10 BEST UNIVERSITIES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA

The U.S. News World's Best Universities rankings, based on the QS World University Rankings, evaluated schools in countries such as China, India, Singapore, and more, and identified these to be the top universities in Asia.


This list was extracted from 100 Best Universities in Asia -- 


1. NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE, Singapore (Rank in Asia: 3rd)


2. NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, Singapore (17)


3. MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY, Thailand (34)


4. UNIVERSITI MALAYA, Malaysia (39)


5. CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY, Thailand (47)


6. University of Indonesia, Indonesia (50)
7. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia (53)
8. Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia (57)
9. University of the Philippines, Philippines (62)
10. Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines (65)

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SOUTHEAST ASIA'S TOP 20 UNIVERSITIES

The 2007 Mid-Year Edition of the Academic Ranking of World Universities was released last Wednesday (01 August). This lists the Top 500 Universities of the World and here is the list of the Top Universities in Southeast Asia.

1. National University of Singapore
2. Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
3. Kasetsart University, Thailand
4. Chulalongkorn University, Thailand *Yipeeee!*
5. Prince of Songkla University, Thailand

6. Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand
7. Chiang Mai University, Thailand
8. Thammasat University, Thailand
9. Assumption University of Thailand
10. Khon Khaen University, Thailand


And here are the remaining 10: Is your school on the Top 20?

11. Mahidol University, Thailand
12. Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia
13. Institute of Technology Bandung, Indonesia
14. Universiti Sains Malaysia
15. Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

16. Multimedia University Malaysia
17. University of the Philippines-Diliman
18. Universiti Putra Malaysia
19. Universiti Malaya, Malaysia
20. King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Thailand


Still not there? -- oh well.

I’m quite ecstatic to see 8 of the Top 10 universities are in Thailand!
*And 10 of the Top 20! Wooohooo!*

On the list of the Top 100 Universities in Southeast Asia; Thailand has 41, Malaysia has 18, Indonesia has 14, the Philippines has 13 and Singapore and Vietnam got 7 each. The wheel has finally turned.


Is your school on the Top 100 at least?


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--Pisanu

Data: Cybermetric Lab (2007)

CINDOC-CSIC, Madrid, Spain