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LONDON, Nov. 25, 2020 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

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

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

the latest 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 third consecutive year.

The 2021 QS World University Rankings: Asia compares 650 universities 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, web

presence, internationalization on campus, and the diversity of each

institution's international collaborations.

Executive Summary

- The 650 featured universities can be found in 18 locations across Asia. The

most-represented location is Mainland China (124 ranked universities). Its

closest competitor systems are India (107), Japan (105), South Korea (88),

Taiwan (43), Pakistan (40), Malaysia (35), and Indonesia (30).

- China's Tsinghua University rises to 2nd – its highest position in the

history of the ranking, while Shanghai Jiao Tong University enters the top ten

for the first time.

- The University of Hong Kong (HKU) is Hong Kong's top university, but drops

one place.

- Universiti Malaya breaks into the top ten for the first time ever, and 24 of

Malaysia's 35 universities have improved their position.

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

nation, location, or territory.

- South Korea's top university is Korea University (12th).

- Six 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.

QS World University Rankings: Asia 2021 – Regional Top Ten

2021        2020        Institution Name

1               1             NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE (NUS)

2               4             TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY

3               2             NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY (NTU)

4               3             UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG (HKU)

5               6             ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY

6               7             FUDAN UNIVERSITY

7               5             PEKING UNIVERSITY

8               8             THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (HKUST)

9               13=        UNIVERSITI MALAYA (UM)

10             17=        SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY

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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 full rankings can be found at www.TopUniversities.com. Methodological

details can be found at:

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

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