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June 11, 2013
Asian Universities set to Dominate Global Rankings Within Two Decades
Photo: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon receives an honorary doctorate degree during a ceremony at Jamia Islamia University in New Delhi, India. 27 April 2012. New Delhi, India. UN Photo/Mark Garten.
Asian universities could overtake their western counterparts within two decades, say the compilers of QS University Rankings: Asia, released today.
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology tops the rankings ahead of National University of Singapore and Hong Kong University, which tie for second place. Peking University moves up one place to fifth, its highest ever position.
2013 QS UNIVERSITY RANKINGS ASIA: Top 10
QS RANK — INSTITUTION — COUNTRY
• 1 — The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology — Hong Kong
• 2= — National University of Singapore — Singapore
• 2= — University of Hong Kong — HK
• 4= — Seoul National University — South Korea
• 5 — Peking University — China
• 6 — KAIST — South Korea
• 7 — POSTECH — South Korea
• 8 — The Chinese University of Hong Kong — Hong Kong
• 9 — The University of Tokyo — Japan
• 10= — Kyoto University — Japan
• 10= — Nanyang Technological University — Singapore
ASIA TOP 300 — UNIVERSITIES FROM INDIA
2013 QS RANK — INSTITUTION
• 38 — Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD)
• 39 — Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB)
• 49 — Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM)
• 51 — Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK)
• 58 — Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IITKGP)
• 66 — Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IITR)
• 80 — University of Delhi
• 89 — Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG)
• 140= — University of Mumbai
• 143= — University of Calcutta
• 181-190 — University of Pune
ASIA TOP 300 — UNIVERSITIES FROM PAKISTAN
2013 QS RANK — INSTITUTION
• 119 — Quaid-i-azam University
• 120 — National University of Sciences And Technology (NUST), Islamabad
• 151-160 — Aga Khan University
• 191-200 — Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS)
• 201-250 — University of Engineering & Technology (UET), Lahore
• 201-250 — University of Karachi
• 201-250 — University of the Punjab (Punjab University), Lahore
“Asian higher education is undergoing a rapid transformation. Singapore, Hong Kong, China and Korea are at the forefront of the assault on the global academic elite,” says Ben Sowter, head of QS Intelligence Unit, which also compiles the QS World University Rankings.
“There are already 17% more Asian universities in the global top 200 since the recession, and the next two decades could see leading US and European universities objectively overtaken.”
“As Western governments struggle to maintain funding levels, Asian institutions have rapidly increased their ability to attract the world’s best faculty and students,” says Sowter.
QS University Rankings: Asia also shows a five-year surge in international students studying at ranked institutions in the region, from 175,286 in 2009 to 255,212 this year. Total international faculty has grown from 21,223 to 35,677.
According to QS, among the universities established since 1963, Asia boasts five of the world’s top six such institutions, a forecast of a future realignment of the global balance of power from West to East.
|GlobalGiants.Com|
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