AsianScientist (Sep. 2, 2016) – Japan and South Korea dominate the inaugural Reuters Top 75: Asia’s Most Innovative Universities, a list that identifies the educational institutions that are doing the most to advance science, invent new technologies, and help drive the global economy. Out of the top 20 universities, 17 are based in Japan and South Korea.
Topping the list as the most innovative university in Asia is KAIST, also known as Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology, which earned its first place rank by producing original and influential research. The second most innovative university in Asia is Japan’s University of Tokyo.
The highest ranked school outside of Northeast Asia is the National University of Singapore (11). China’s highest ranked university is Tsinghua University (13), a public research university based in Beijing. Peking University (16) is the only other Chinese university to crack the top 20.
But overall, there are 22 Chinese universities on Reuters’ ranking—more than any other country. Top-ranked South Korea has a total of 20 schools on the list. Japan also has 20 ranked universities, Australia has six, Singapore, Malaysia, and India each have two, and New Zealand has one.
Please see below for the list of universities that made it to this year’s list.
Reuters Top 75: Asia’s Most Innovative Universities
- Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology, South Korea
- University of Tokyo, Japan
- Seoul National University, South Korea
- Osaka University, Japan
- Pohang University of Science & Technology, South Korea
- Tohoku University, Japan
- Kyoto University, Japan
- Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea
- Yonsei University, South Korea
- Keio University, Japan
- National University of Singapore, Singapore
- Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
- Tsinghua University, China
- Korea University, South Korea
- Hanyang University, South Korea
- Peking University, China
- Gwangju Institute of Science & Technology, South Korea
- Kyushu University, Japan
- Nagoya University, Japan
- Hokkaido University, Japan
- Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
- Ajou University, South Korea
- Zhejiang University, China
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
- Kyung Hee University, South Korea
- Hiroshima University, Japan
- University of Auckland, New Zealand
- University of Sydney, Australia
- University of Tsukuba, Japan
- Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, China
- Tokyo Medical & Dental University, Japan
- Monash University, Australia
- University of Queensland, Australia
- University of Melbourne, Australia
- Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- Fudan University, China
- Chonnam National University, South Korea
- Okayama University, Japan
- Shinshu University, Japan
- Kumamoto University, Japan
- Tianjin University, China
- Kanazawa University, Japan
- Ewha Womans University, South Korea
- Inha University, South Korea
- East China University of Science & Technology, China
- Chiba University, Japan
- Beijing University of Chemical Technology, China
- Waseda University, Japan
- South China University of Technology, China
- Kyungpook National University, South Korea
- Chonbuk National University, South Korea
- University of New South Wales, Australia
- Catholic University of Korea, South Korea
- Pusan National University, South Korea
- Nanjing University, China
- University of Hong Kong, China
- Huazhong University of Science & Technology, China
- Southeast University – China, China
- Konkuk University, South Korea
- Kobe University, Japan
- Dalian University of Technology, China
- Nankai University, China
- Harbin Institute of Technology, China
- Xian Jiaotong University, China
- Chung Ang University, South Korea
- Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China
- Sichuan University, China
- Sun Yat Sen University, China
- Gyeongsang National University, South Korea
- Nihon University, Japan
- Indian Institute of Technology, India
- Indian Institute of Science – Banglore, India
- Putra University Malaysia, Malaysia
- University of South Australia, Australia
- University of Malaya, Malaysia
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Source: Thomson Reuters; Photo: Shutterstock.
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