Top 3 Universities In Asia

1.  National University of Singapore (NUS)

Location: Singapore

Celebrating its 110th birthday this year, the National University of Singapore (NUS) is the oldest among universities in Singapore, and retains its place at the top of the QS University Rankings: Asia this year. It’s currently ranked 22nd in the overall QS World University Rankings®.

This year, the National University of Singapore ranks among the world’s top 50 in a total of 30 subjects covered by the QS World University Rankings by Subject. Its strongest fields programs – for which it places within the global top 10 – are architecture, biological sciences, chemistry, chemical engineering, civil & structural engineering, electrical & electronic engineering, environmental studies,geography, linguistics, materials sciences and mechanical engineering.

2.  University of Hong Kong

Location: Hong Kong

Like Singapore, Hong Kong is small in size (officially a Special Administrative Region of China), yet a big player on the Asian higher education scene. It claims four representatives among the 10 top universities in Asia alone, led by the University of Hong Kong (HKU), which climbs one place in the ranking this year. Founded in 1911, HKU is currently 28th in the overall world rankings, and caters to almost 28,000 students, of which 11,000 are postgraduates. The main language of instruction is English.

The University of Hong Kong is ranked internationally for 33 subjects, placing within the world’s top 50 for 26 academic disciplines. It comes second in the world for dentistry, sixth for education & training and ninth for both linguistics and civil & structural engineering.

3.  KAIST - Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology

Location: South Korea

One of several prestigious technical universities in South Korea, the Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology, orKAIST, falls one place in the QS University Rankings: Asia this year – swapping places with HKU. Currently at 51st in the world rankings, KAIST was established in 1971 in the city of Daejeon, as South Korea’s first university dedicated to science and engineering research. Smaller in size compared to many of the top universities in Asia, KAIST currently enrolls around 6,000 postgraduate and 4,000 undergraduate students.

Within the global top 100 for 13 subjects, KAIST ranks in the top 50 worldwide for chemical engineering, chemistry, civil & structural engineering, computer science, electrical & electronic engineering, materials sciences and mechanical engineering.