Overview
- Times Higher Education evaluated 929 universities across 36 countries and territories in the 2026 Asia list, up from 853 last year.
- Tsinghua University takes first place for the eighth year and mainland China holds five of the top 10 spots, with Singapore, Hong Kong, and Japan filling the rest of the top tier.
- India has the most institutions ranked at 128 yet places none in the top 40, with 12 universities reaching the top 200.
- The Indian Institute of Science in Bengaluru ranks 43rd after a five-place drop and is India’s only entry in both the top 50 and the top 100.
- Malaysia enters the top 40 for the first time and Macao reaches the top 30, as BITS Pilani stops sharing data with THE and several IITs continue boycotts over transparency concerns in the rankings’ method.