London, 11 June 2013: Asian universities have gained significant ground on their Western counterparts and could overtake them within two decades, say the compilers of QS University Rankings: Asia, released today on www.topuniversities.com.
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) tops the ranking, ahead of National University of Singapore (NUS) and Hong Kong University (HKU), which tie for second place. Korean institutions Seoul National University (4) and KAIST (7) and POSTECH (7=) all feature prominently, while China’s Peking University moves up one place to fifth, its highest ever position.
2013 QS University Rankings Asia: Top 10
2013
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2012
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Institution
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Country
Territory
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1
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1
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The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
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Hong Kong
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2=
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3
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National University of Singapore (NUS)
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Singapore
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2=
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2
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University of Hong Kong (HKU)
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Hong Kong
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4
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4
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Seoul National University (SNU)
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Korea
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5
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6
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Peking University
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China
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6
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7
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KAIST - Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
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Korea
|
7=
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9
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Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)
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Korea
|
7=
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5
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The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
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Hong Kong
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9
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8
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The University of Tokyo
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Japan
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10=
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10
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Kyoto University
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Japan
|
10=
|
17
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Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
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Singapore
|
© QS Quacquarelli Symonds 2004-2013 www.topuniversities.com
View Top 300: www.TopUniversities.com/AsiaRankings
“Asian higher education is undergoing a rapid transformation, and Singapore, Hong Kong, China and Korea are at the forefront of the assault on the global academic elite,” says Ben Sowter, head of QS Intelligence Unit, which also compiles the QS World University Rankings.
“There are already 17% more Asian universities in the global top 200 since the recession, and the next two decades could see leading US and European universities objectively overtaken.”
Asian universities featured in the global top 10 in 15 of the 30 disciplines covered in 2013 QS World University Rankings by Subject, published in May 2013. Nine of the top 20 institutions in civil engineering are Asian, compared to just five for the US and UK combined.
Now in their fifth edition, QS University Rankings: Asia also shows a five-year surge in international students studying at ranked institutions in the region, from 175,286 in 2009 to 255,212 this year. Total international faculty has grown from 21,223 to 35,677.
“As Western governments struggle to maintain funding levels, Asian institutions have rapidly increased their ability to attract the world’s best faculty and students,” says Sowter. “As the cost of studying rises in North America and the UK, Asia is reversing the brain drain by investing in scholarships to attract top students from the West.”
The rankings provide less encouraging news for Japan, which sees its top institution, University of Tokyo slip to ninth, its lowest ever position. Of the leading ten Japanese Universities, just one ranks higher than last year, while six rank lower.
The rapid speed of change in the region is on display in a complementary ranking, QS Top 50 under 50, which ranks universities established since 1963. Asia boasts five of the world’s top six young institutions, a forecast of a future realignment of the global balance of power from West to East.
2013 QS Top 50 UNDER 50 (Top 10)
Rank
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2012 *WUR
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2013 *WUR
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Institution
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Country
Territory
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1
|
33
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40
|
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
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Hong Kong
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2
|
47
|
58
|
Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
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Singapore
|
3
|
58
|
50
|
The University of Warwick
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UK
|
4
|
63
|
90
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KAIST - Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
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Korea
|
5
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95=
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110
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City University of Hong Kong
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Hong Kong
|
6
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97
|
98
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Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)
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Korea
|
7
|
107
|
109
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Maastricht University
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Netherlands
|
8
|
155
|
148
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University of California, Irvine (UCI)
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USA
|
9
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159
|
177
|
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
|
Hong Kong
|
10
|
163
|
153
|
Lancaster University
|
UK
|
© QS Quacquarelli Symonds 2004-2013 www.topuniversities.com
View full results: http://topuniversities.com/top-50-under-50
*QS World University Rankings
The rigor and authority of this year’s QS University Rankings: Asia has been underlined by the official approval of its methodology and data collection processes from the IREG Observatory on Academic Ranking and Excellence (IREG) along with the QS WorldUniversity Rankings and QS UniversityRankings: Latin America.
The decision to award the IREG Approved” label has come at the end of a comprehensive independent audit, verifying that the rankings are compiled professionally and with a transparent methodology, observe good practices, and respond to a need for relevant information from a range of stakeholders, in particular students, higher education institutions, employers and policy makers.
The approval will last until 31 December 2016.
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