U.S.News & World Report's World's Best Universities rankings-Asian and Middle Eastern

World's Best Universities: Asian and Middle Eastern

Posted September 21, 2010

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U.S.News & World Report's World's Best Universities rankings, based on the QS World University Rankings, identified these to be the top universities in Asia and the Middle East in 2010.

 Schools Ranked by Location World's Best Universities: Top 400 World's Best Universities: Asian and Middle Eastern Universities World's Best Universities: Australian and New Zealand Universities World's Best Universities: British and European Universities World's Best Universities: Canadian Universities World's Best Universities: Latin American Universities   Schools Ranked by Subject World's Best Universities: Top 400 World's Best Universities: Arts and Humanities Universities World's Best Universities: Engineering and IT Universities World's Best Universities: Life Sciences and Biomedicine Universities World's Best Universities: Natural & Physical Sciences Universities World's Best Universities: Social Sciences Universities   Methodologies World's Best Universities: Methodology World's Best Universities: About the Rankings World's Best Universities: Academic Peer Review World's Best Universities: Citations per Faculty Member World's Best Universities: Employer Review Survey World's Best Universities: International Student and International Faculty Factors World's Best Universities: Statistical Scores and Weightings World's Best Universities: Student-to-Faculty Ratio World's Best Universities: Subject Area Rankings 

Rank					Overall Score
1	University of Hong Kong (HKU)Hong Kong				87.3
Academic Peer Review Score96	Employer Review Score74	Student to Faculty Score94	International Faculty Score100	International Students Score98	Citations per Faculty Score55
2	The University of TokyoJapan				86.8
Academic Peer Review Score100	Employer Review Score97	Student to Faculty Score89	International Faculty Score12	International Students Score39	Citations per Faculty Score75
3	Kyoto UniversityJapan				85.9
Academic Peer Review Score100	Employer Review Score88	Student to Faculty Score96	International Faculty Score14	International Students Score24	Citations per Faculty Score72
4	National University of Singapore (NUS)Singapore				82.8
Academic Peer Review Score100	Employer Review Score97	Student to Faculty Score64	International Faculty Score100	International Students Score100	Citations per Faculty Score44
5	Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)Hong Kong				78.7
Academic Peer Review Score86	Employer Review Score71	Student to Faculty Score82	International Faculty Score100	International Students Score98	Citations per Faculty Score48
6	Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)Hong Kong				77.9
Academic Peer Review Score88	Employer Review Score64	Student to Faculty Score74	International Faculty Score97	International Students Score86	Citations per Faculty Score55
7	Peking UniversityChina				76.4
Academic Peer Review Score100	Employer Review Score90	Student to Faculty Score95	International Faculty Score18	International Students Score34	Citations per Faculty Score23
8	Osaka UniversityJapan				76.2
Academic Peer Review Score84	Employer Review Score69	Student to Faculty Score90	International Faculty Score13	International Students Score25	Citations per Faculty Score72
9	Seoul National University (SNU)South Korea				76.1
Academic Peer Review Score96	Employer Review Score62	Student to Faculty Score90	International Faculty Score28	International Students Score38	Citations per Faculty Score43
10	Tsinghua UniversityChina				74.2
Academic Peer Review Score98	Employer Review Score78	Student to Faculty Score88	International Faculty Score42	International Students Score28	Citations per Faculty Score24
11	Tokyo Institute of TechnologyJapan				72.6
Academic Peer Review Score75	Employer Review Score73	Student to Faculty Score88	International Faculty Score22	International Students Score44	Citations per Faculty Score67
12	Nanyang Technological University (NTU)Singapore				69.8
Academic Peer Review Score82	Employer Review Score75	Student to Faculty Score69	International Faculty Score100	International Students Score99	Citations per Faculty Score22
13	KAIST - Korea Advanced Institute of Science & TechnologySouth Korea				69.1
Academic Peer Review Score81	Employer Review Score53	Student to Faculty Score88	International Faculty Score39	International Students Score25	Citations per Faculty Score46
14	Nagoya UniversityJapan				66.5
Academic Peer Review Score66	Employer Review Score66	Student to Faculty Score87	International Faculty Score18	International Students Score28	Citations per Faculty Score63
15	National Taiwan University (NTU)Taiwan				66.0
Academic Peer Review Score94	Employer Review Score68	Student to Faculty Score37	International Faculty Score17	International Students Score17	Citations per Faculty Score57
16	Tohoku UniversityJapan				64.0
Academic Peer Review Score59	Employer Review Score59	Student to Faculty Score96	International Faculty Score25	International Students Score23	Citations per Faculty Score58
17	Fudan UniversityChina				63.5
Academic Peer Review Score85	Employer Review Score82	Student to Faculty Score50	International Faculty Score17	International Students Score41	Citations per Faculty Score36
18	Hebrew University of JerusalemIsrael				63.1
Academic Peer Review Score72	Employer Review Score23	Student to Faculty Score54	International Faculty Score59	International Students Score25	Citations per Faculty Score80
19	Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)South Korea				62.8
Academic Peer Review Score49	Employer Review Score31	Student to Faculty Score95	International Faculty Score61	International Students Score7	Citations per Faculty Score83
20	City University of Hong KongHong Kong				58.4
Academic Peer Review Score62	Employer Review Score46	Student to Faculty Score61	International Faculty Score100	International Students Score64	Citations per Faculty Score38
21	Tel Aviv UniversityIsrael				56.5
Academic Peer Review Score68	Employer Review Score32	Student to Faculty Score17	International Faculty Score29	International Students Score10	Citations per Faculty Score100
22	Yonsei UniversitySouth Korea				55.6
Academic Peer Review Score70	Employer Review Score42	Student to Faculty Score82	International Faculty Score13	International Students Score31	Citations per Faculty Score18
23	Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU)China				53.7
Academic Peer Review Score69	Employer Review Score62	Student to Faculty Score60	International Faculty Score19	International Students Score9	Citations per Faculty Score28
24	Kyushu UniversityJapan				53.4
Academic Peer Review Score44	Employer Review Score58	Student to Faculty Score94	International Faculty Score8	International Students Score22	Citations per Faculty Score42
25	University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina				53.3
Academic Peer Review Score65	Employer Review Score50	Student to Faculty Score54	International Faculty Score4	International Students Score2	Citations per Faculty Score52
26	Technion - Israel Institute of TechnologyIsrael				52.4
Academic Peer Review Score65	Employer Review Score44	Student to Faculty Score37	International Faculty Score7	International Students Score7	Citations per Faculty Score66
27	Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong				51.7
Academic Peer Review Score58	Employer Review Score38	Student to Faculty Score40	International Faculty Score99	International Students Score83	Citations per Faculty Score34
28	University of TsukubaJapan				51.5
Academic Peer Review Score54	Employer Review Score42	Student to Faculty Score76	International Faculty Score13	International Students Score30	Citations per Faculty Score37
29	Hokkaido UniversityJapan				51.1
Academic Peer Review Score41	Employer Review Score58	Student to Faculty Score67	International Faculty Score5	International Students Score18	Citations per Faculty Score67
30	Nanjing UniversityChina				50.6
Academic Peer Review Score69	Employer Review Score47	Student to Faculty Score47	International Faculty Score42	International Students Score6	Citations per Faculty Score29
31	Chulalongkorn UniversityThailand				50.2
Academic Peer Review Score75	Employer Review Score66	Student to Faculty Score51	International Faculty Score17	International Students Score3	Citations per Faculty Score7
32	Waseda UniversityJapan				50.1
Academic Peer Review Score70	Employer Review Score88	Student to Faculty Score39	International Faculty Score32	International Students Score33	Citations per Faculty Score8
33	Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB)India				48.8
Academic Peer Review Score62	Employer Review Score87	Student to Faculty Score39	International Faculty Score3	International Students Score2	Citations per Faculty Score33
34	Korea UniversitySouth Korea				48.5
Academic Peer Review Score67	Employer Review Score39	Student to Faculty Score59	International Faculty Score16	International Students Score15	Citations per Faculty Score17
35	National Tsing Hua UniversityTaiwan				48.0
Academic Peer Review Score60	Employer Review Score39	Student to Faculty Score25	International Faculty Score18	International Students Score11	Citations per Faculty Score64
36	Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD)India				47.4
Academic Peer Review Score55	Employer Review Score78	Student to Faculty Score41	International Faculty Score1	International Students Score2	Citations per Faculty Score41
37	Keio UniversityJapan				47.2
Academic Peer Review Score55	Employer Review Score85	Student to Faculty Score59	International Faculty Score15	International Students Score9	Citations per Faculty Score14
38	Universiti Malaya (UM)Malaysia				47.1
Academic Peer Review Score50	Employer Review Score55	Student to Faculty Score68	International Faculty Score68	International Students Score57	Citations per Faculty Score4
39	Zhejiang UniversityChina				45.6
Academic Peer Review Score65	Employer Review Score23	Student to Faculty Score43	International Faculty Score14	International Students Score8	Citations per Faculty Score33
40	Mahidol UniversityThailand				43.7
Academic Peer Review Score45	Employer Review Score46	Student to Faculty Score84	International Faculty Score16	International Students Score8	Citations per Faculty Score11
41	Kobe UniversityJapan				43.1
Academic Peer Review Score45	Employer Review Score55	Student to Faculty Score57	International Faculty Score10	International Students Score20	Citations per Faculty Score30
42	University of IndonesiaIndonesia				42.9
Academic Peer Review Score59	Employer Review Score59	Student to Faculty Score58	International Faculty Score12	International Students Score3	Citations per Faculty Score1
43	Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK)India				42.0
Academic Peer Review Score43	Employer Review Score58	Student to Faculty Score40	International Faculty ScoreN/A	International Students Score1	Citations per Faculty Score51
44	Hiroshima UniversityJapan				41.7
Academic Peer Review Score35	Employer Review Score34	Student to Faculty Score81	International Faculty Score9	International Students Score19	Citations per Faculty Score31
45	Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM)India				40.9
Academic Peer Review Score45	Employer Review Score67	Student to Faculty Score36	International Faculty ScoreN/A	International Students ScoreN/A	Citations per Faculty Score41
46	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)Malaysia				40.9
Academic Peer Review Score46	Employer Review Score37	Student to Faculty Score61	International Faculty Score72	International Students Score37	Citations per Faculty Score3
47	National Cheng Kung UniversityTaiwan				38.5
Academic Peer Review Score37	Employer Review Score42	Student to Faculty Score54	International Faculty Score10	International Students Score23	Citations per Faculty Score30
48	National Yang Ming UniversityTaiwan				38.0
Academic Peer Review Score12	Employer Review Score24	Student to Faculty Score98	International Faculty Score13	International Students Score13	Citations per Faculty Score46
49	Tokyo Medical and Dental UniversityJapan				37.2
Academic Peer Review Score7	Employer Review ScoreN/A	Student to Faculty Score100	International Faculty Score4	International Students Score22	Citations per Faculty Score61
50	Ateneo de Manila UniversityPhilippines				36.4
Academic Peer Review Score53	Employer Review Score60	Student to Faculty Score35	International Faculty Score12	International Students Score12	Citations per Faculty Score1