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Asiaweek magazine: The Best Universities of Asia
My apology for the bad format. None of the Vietnamese universities is
among the top 50.
The Best Universities of Asia
SELECTED INDICATORS
Rank Overall Academic Rank Faculty Rank Student Rank Financial Rank Value Rank Students Rank Teachers with Rank Average Rank Avera
Score Reputation Resources Selectivity Resources for per postgraduate annual annu
30% 25% 20% 15% Money teacher degree(%) teacher tuiti
10% pay and and
benefits, fees
PPP PPP
1 University of 87.52 30.00 1 14.08 12 19.89 3 15.00 1 8.55 1 7 4 88 18 85,620 8 3,57
Tokyo
2 Kyoto 79.86 25.53 4 15.55 7 19.92 2 11.23 2 7.63 2 5 1 88 18 93,598 6 3,32
University
3 University of 77.38 23.97 6 17.51 2 19.77 6 9.51 4 6.62 3 10 13 100 1 154,520 3 4,01
Hong Kong
4 National 72.01 26.74 2 16.81 4 18.96 16 4.60 14 4.89 19 11 17 93 15 75,070 11 3,20
University of
Singapore
5 Chinese 70.23 20.55 20 17.49 3 18.39 21 7.60 6 6.22 7 12 19 100 1 211,133 2 4,30
University of
Hong Kong
6 University of 69.78 23.16 10 14.61 10 17.88 26 8.08 5 6.06 8 15 27 81 28 49,227 20 2,55
New South
Wales
(Australia)
7 Peking 67.66 23.63 7 19.39 1 19.76 7 1.42 28 3.45 38 5 1 100 1 4,180 40 4,29
University
8 National 67.32 22.07 13 12.22 22 19.82 5 6.75 7 6.47 4 8 8 87 25 46,707 23 1,60
Taiwan
University
9 University of 65.44 26.42 3 12.60 21 17.68 27 3.99 16 4.76 25 12 19 81 28 49,227 21 2,16
Melbourne
10 Hong Kong 64.76 20.89 19 13.89 14 18.35 22 5.66 9 5.97 9 10 13 100 1 40,071 28 4,09
University of
Science and
Technology
11 University of 64.25 19.79 24 15.60 6 18.76 19 4.98 10 5.12 17 9 12 100 1 99,823 5 120
Malaya
12 Keio 63.41 22.95 11 14.46 11 15.90 37 6.20 8 3.91 34 30 39 88 18 277,784 1 6,80
University
(Japan)
13 Australian 62.97 25.00 5 11.92 25 17.29 29 3.26 21 5.49 12 16 30 90 17 72,635 12 1,61
National
University
14 University of 62.04 23.48 8 13.98 13 15.75 39 3.47 20 5.35 14 10 13 88 18 54,566 19 823
Sydney
15 Nanyang 61.40 18.92 28 13.22 18 19.13 14 3.76 18 6.37 5 12 19 98 9 83,267 9 275
Technological
University
(Singapore)
16 Seoul National 61.35 23.16 9 13.24 17 19.39 10 0.84 35 4.71 26 17 33 99 8 N.A. 789
University
17 Monash 60.83 22.42 12 12.10 23 16.62 31 4.88 11 4.81 22 19 35 100 1 63,105 14 2,03
University
(Australia)
18 Yonsei 59.69 18.75 29 13.33 16 18.84 17 4.68 13 4.10 33 20 36 95 12 62,556 15 4,38
University
(Korea)
19 Institut 59.46 17.66 34 8.42 36 19.59 8 10.81 3 2.98 40 8 8 52 41 10,318 36 1,31
Teknologi
Bandung
(Indonesia)
20 National 59.45 17.30 37 11.98 24 19.18 13 4.68 12 6.31 6 7 4 73 31 65,873 13 893
University of
Malaysia
21 University of 59.23 21.85 14 12.68 20 17.16 30 2.07 24 5.46 13 13 23 94 13 62,148 16 340
Queensland
(Australia)
22 University of 59.07 20.17 23 11.43 26 19.56 9 3.13 22 4.78 24 14 26 88 18 45,467 25 1,73
Auckland (New
Zealand)
23 National Tsing 58.62 19.74 25 13.59 15 19.29 11 2.27 23 3.73 36 8 8 98 9 46,921 22 6,14
Hua University
(Taiwan)
24 University of 56.44 21.48 17 12.98 19 12.22 43 3.96 17 5.80 10 13 23 82 27 59,574 17 1,39
Adelaide
(Australia)
25 University of 55.43 19.11 26 10.69 29 17.44 28 3.56 19 4.64 28 8 8 60 39 4,740 39 1,67
the
Philippines
26 Waseda 54.82 21.53 16 10.52 31 15.86 38 4.26 15 2.65 41 41 42 88 18 104,900 4 4,95
University
(Japan)
27 Victoria 52.37 16.12 39 11.11 27 18.76 20 1.82 26 4.57 29 16 30 93 15 44,130 26 1,74
University of
Wellington
(New Zealand)
28 Fudan 51.98 20.21 22 4.62 43 19.93 1 2.03 25 5.20 16 7 4 73 31 5,371 38 999
University
(China)
29 University of 50.55 18.65 30 16.46 5 15.45 41 N.A N.A 15 27 100 1 N.A N.A.
Delhi
30 Universidade 50.07 12.94 48 14.99 8 16.50 33 1.32 29 4.33 30 11 17 69 33 45,901 24 2,22
de Macau
31 Korea 49.46 18.39 33 14.66 9 16.41 34 N.A N.A. 24 37 98 9 N.A. N.A.
University
32 Universitas 49.45 17.66 34 7.94 40 17.96 24 1.10 32 4.79 23 7 4 63 37 17,317 33 818
Indonesia
33 Zhongsan [Sun 49.20 14.91 42 10.36 32 18.32 23 0.63 39 4.99 18 5 1 56 40 6,282 37 509
Yatsen]
University
(China)
34 University of 49.15 13.70 47 9.00 35 19.82 4 1.11 31 5.52 11 16 30 64 36 24,992 30 15
Colombo
35 Doshisha 47.94 14.06 45 10.59 30 16.24 36 1.80 27 5.26 15 35 41 94 13 91,987 7 444
University
(Japan)
36 Thammasat 47.63 15.60 40 7.98 39 19.12 15 0.26 41 4.66 27 15 27 N.A. 41,639 27 753
University
(Thailand)
37 Universitas 46.94 16.74 38 6.40 41 18.80 18 0.77 37 4.23 32 12 19 63 37 16,179 34 1,53
Gadjah Mada
(Indonesia)
38 Universitas 45.96 12.49 49 8.33 37 19.27 12 0.99 33 4.87 20 10 13 66 35 18,462 32 765
Airlangga
(Indonesia)
39 Ateneo de 45.87 14.06 46 11.04 28 16.51 32 0.81 36 3.45 39 18 34 69 33 29,344 29 3,81
Manila
University
(Philippines)
40 Aoyama 44.87 14.46 43 10.07 33 15.61 40 1.23 30 3.49 37 45 43 88 18 76,088 10 3,60
University
(Japan)
41 De La Salle 44.72 14.46 43 9.32 34 16.31 35 0.90 34 3.73 35 26 38 74 30 56,462 18 3,02
University
(Philippines)
42 Universitas 43.77 12.09 50 8.18 38 17.95 25 0.70 38 4.85 21 13 23 37 43 10,318 35 591
Diponegoro
(Indonesia)
43 University of 38.02 15.14 41 4.70 42 13.33 42 0.55 40 4.29 31 33 40 45 42 18,965 31 1,25
Santo Tomas
(Philippines)
44 Chulalongkorn 21.63 21.63 15 84 26
University
(Thailand)
45 Qinghua 21.31 21.31 18
University
(China)
46 University of 20.55 20.55 20
Western
Australia
47 Jawaharlal 19.03 19.03 27
Nehru
University
(India)
48 Nanjing 18.59 18.59 31
University
(China)
49 Science 18.49 18.49 32
University of
Malaysia
50 University of 17.55 17.55 36
Bombay
The last seven universities did not submit adequate data or declined to participate in the survey. Derived from 1) 1996 tuition and other fees divided by
University of Delhi, Korea University and Seoul National University could not provide some financial of students and 2) difference between spending per stu
information. Academic Reputation: Each university was asked to rate its peers on a scale of 1 to 5. The and tuition and other fees collected per student.
ratings were totaled and divided by the number of responses. Faculty Resources: The rating was derived Methodology: Variables were ranked from highest to low
from four sub-attributes: 1) the number of teachers with post-graduate degrees, 2) median pay, 3) with the top university assigned 100 points. The other
university spending on faculty salaries and other benefits, and 4) class size. Student Selectivity: assigned points as a percentage of the top score. When
Derived from three attributes: 1) number of enrollees compared with applicants offered places, 2) ratio piece of data is not available, the lowest score of a
of 1997 sophomores to 1996 freshmen, and 3) graduation rate. Financial resources: Derived from 1) total from the same country was used when applicable. All mo
spending in 1996 and 2) university spending per student. Value-for-Money: figures were converted to Purchasing-Power Parity, bas
World Bank ratios.