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Best Universities in Asia 2027

As of the QS World University Rankings 2027, the top university in Asia is National University of Singapore (NUS) (QS world rank #10); the region has 554 QS-ranked universities across 38 countries and territories. This page lists every QS-ranked university in the region, side by side, drawn directly from the official QS World University Rankings 2027.

Source: QS World University Rankings 2027 · 554 universities · 38 countries & territories · Sources & citation ↓
What this ranking shows: universities are ordered by their official QS World University Rankings 2027 position, then re-numbered within Asia (the "#" column). The "QS 2027" column shows each university's global QS rank. For a cross-system view that also blends Times Higher Education, ARWU and U.S. News, see the global consensus ranking.
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#
University
Country / territory
QS 2027
2026
Overall
1
🇸🇬 National University of Singapore (NUS)
Singapore
#10
#8
96.2
2
🇭🇰 The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
#11
#11
95.9
3
🇸🇬 Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore)
Singapore
#12
#12
93.6
4
🇨🇳 Peking University
China
#13
#14
92.6
5
🇨🇳 Tsinghua University
China
#14
#17
92.1
6
🇭🇰 The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
Hong Kong
#18
#32
89.9
7
🇨🇳 Fudan University
China
#26
#30
89
8
🇭🇰 The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Hong Kong
#33
#44
86.4
9
🇨🇳 Shanghai Jiao Tong University
China
#36
#47
85.8
10
🇰🇷 Seoul National University
South Korea
#38
#38
85.4
11
🇯🇵 The University of Tokyo
Japan
#39
#36
84.8
12
🇰🇷 Yonsei University
South Korea
#42
#50
84.2
13
🇨🇳 Zhejiang University
China
#47
#49
83.5
14
🇭🇰 The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hong Kong
#50
#54
82.3
15
🇭🇰 City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK)
Hong Kong
#52
#63
81.9
16
🇰🇷 Korea University
South Korea
#52
#61
81.9
17
🇹🇼 National Taiwan University (NTU)
Taiwan
#54
#63
81.7
18
🇲🇾 Universiti Malaya (UM)
Malaysia
#56
#58
81.2
19
🇸🇦 KFUPM
Saudi Arabia
#63
#67
78.3
20
🇯🇵 Kyoto University
Japan
#64
#57
78.2
21
🇰🇷 KAIST
South Korea
#65
—
77.7
22
🇨🇳 Nanjing University
China
#90
#103
70.4
23
🇯🇵 The University of Osaka
Japan
#95
#91
69.5
24
🇯🇵 Institute of Science Tokyo
Japan
#97
—
69.2
25
🇯🇵 Tohoku University
Japan
#102
#109
68.4
26
🇰🇷 Pohang University of Science And Technology (POSTECH)
South Korea
#106
#102
67.7
27
🇸🇦 King Saud University
Saudi Arabia
#107
#143
67.4
28
🇰🇷 Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU)
South Korea
#108
#126
67.3
29
🇶🇦 Qatar University
Qatar
#109
#112
67.2
30
🇮🇳 Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD)
India
#118
#123
65.7
31
🇲🇾 Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)
Malaysia
#128
#134
64.9
32
🇲🇾 Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)
Malaysia
#130
#126
64.6
33
🇮🇳 Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB)
India
#134
#129
63.9
34
🇨🇳 University of Science and Technology of China
China
#134
#132
63.9
35
🇲🇾 Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
Malaysia
#138
#134
62.9
36
🇹🇼 National Tsing Hua University - NTHU
Taiwan
#142
#176
62.5
37
🇨🇳 Tongji University
China
#146
#177
62.2
38
🇦🇪 Khalifa University
United Arab Emirates
#147
#177
62
39
🇰🇷 Hanyang University
South Korea
#155
#159
60.9
40
🇯🇵 Nagoya University
Japan
#156
#164
60.8
41
🇲🇾 Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Malaysia
#158
#153
60.6
42
🇨🇳 Wuhan University
China
#165
#186
60.1
43
🇮🇳 Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM)
India
#170
#180
59.3
44
🇯🇵 Kyushu University
Japan
#171
#170
58.8
45
🇰🇿 Al-Farabi Kazakh National University
Kazakhstan
#177
#166
57.9
46
🇹🇼 National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU Taiwan)
Taiwan
#177
#199
57.9
47
🇯🇵 Hokkaido University
Japan
#179
#170
57.6
48
🇨🇳 Harbin Institute of Technology
China
#190
#256
56.8
49
🇹🇼 National Cheng Kung University (NCKU)
Taiwan
#191
#203
56.7
50
🇮🇩 Universitas Indonesia
Indonesia
#191
#189
56.7
51
🇸🇦 King Abdulaziz University (KAU)
Saudi Arabia
#200
#163
55.9
52
🇯🇵 Waseda University
Japan
#201
#196
55.7
53
🇮🇳 Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT-KGP)
India
#205
#215
55.1
54
🇮🇩 Gadjah Mada University
Indonesia
#206
#224
55
55
🇮🇱 Tel Aviv University
Israel
#208
#223
54.9
56
🇹🇭 Chulalongkorn University
Thailand
#212
#221
54.6
57
🇶🇦 Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU)
Qatar
#213
#244
54.5
58
🇯🇵 Keio University
Japan
#213
#215
54.5
59
🇭🇰 Hong Kong Baptist University
Hong Kong
#216
#244
54.3
60
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates University
United Arab Emirates
#217
#229
54.2
61
🇮🇱 The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Israel
#218
#240
54
62
🇮🇳 Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore
India
#221
#219
53.8
63
🇮🇳 Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK)
India
#221
#222
53.8
64
🇱🇧 American University of Beirut (AUB)
Lebanon
#223
#237
53.7
65
🇨🇳 Tianjin University
China
#235
#257
52.7
66
🇨🇳 Beijing Normal University
China
#237
#247
52.5
67
🇨🇳 Beijing Institute of Technology
China
#243
#259
52
68
🇦🇪 American University of Sharjah
United Arab Emirates
#258
#272
50.4
69
🇨🇳 Sun Yat-sen University
China
#258
#276
50.4
70
🇲🇾 Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP)
Malaysia
#261
#251
49.9
71
🇸🇬 Singapore University of Technology and Design
Singapore
#266
#519
49.2
72
🇲🇴 University of Macau
Macao
#267
#285
49.1
73
🇲🇾 Taylor's University
Malaysia
#272
#253
48.4
74
🇮🇩 Universitas Airlangga
Indonesia
#276
#287
48
75
🇹🇷 Istanbul Technical University
Türkiye
#279
#298
47.6
76
🇲🇾 UCSI University
Malaysia
#282
#269
47.4
77
🇦🇪 University of Sharjah
United Arab Emirates
#283
#328
47.3
78
🇮🇩 Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB)
Indonesia
#287
#255
47.2
79
🇨🇳 Xi’an Jiaotong University
China
#296
#305
46.2
80
🇰🇷 Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)
South Korea
#299
#310
46
81
🇨🇳 Sichuan University
China
#300
#324
45.9
82
🇨🇳 Xiamen University
China
#303
#341
45.6
83
🇹🇷 Middle East Technical University
Türkiye
#305
#269
45.5
84
🇴🇲 Sultan Qaboos University
Oman
#306
#334
45.3
85
🇨🇳 Huazhong University of Science and Technology
China
#307
#319
45.1
86
🇰🇷 Kyung Hee University
South Korea
#309
#331
44.8
87
🇨🇳 Shandong University
China
#309
#339
44.8
88
🇨🇳 Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech)
China
#317
#343
44.1
89
🇮🇳 University of Delhi
India
#322
#328
43.8
90
🇯🇴 University of Jordan
Jordan
#326
#324
43.5
91
🇹🇷 Koç University
Türkiye
#329
#323
43.3
92
🇨🇳 Nankai University
China
#329
#355
43.3
93
🇮🇱 Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Israel
#334
#350
43
94
🇮🇳 Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IITR)
India
#335
#339
42.9
95
🇨🇳 Southeast University
China
#335
#392
42.9
96
🇰🇿 L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University (ENU)
Kazakhstan
#338
#317
42.6
97
🇨🇳 South China University of Technology
China
#342
#377
42.3
98
🇹🇷 Boğaziçi University
Türkiye
#345
#371
42.1
99
🇹🇭 Mahidol University
Thailand
#345
#358
42.1
100
🇧🇳 Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD)
Brunei
#345
#367
42.1

Showing the top 100 of 554 QS-ranked universities in Asia. Full machine-readable list: /rankings/region/asia.json

About higher education in Asia

Asia is now the largest region in the QS World University Rankings 2027 by number of ranked institutions. Singapore, China (Mainland), Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea host the region's highest-ranked universities, with the National University of Singapore and Peking University competing inside the global top 20.

Frequently asked questions

Which is the best university in Asia in 2027?

According to the QS World University Rankings 2027, National University of Singapore (NUS) is the top-ranked university in Asia, placing #10 in the world.

How many universities in Asia are ranked by QS?

The QS World University Rankings 2027 includes 554 universities in Asia, spread across 38 countries and territories.

How is this Asia ranking ordered?

Universities are ordered by their official QS World University Rankings 2027 global position, then re-numbered within the region. The order is reproduced unmodified from QS; EduRank does not re-weight or re-score it.

Data source

QS World University Rankings 2027QS Quacquarelli Symonds · official rankings
Cite this page:
EduRank (2027). Best Universities in Asia 2027 — QS World University Rankings. Retrieved from https://edurank.co/rankings/region/asia/
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