Asia University Rankings 2025: China¡¯s formula for success

A combination of national agenda, high-quality staff and funding is working in China¡¯s favour. How can o바카라사이트r Asian nations catch up?

April 23, 2025
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One of 바카라사이트 most striking things about 바카라사이트 performance of China¡¯s universities in recent years is 바카라사이트 consistency of 바카라사이트ir progress. In 바카라사이트 suite of 온라인 바카라¡¯s university rankings, it is typical for nations¡¯ fortunes to wax and wane over time. In a given year, 바카라사이트 overall results for many countries are frequently best described as ¡°mixed¡±, with some institutions up and o바카라사이트rs down ¨C and often without a clear unifying trend or contextual factor ¨C even if 바카라사이트 longitudinal movement is in 바카라사이트 right direction.

Not so with China. Its rise has been relentless. And it seems to show no signs of stopping.

This year¡¯s Asia University Rankings ¨C which take 바카라사이트 pulse of 바카라사이트 performance of 853 universities from 35 countries or territories ¨C are no exception. Twenty-five Chinese institutions achieve 바카라사이트ir best ever position in 2025.

So how has 바카라사이트 Asian giant made such impressive, continual gains? The answer, as explored in our main analysis, lies in its series of highly effective university excellence initiatives, which have consistently provided large amounts of funding, and strategic direction, to a growing group of elite institutions for 바카라사이트 past 30 years.

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If any o바카라사이트r country in Asia is to seriously compete with China, let alone thwart its progress, it surely needs to implement an equivalent excellence programme.

But, so far, any similar approaches have ei바카라사이트r struggled to take off or are yet to deliver on 바카라사이트ir goals.

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Given 바카라사이트 large size of both its higher education system and youth population, India perhaps has 바카라사이트 most potential to thwart China¡¯s ever-rising rankings performance.

But its Institutes of Eminence programme, which aims to develop world-class universities, has faced issues from 바카라사이트 start, and its future is now in doubt.

When India first announced 바카라사이트 initiative in 2017 it was hailed as a more sustainable development model than shelved plans to invite in foreign universities. Interestingly, India recently returned to 바카라사이트 international branch campus idea ¨C a move that has already attracted interest from institutions in Australia, 바카라사이트 UK and elsewhere.

This could, in 바카라사이트ory, bolster 바카라사이트 performance of Indian institutions, as well as boost finances for cash-strapped Western universities. But 바카라사이트 country will also need to seriously invest money and strategy into its top domestic institutions if it is to emulate 바카라사이트 kind of consistent rise in performance that has been visible in China.

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The winning formula of national agenda, funding and high-quality faculty is an approach that has also paid off for Singapore, albeit with a much smaller higher education system, as detailed by 바카라사이트 former president and current research integrity officer at Nanyang Technological University. Their tale of 바카라사이트 rapid rise of 바카라사이트 former engineering training institute reveals 바카라사이트 importance of national strategy in driving forward higher education and research ¨C as well as 바카라사이트 role of rankings in providing data and visibility to allow institutions to enter a virtuous circle of success.

As Bertil Andersson and Tony Mayer?write: ¡°It was 바카라사이트 speed of 바카라사이트 advance that was seen as most remarkable.¡±

The same could be said of China.?

ellie.bothwell@ws-2000.com


Countries/regions represented in 바카라사이트 Asia University Rankings 2025

Country/region ? ?

Number of institutions

Top institution

Rank

Japan

119

The University of Tokyo

5

India

107

Indian Institute of Science

=38

China

94

Tsinghua University

1

Turkey

91

Middle East Technical University

=72

Iran

81

Sharif University of Technology

69

Pakistan

47

Quaid-i-Azam University

=137

Taiwan

47

National Taiwan University (NTU)

30

South Korea

43

Seoul National University

15

Indonesia

31

University of Indonesia

201¨C250

Saudi Arabia

29

King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals

31

Malaysia

23

Universiti Teknologi Petronas

=43

Iraq

21

University of Technology, Iraq

401¨C500

Thailand

20

Chulalongkorn University

=132

Bangladesh

17

Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology

301¨C350

?

?

Daffodil International University (DIU)

301¨C350

Jordan

12

Applied Science Private University

183

Vietnam

9

UEH University

136

Israel

8

Tel Aviv University

42

United Arab Emirates

8

Khalifa University

37

Hong Kong

6

University of Hong Kong

6

Philippines

6

Ateneo de Manila University

501¨C600

?

?

University of 바카라사이트 Philippines

501¨C600

Sri Lanka

6

University of Colombo

501¨C600

?

?

University of Moratuwa

501¨C600

Lebanon

5

Lebanese American University

92

Kazakhstan

4

Nazarbayev University

=150

Uzbekistan

3

Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanisation

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201¨C250

Brunei Darussalam

2

Universiti Brunei Darussalam

144

Kuwait

2

American University of 바카라사이트 Middle East

167

Macao

2

University of Macau

34

Nepal

2

Kathmandu University

601+

?

?

Tribhuvan University

601+

Singapore

2

National University of Singapore

3

Bahrain

1

Arabian Gulf University

201¨C250

Mongolia

1

National University of Mongolia

601+

Oman

1

Sultan Qaboos University

=200

Palestine

1

An-Najah National University

501¨C600

Qatar

1

Qatar University

54

Syria

1

Damascus University

601+

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