Now expanded to feature 500 of the region’s top universities, the QS Asia University Rankings sees a change at number one this year, with the National University of Singapore (NUS) climbing one place from second last year. NUS is one of three Singaporean institutions in this year’s ranking.

17 different locations are represented in this year’s Asia ranking, although only four are represented in the top 10. The University of Hong Kong has climbed three places to second, making it the highest-ranked university from Hong Kong while KAIST - Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology continues to be the highest-ranked university from South Korea.

This year, the regional rankings were prefaced by the launch of the first-ever QS University Rankings by Location. These rankings feature separate tables for the top universities in South Korea and Japan, as well as mainland China, India and Mexico.

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