LONDON, October 17, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --
Asia's Leading Universities: Announced
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QS Quacquarelli Symonds, global higher education analysts, have today named Asia's leading 426 universities. The 2018 edition of the QS World University Rankings: Asia sees Nanyang Technological University take the number-one spot from compatriot National University of Singapore (2nd).
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Highlights
Table 1: QS University Rankings 2018: Asia (Top 10) 2018 Rank 2017 Rank Institution Country/Territory 1 3 NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY (NTU) SG 2 1 NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE (NUS) SG 3 4 THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (HKUST) HK 4 6 KAIST - KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY KR 5 2 UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG (HKU) HK 6 5 TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY CN 7 11 FUDAN UNIVERSITY CN 8 7 CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG HK 9 9 PEKING UNIVERSITY CN 10 8 THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG (CUHK) HK (c) QS Quacquarelli Symonds 2004-2017 http://www.TopUniversities.com/. All rights reserved.
Methodology
QS use a unique methodology to calculate this ranking. The methodology is designed to account for the unique challenges facing the region's universities, and features 10 indicators. They are:
A detailed methodology document can be found at http://www.TopUniversities.com, as can the full table.
Ben Sowter, Research Director, QS, said: "This year's rankings suggest that, in a number of nations, established hierarchies are being disrupted. This is a result of the region's universities continually striving to become competitive, forward-thinking, and internationally attractive."