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LONDON, Nov. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

QS Quacquarelli Symonds, global higher education think-tank and compilers of

the world's most-consulted university rankings portfolio, today released the

fourteenth edition of their annual list of Asia's best higher education

institutions. The National University of Singapore is named as the continent's

best university for the fourth consecutive year.

The 2022 QS World University Rankings: Asia

(https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/asian-university-rankings/2

022) contains 687 universities, including forty new entries, and is QS's most

extensive independent comparison of the region's higher education system. The

table accounts for eleven key indicators of university performance, which

capture academic standing, graduate employability, research quality and

productivity, internationalization on campus, and the diversity of each

institution's international collaborations.

QS World University Rankings: Asia 2022 - Top 10

2022        2021        University                                  Location

1        1        National University of Singapore          Singapore

2        7        Peking University                                  China (Mainland)

3=     4        The University of Hong Kong                Hong Kong S.A.R.

3=      3        Nanyang Technological University       Singapore

5        2        Tsinghua University                              China (Mainland)

6        5        Zhejiang University        

7        6        Fudan University        

8        9        Universiti Malaya                                 Malaysia

9        8        The Hong Kong University of               Hong Kong S.A.R.

                    Science and Technology        

10        10     Shanghai Jiao Tong University             China (Mainland)

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Highlights:

- The 687 featured universities can be found in 18 locations across Asia.

The most-represented location is Mainland China (126 ranked universities),

followed by India (118), Japan (108), South Korea (88), Pakistan (47), Taiwan

(46), Malaysia (36), Indonesia (33), Thailand (23), Philippines (15), Vietnam

(11), Hong Kong S.AR. (9), Sri Lanka (6) Singapore (3), Brunei (2), Macau S.AR.

(2), and Mongolia (1).

- Peking University rises to 2nd – its highest position in the history of the

ranking.

- The University of Hong Kong rises one place while joint-third Nanyang

Technological University, Singapore, keeps last year's spot.

- Universiti Malaya (8th) reached its highest rank since the ranking's

inception, and 24 Malaysian universities improved their position.

- Japan has more universities in the top 50 of the ranking (11) than any other

location.

- South Korea's top institution is Korea University (13th).

- Seven of Asia's top ten universities for research productivity are Indian.

However, Indian research quality does not match quantity, and Indian teaching

capacity and employability scores decline.

Ben Sowter, Director of Research at QS, said: "This year's results reiterate

the intensely competitive, intensely dynamic nature of Asian higher education.

China's best universities continue to progress, Japanese higher education is

stagnating – and Malaysia remains on the rise."

The complete rankings can be found at www.TopUniversities.com.

Methodological details can be found here

(https://www.topuniversities.com/asia-rankings/methodology) .

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SOURCE: QS Quacquarelli Symonds