The Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings 2013 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 

The Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings 2013 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.

• Top Asian 100

Asia University Rankings 2013 Top 100

Rank	Institution	Location	Overall scorechange criteria
1	The University of Tokyo	Japan	78.3
2	National University of Singapore (NUS)	Singapore	77.5
3	The University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong	75.6
4	Peking University	China	70.7
5	Pohang University of Science and Technology (Postech)	Republic of Korea	69.4
6	Tsinghua University	China	67.1
7	Kyoto University	Japan	66.8
8	Seoul National University	Republic of Korea	65.9
9	Hong Kong University of Science and Technology	Hong Kong	64.4
10	Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)	Republic of Korea	64.0
11	Nanyang Technological University	Singapore	59.4
12	Chinese University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong	54.4
13	Tokyo Institute of Technology	Japan	53.7
14	National Taiwan University	Taiwan	53.2
15	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Israel	53.1
15	Tohoku University	Japan	53.1
17	Osaka University	Japan	52.0
18	Tel Aviv University	Israel	50.5
19	City University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong	48.5
20	Yonsei University	Republic of Korea	48.2
21	Technion Israel Institute of Technology	Israel	46.9
22	Middle East Technical University	Turkey	45.8
23	Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU)	Republic of Korea	45.3
24	Fudan University	China	44.9
25	University of Science and Technology of China	China	44.8
26	Nagoya University	Japan	43.8
27	National Tsing Hua University	Taiwan	42.8
28	Bilkent University	Turkey	41.7
28	Korea University	Republic of Korea	41.7
30	Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur	India	41.6
31	Koç University	Turkey	41.5
32	National Chiao Tung University	Taiwan	40.7
33	Hong Kong Polytechnic University	Hong Kong	40.6
33	Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay	India	40.6
35	Nanjing University	China	40.4
36	Tokyo Metropolitan University	Japan	40.0
37	Boğaziçi University	Turkey	38.9
38	Istanbul Technical University	Turkey	38.0
39	Tokyo Medical and Dental University	Japan	37.7
40	Shanghai Jiao Tong University	China	37.2
41	Renmin University of China	China	36.9
42	University of Tsukuba	Japan	36.5
42	Sharif University of Technology	Iran	36.5
44	Hokkaido University	Japan	36.4
45	Zhejiang University	China	36.0
46	National Sun Yat-Sen University	Taiwan	35.5
47	National Cheng Kung University	Taiwan	35.4
48	Kyushu University	Japan	34.5
49	King Abdulaziz University	Saudi Arabia	34.3
50	Hong Kong Baptist University	Hong Kong	34.1
51	Sun Yat-sen University	China	33.8
52	National Taiwan University of Science and Technology	Taiwan	33.3
53	Keio University	Japan	32.8
54	National Central University	Taiwan	31.2
55	King Mongkut's University of Technology, Thonburi	Thailand	30.3
56	Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee	India	29.9
57	Waseda University	Japan	29.7
58	Wuhan University of Technology	China	29.0
58	Wuhan University	China	29.0
60	Juntendo University	Japan	28.8
61	Mahidol University	Thailand	28.7
62	King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals	Saudi Arabia	27.9
62	Tehran University of Medical Sciences	Iran	27.9
64	Kyung Hee University	Republic of Korea	27.8
65	Bar-Ilan University	Israel	27.6
66	Harbin Institute of Technology	China	27.5
67	Hiroshima University	Japan	27.2
68	National Taiwan Normal University	Taiwan	27.1
69	China Medical University Taiwan	Taiwan	27.0
69	Osaka City University	Japan	27.0
71	Yuan Ze University	Taiwan	26.8
72	Chung Yuan Christian University	Taiwan	26.5
73	Kobe University	Japan	26.4
74	Hanyang University	Republic of Korea	26.1
75	Chiba University	Japan	26.0
76	National Taiwan Ocean University	Taiwan	25.8
77	King Saud University	Saudi Arabia	25.6
78	Sogang University	Republic of Korea	25.5
79	Pusan National University	Republic of Korea	25.4
80	Dalian University of Technology	China	25.3
81	Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology	Japan	24.9
82	Chulalongkorn University	Thailand	24.8
83	National Chung Cheng University	Taiwan	24.5
84	Kyungpook National University	Republic of Korea	24.2
85	Okayama University	Japan	24.0
86	United Arab Emirates University	United Arab Emirates	23.7
87	American University of Beirut	Lebanon	23.6
87	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Malaysia	23.6
89	National Yang-Ming University	Taiwan	23.4
89	Xi'an Jiaotong University	China	23.4
91	Inha University	Republic of Korea	23.1
92	Konkuk University	Republic of Korea	23.0
92	National Chung Hsing University	Taiwan	23.0
94	Chung-Ang University	Republic of Korea	22.6
95	Isfahan University of Technology	Iran	22.5
96	Kanazawa University	Japan	22.4
96	Yokohama National University	Japan	22.4
98	Feng Chia University	Taiwan	22.1
99	Huazhong University of Science and Technology	China	22.0
100	National Taipei University of Technology	Taiwan	21.8

The Asia University Rankings is based on the same established, trusted and comprehensive performance indicators as THE World University Rankings. Rankings Editor Phil Baty and reporters Chris Parr and Elizabeth Gibney discuss the new movements in the Asia University Rankings 2013 Podcast

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