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The Times Higher Education today publishes the Asia University Rankings 2016, a ranking of the top 200 universities in Asia. Sixteen Indian universities are included in this ranking, with eight in the top 100, led by the Indian Institute of Science in 27th place.Â
Other Indian universities in the top half of the ranking include the Indian Institutes of Technology in Bombay (43rd), Kharagpur (51st), Delhi (60th), Madras (62nd), Roorkee (65th) and Guwahati (=80th) as well as Jadavpur University in joint 84th place.
Singapore achieves an unprecedented success in these rankings by taking the top two places, with The National University of Singapore in top position and Nanyang Technological University in joint second place.
Phil Baty, Times Higher Education rankings editor says:Â
"India is the leading South Asian country in the ranking, with 16 universities
featuring in the top 200. Its leading institution, the Indian Institute of Science,
makes the top 30 for the first time, in 27th place. India has made great gains
in this list in recent years - just three institutions appeared in the top 100
in 2013 - but the nation still has a long way to go to compete with Asia's leading
university nations, such as China, Japan and South Korea, and scores particularly
weakly on internationalisation."Â
TIMES HIGHER EDUCATIONÂ ASIA UNIVERSITY RANKINGS 2016 -Â INDIA TOP 10Â
| Asia Rank | Institution Name | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 27 | Indian Institute of Science | India |
| 43 | Indian Institute of Technology Bombay | India |
| 51 | Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur | India |
| 60 | Indian Institute of Technology Delhi | India |
| 62 | Indian Institute of Technology Madras | India |
| 65 | Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee | India |
| =80 | Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati | India |
| =84 | Jadavpur University | India |
| 101-110 | Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur | India |
| 111-120 | Panjab University | India |
Credit:Â Times Higher EducationÂ
Full results and analysis at:Â www.timeshighereducation.com
South AsiaÂ
The expansion of the THE Asia University Rankings to include 200 institutions is excellent news for South Asia, allowing a greater number of institutions in the region, not just from India, but also from Pakistan and Bangladesh to be recognised and celebrated. However, Asia remains highly competitive for universities.Â
Phil Baty says:Â
"It is clear that South Asian institutions are some way behind their counterparts
in East Asia, particularly Singapore, China and South Korea, in attaining world-class
status, due to a relative lack of funding and an absence of clear government-led
drives to put leading universities at the heart of economic growth strategies,
which has been a highly successful policy in East Asia. However, the are some
positive signs - the Indian government's move to select 20 institutions, across
the public and private sector, for special funding and special report, to help
them compete on the global stage, is very good news.Â
"In my 20 years of working in the higher education sector, including seven years as editor of Times Higher Education's gold-standard global rankings, it has never been as clear to me that the balance of power is shifting from the West to the East."Â
Excellence initiativesÂ
National initiatives designed to promote world-class universities have become commonplace across Asia and are driving up the performance of the continent's universities. Project 985 in China, for example, is designed to turn Peking University and Tsinghua University into "super-elite" institutions, while Project 211 aims to develop 100 key universities and disciplines through targeted funding. Under a new initiative announced last year, China now plans to establish six of its universities in the leading group of global institutions by 2020.
Similar programmes operate in Japan (Global 30), South Korea (World Class University), Taiwan (Higher Education for Excellence and Development Plan for World Class Universities and Research Centers of Excellence) and Singapore (World Class Universities). Hong Kong has also implemented a powerful policy drive to position itself through collaboration, research assessment exercises and a range of key higher education reviews and meanwhile, India has announce plans to develop an excellence initiative to help 20 institutions compete on the world stage.Â
The methodology for the THE Asia University Rankings uses the same 13 indicators as the World University Rankings but a variation on the weighting between those indicators. Following consultation with universities and higher education bodies across the region, the Asia ranking places less emphasis on reputation elements but places more importance on industry income and research income, and also on productivity, in terms of publications. This is the first time the Asia University Rankings uses a bespoke methodology and means that the ranked list differs from a filter of the World University Rankings for Asian nations.Â
TIMES HIGHER EDUCATIONÂ ASIA UNIVERSITY RANKINGS 2016 - TOP 30Â
| Rank | Institution Name | Country/Region |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | National University of Singapore | Singapore |
| =2 | Nanyang Technological University | Singapore |
| =2 | Peking University | China |
| 4 | University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong |
| 5 | Tsinghua University | China |
| 6 | Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | Hong Kong |
| 7 | University of Tokyo | Japan |
| 8 | Pohang University of Science and Technology | Republic of Korea |
| 9 | Seoul National University | Republic of Korea |
| 10 | Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) | Republic of Korea |
| 11 | Kyoto University | Japan |
| 12 | Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) | Republic of Korea |
| 13 | Chinese University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong |
| 14 | University of Science and Technology of China | China |
| 15 | National Taiwan University | Taiwan |
| 16 | City University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong |
| =17 | Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Israel |
| =17 | Korea University | Republic of Korea |
| 19 | Fudan University | China |
| 20 | Tel Aviv University | Israel |
| 21 | Koç University | Turkey |
| 22 | Hong Kong Polytechnic University | Hong Kong |
| 23 | Tohoku University | Japan |
| 24 | Tokyo Institute of Technology | Japan |
| 25 | Zhejiang University | China |
| 26 | King Abdulaziz University | Saudi Arabia |
| 27 | Indian Institute of Science | India |
| 28 | National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (Taiwan Tech) | Taiwan |
| 29 | Nanjing University | China |
| 30 | Osaka University | Japan |
Credit:Â Times Higher EducationÂ
Full results and analysis at:Â www.timeshighereducation.com
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