Top Universities in Asia

Asia is the home to some of the world’s best universities. It is counted among the top in the world, according to uniRank’s World University Rankings 2020.

Many of Asia’s universities are renowned for promoting a global outlook by recruiting international students, faculty and encouraging international collaborations, so you can expect a technologically driven learning atmosphere as well as diversity on campus.

Universities in Asia have always gained a wide reputation for good teaching and excellent research. Asian universities are highly ranked among international schools and institutions worldwide, and they continue to attract the smartest people to their highly respected and prestigious degree programmes. All these top ranked colleges, universities, law schools, medical schools, and engineering schools have a wide, global reputation and continue to be the top-ranked schools for international students. To go to some of the best universities in the world for your Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Ph.D, you should certainly consider Asia as your destination for the best rankings and widest reputation.

uniRank tries to answer this question of the top universities in Asia by publishing the 2020 Asian University Ranking of 50 recognized Asian higher-education institutions meeting the following uniRank selection criteria:

• being chartered, licensed and/or accredited by the appropriate  higher education-related organization
• offering at least four-year undergraduate degrees (bachelor degrees) or postgraduate degrees (master or doctoral degrees)
• delivering courses predominantly in a traditional, face-to-face, non-distance education format

TOP 50 UNIVERSITIES IN ASIA- 2020 RANKING

Rank	University	Country
1	Shanghai Jiao Tong University	cn
2	Peking University	cn
3	Tsinghua University	cn
4	Fudan University	cn
5	Zhejiang University	cn
6	University of Science and Technology of China	cn
7	National University of Singapore	sg
8	The University of Tokyo	jp
9	The University of Hong Kong	hk
10	National Taiwan University	tw
11	King Saud University	sa
12	The Chinese University of Hong Kong	hk
13	Nanyang Technological University	sg
14	Anadolu Üniversitesi	tr
15	University of Tehran	ir
16	Indian Institute of Technology Madras	in
17	Kyoto University	jp
18	Nanjing University	cn
19	Wuhan University	cn
20	Keio University	jp
21	The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology	hk
22	Xiamen University	cn
23	Beijing Jiaotong University	cn
24	Seoul National University	kr
25	City University of Hong Kong	hk
26	Huazhong University of Science and Technology	cn
27	Xi’an Jiaotong University	cn
28	Waseda University	jp
29	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	hk
30	Renmin University of China	cn
31	Tongji University	cn
32	Beijing Institute of Technology	cn
33	East China Normal University	cn
34	University of Tsukuba	jp
35	Shenzhen University	cn
36	South China University of Technology	cn
37	Shandong University	cn
38	Northwestern Polytechnical University	cn
39	University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences	cn
40	Tianjin University	cn
41	Harbin Institute of Technology	cn
42	Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur	in
43	Dalian University of Technology	cn
44	National Chiao Tung University	tw
45	Osaka University	jp
46	National Tsing Hua University	tw
47	Universiti Teknologi MARA	my
48	Indian Institute of Technology Bombay	in
49	Beihang University	cn
50	Sun Yat-Sen University	cn