Check Out the Top 50 Universities in Asia – 2021 Ranking. 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 2021.
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 2021 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 – 2021 RANKING
Rank | University | Country |
---|---|---|
1 | Xi’an Jiaotong University | cn |
2 | Peking University | cn |
3 | Shanghai Jiao Tong University | cn |
4 | Hunan University | cn |
5 | Jinan University | cn |
6 | Shenzhen University | cn |
7 | National University of Singapore | sg |
8 | The University of Tokyo | jp |
9 | Guangxi University | cn |
10 | King Saud University | sa |
11 | Tsinghua University | cn |
12 | Nanyang Technological University | sg |
13 | The University of Hong Kong | hk |
14 | Anadolu Üniversitesi | tr |
15 | National Taiwan University | tw |
16 | Zhejiang University | cn |
17 | Kyoto University | jp |
18 | University of Science and Technology of China | cn |
19 | The Chinese University of Hong Kong | hk |
20 | Sun Yat-Sen University | cn |
21 | University of Tehran | ir |
22 | Seoul National University | kr |
23 | Keio University | jp |
24 | University of Delhi | in |
25 | Tel Aviv University | il |
26 | Fudan University | cn |
27 | Osaka University | jp |
28 | Universitas Gadjah Mada | id |
29 | Hebrew University of Jerusalem | il |
30 | Istanbul Üniversitesi | tr |
31 | Waseda University | jp |
32 | KAIST | kr |
33 | Universitas Indonesia | id |
34 | Hokkaido University | jp |
35 | Wuhan University | cn |
36 | Azerbaycan Dövlet Iqtisad Universiteti | az |
37 | The Hong Kong Polytechnic University | hk |
38 | King AbdulAziz University | sa |
39 | Indian Institute of Technology Bombay | in |
40 | Renmin University of China | cn |
41 | Yonsei University | kr |
42 | Tohoku University | jp |
43 | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | hk |
44 | Tongji University | cn |
45 | Ritsumeikan University | jp |
46 | Nanjing University | cn |
47 | National Chiao Tung University | tw |
48 | City University of Hong Kong | hk |
49 | Sogang University | kr |
50 | Bogaziçi Üniversitesi | tr |
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Leonel has been Teacher at Alliant International University since 2013. He began to write about admission details at Course Discovery.