Universities in Asia continue to gain in global prestige and are making solid advances in the various world university rankings. The region now boasts some of the strongest academic brands, and is contributing to a shift in the global knowledge economy.
As Phil Baty, Chief Knowledge Officer at Times Higher Education explained at the World Economic Forum last year, “The data does not lie: in successive editions of the annual THE World University Rankings, Western nations have been losing ground while the East rises.”
For the first time, the results of the THE World Reputation Rankings 2022 published last week includes two Asian universities in the world’s top ten – Tsinghua University and The University of Tokyo, while the 2022-23 Best Global University Ranking published recently by US News features more universities in the rankings from China than the U.S.
But while the universities of China, Japan, Singapore and South Korea dominate the regional league tables, the rest of Asia is also on the rise. The QS Asia University Rankings 2023 are the biggest yet, featuring 760 institutions from across the continent. And in Central Asia, one country in particular is emerging as a key source of graduate talent and academic excellence – Kazakhstan.
Editor: Guo Lili
