=201 Hacettepe University 201st in the world
=201 City University of Macau 201st in the world
=201 Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University 201st in the world
=201 King Faisal University 201st in the world
=201 American University of the Middle East 201st in the world
=201 University of Indonesia 201st in the world
=201 Nanjing Medical University 201st in the world
=201 Majmaah University 201st in the world
=201 Imam Mohammad ibn Saud Islamic University 201st in the world
=201 Dhofar University 201st in the world
=201 Arabian Gulf University 201st in the world
=201 Keio University 201st in the world
=201 King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi 201st in the world
=201 King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences 201st in the world
=251 China Pharmaceutical University 251st in the world
=251 Northeast Agricultural University 251st in the world
=251 Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology 251st in the world
=251 Duy Tan University 251st in the world
=251 Jordan University of Science and Technology 251st in the world
=251 Zhejiang Gongshang University 251st in the world
=251 Chang'an University 251st in the world
=251 Ton Duc Thang University 251st in the world
=251 Beirut Arab University 251st in the world
=251 University of Engineering and Technology Taxila 251st in the world
=251 Yarmouk University 251st in the world
=251 Qassim University 251st in the world
=251 Jouf University 251st in the world
=251 Taif University 251st in the world
=251 University of Tabuk 251st in the world
=301 Anhui University 301st in the world
=301 Chengdu University 301st in the world
=301 Northern Border University 301st in the world
=351 An-Najah National University 351st in the world
=351 Universitas Gadjah Mada 351st in the world
=351 Jiangsu University of Science and Technology 351st in the world
=351 Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University 351st in the world
=351 German Jordanian University 351st in the world
=351 Sebelas Maret University 351st in the world
=351 Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information Technology 351st in the world
=401 Huaqiao University 401st in the world
=401 Al-Balqa Applied University 401st in the world
=401 Chaoyang University of Technology 401st in the world
=501 Wuhan Textile University 501st in the world
=501 Yanshan University 501st in the world
=501 Diponegoro University 501st in the world
=501 IPB University 501st in the world
=501 Ege University 501st in the world
=501 Universitas Airlangga 501st in the world
=501 Southwest Petroleum University 501st in the world
=501 Kuwait University 501st in the world
=601 National Textile University 601st in the world
=601 National Pingtung University of Science and Technology 601st in the world
=601 Kasetsart University 601st in the world
=601 Lebanese University 601st in the world
=601 Saint Joseph University 601st in the world
=601 State University of Semarang 601st in the world
=601 Al-Farabi Kazakh National University 601st in the world
=601 National Chi Nan University 601st in the world
=601 University of Baghdad 601st in the world
=601 Holy Spirit University of Kaslik 601st in the world
=601 Al-Quds University 601st in the world
=601 Tunghai University 601st in the world