Asia University Rankings 2015

The Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings 2015 are based on the same criteria as the THE World University Rankings, powered by Thomson Reuters. We judge world class universities across all of their core missions - teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook.

The top universities rankings employ 13 carefully calibrated performance indicators to provide the most comprehensive and balanced comparisons available, which are trusted by students, academics, university leaders, industry and governments. View methodology here.

Japan clings on to the top spot in this year's table, but China has overtaken the nation as the most-represented country. There is also success for Taiwan and Macau, the latter of which makes its debut in this year's list. Meanwhile, Singapore punches above its weight with two universities in the top 10. Discover further highlights of this year's Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings 2015 here.