Monday, January 1, 2007

Top Universities in Asia 2006

The Times Higher Education Supplement has issued its 2006 report for the world’s university rankings this week, so it’s a good opportunity to update the “Top Universities in Asia 2006″ list and discuss Asian academics.

Times Higher continues to show its appreciation for the Asian universities as the Asian universities continue to climb the rankings. Here’s the list of the top university in every country (name; Asian ranking ; 2006 world ranking ; 2005 world ranking ; up/down) :

Beijing University, China - 1 ; 14 ; 15 ; up.
Tokyo University, Japan - 2 ; 19 ; 16 ; down.
National University of Singapore - 3 ; 19 ; 22 ; up.
Hong Kong University - 8 ; 33 ; 41 ; up.
Indian Institute of Technology - 15 ; 40 ; 57 ; up.
Seoul National University, S.Korea - 18 ; 63 ; 93 ; up.
National University of Taiwan - 25 ; 108 ; 114 ; up.
Hebrew University Jerusalem, Israel - 29 ; 119 ; 77 ; down.
Chulalongkorn University Thailand - 41 ; 161 ; 121 ; down.
Univ Kebangsaan Malaysia - 48 ; 185 ; 289 ; up.
source and credits: fili’s world

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