Rankings of universities in South East Asia explained

Rankings of universities in Southeast Asia have been published by QS World University Rankings, Times Higher Education, SCImago Journal Rank and others.

QS Rankings

QS World Best Student Cities

Top 10	City	Country	2018	2019	2022	2023	2024^[1]	2025
1	Singapore		15	20	17	13	15	15
2	Kuala Lumpur		37	29	31	28	24	23
3	Bangkok		54	59	74	57	71	59
4	Metro Manila		95	85	113	111	115	103
5	Subang Jaya		-	-	-	-	114	109
6	Yogyakarta		-	-	-	-	126	117
7	Jakarta		-	109	-	124	122	120
8	Shah Alam		-	-	-	-	115	123
9	Bandung		-	-	-	120	133	132
10	Surabaya		-	-	-	126	145	142

QS World University Rankings : Overall

Top 500 world	University	Country	Size	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
1	National University of Singapore		XL	15	11	11	11	11	11	8	8
2	Nanyang Technological University		L	11	12	11	13	12	19	26	15
3	Universiti Malaya		L	114	87	70	59	65	70	65	60
4	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia		L	230	184	160	141	144	129	159	138
5	Universiti Sains Malaysia		L	264	207	165	142	147	143	137	146
6	Universiti Putra Malaysia		L	229	202	159	132	143	123	158	148
7	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia		L	253	228	217	187	191	203	188	181
8	Universitas Indonesia		XL	277	292	296	305	290	248	237	206
9	Chulalongkorn University		XL	245	271	247	208	215	224	211	229
10	Gadjah Mada University		XL	401-410	391	320	254	254	231	263	239
11	Taylor University		S	N/A	601-650	511-520	379	332	284	284	251
12			L	331	359	331	313	303	235	281	256
13	UCSI University		M	N/A	481	442	391	347	284	300	265
14	Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS		S	601-650	521-530	482	439	414	361	307	269
15	Airlangga University		XL	701-750	751-800	651-700	521-530	465	369	345	308
16			XL	367	384	356	396	399	412	404	336
17	Mahidol University		L	334	380	314	252	255	256	382	368
18			S	349	323	298	254	250	256	387	385
19	IPB University		XL	751-800	701-750	601-650	531-540	511-520	449	489	426
20			S	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	429	440
21	Duy Tan University		L	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	801-1000	514	495

QS World University Rankings : Academic

Top 10	University	Country	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024^[2]	2025
1	National University of Singapore		11	12	12	13	15	15
2	Nanyang Technological University		37	44	39	42	42	42
3	Universiti Malaya		91	78	72	70	68	62
4	Chulalongkorn University		108	96	96	104	101	97
5	Universiti Sains Malaysia		158	142	123	118	115	106
6	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia		153	142	130	126	121	113
7	Universiti Putra Malaysia		177	155	143	132	129	118
8	Gadjah Mada University		193	174	164	160	152	145
9	Universitas Indonesia		205	203	185	168	161	148
10	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia		251	211	193	186	175	166

QS World University Rankings: Employer

Top 10	University	Country	2024	2025
1	Universiti Malaya		34	34
2	National University of Singapore		54	48
3	Taylor University		67	72
4	Universitas Indonesia		91	79
5	Airlangga University		95	80
6	Gadjah Mada University		118	91
7	Nanyang Technological University		115	92
8	Bandung Institute of Technology		122	95
9	Universiti Sains Malaysia		86	103
10	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia		103	114

QS World University Rankings: Employment Outcomes

Top 10	University	Country	2024	2025
1	National University of Singapore		7	6
2	Chulalongkorn University		44	60
3	Thammasat University		64	103
4	Nanyang Technological University		79	104
5	Universitas Indonesia		103	131
6	Ateneo de Manila University		115	156
7	Universiti Malaya		286	183
8	Gadjah Mada University		169	167
9	University of the Philippines		213	177
10	Vietnam National University, Hanoi		399	202

QS World University Rankings: Sustainability

Top 10	University	Country	2023^[3]	2024^[4]	2025
1	National University of Singapore		81	26	26
2	Nanyang Technological University		129	50	50
3	Universiti Malaya		26	132	132
4	Chulalongkorn University		151-160	197	198
5	Universiti Sains Malaysia		136	214	214
6	University of the Philippines		401-450	231	230
7	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia		381-400	244	243
8	Mahidol University		501-550	277	276
9	Chiang Mai University		301-320	283	282
10	Universiti Putra Malaysia		401-450	296	295

QS World University Rankings by Subject: Art & Humanity

Top 10	University	Country	2018^[5]	2019^[6]	2020^[7]	2021^[8]	2022	2023^[9]	2024
1			18	14	19	15	12	47	37
2			61	59	61	41	35	88	66
3			65	99	105	105	84	109	94
4			197	253	215	242	167	190	171
5			91	212	250	304	274	340	218
6			257	278	286	287	200	224	220
7			113	168	238	258	248	297	225
8			-	-	-	-	363	359	228
9			-	-	274	350	213	236	272
10			152	253	324	343	299	310	302
10			266	283	304	304	260

QS World University Rankings by Subject: Engineering & Technology

Top 10	University	Country	2018^[10]	2019^[11]	2020^[12]	2021^[13]	2022	2023^[14]	2024
1			5	6	8	4	4	14	13
2			7	8	10	9	7	16	15
3			22	38	55	54	45	65	62
4			53	85	100	104	74	99	105
5			88	123	179	194	150	206	173
6			145	221	259	230	159	200	175
7			86	142	210	224	185	195	186
8			60	135	179	199	167	208	186
9			140	191	227	244	240	270	222
10			-	-	-	-	-	-	316

QS World University Rankings by Subject: Life Science and Medicine

Top 10	University	Country	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
1			22	26	25	27	21	33	31
2			122	148	143	142	118	125	110
3			130	141	144	119	81	136	117
4			154	182	174	179	138	148	133
5			249	326	311	314	235	249	176
6			215	267	282	299	235	232	183
7			234	326	355	363	268	268	239
8			280	360	371	358	323	291	275
9			369	401-450	401-450	385	353	362	313
10			451-500	451-500	451-500	401-450	348	354	349

QS World University Rankings by Subject: Natural Science

Top 10	University	Country	2018^[15]	2019^[16]	2020^[17]	2021^[18]	2022	2023^[19]	2024
1			12	12	14	14	15	43	29
2			19	17	19	12	13	46	37
3			141	137	156	166	113	150	154
4			215	231	281	244	251	289	227
5			197	223	295	327	268	312	241
6			311	289	302	272	244	280	244
7			317	294	345	396	327	341	284
8			266	274	266	284	226	265	293
9			-	-	-	-	-	-	401-450
10			-	-	-	-	-	-	451-500
9			-	451-500	390	451-500	372	451-500	451-500
10			-	-	-	-	401-450	451-500
10			-	-	-	-	401-450	451-500

QS World University Rankings by Subject: Social Science Management

Top 10	University	Country	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
1			7	9	12	9	7	18	14
2			29	19	23	17	11	35	29
3			45	55	74	85	50	77	65
4			139	194	192	202	162	188	145
5			218	215	203	218	112	152	151
6			92	134	207	243	192	194	161
7			385	395	400	257	138	164	169
8			99	166	199	232	178	178	174
9			297	327	266	261	153	180	178
10			63	144	214	225	179	202	183
6			77	79	94	76	68	171	-->

QS Asian University Rankings

Top 10	University	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023^[20]	2024^[21]
1	National University of Singapore	2	1	1	1	1	2	3
2	Nanyang Technological University	1	3	2	3	3	5	4
3	Universiti Malaya	24	19	13	9	8	9	11
4	Universiti Putra Malaysia	36	34	33	28	27	27	25
5	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	43	41	39	35	33	30	28
6	Universiti Sains Malaysia	46	43	37	34	35	32	35
7	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	49	47	46	39	38	39	37
8	Taylor's University	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	49	41
9	Chulalongkorn University	50	45	45	43	36	37	44
10	Universitas Indonesia	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	48

Times Higher Education Rankings

Times Higher Education World University Rankings

Top 10	University	Country	2018^[22]	2019^[23]	2020^[24]	2021^[25]	2023^[26]	2024
1			22	23	25	25	19	19
2			52	51	48	47	36	32
3			351-400	301-350	301-350	301-350	351-400	251-300
4			601-800	601-800	601-800	601-800	401-500	301-350
5			-	-	401-500	301-351	301-351	401-500
6			601-800	601-800	601-800	601-800	601-800	401-500
7			-	-	-	-	-	401-500
8			-	-	-	-	-	401-500
9			601-800	601-800	601-800	601-800	601-800	501-600
10			600-700	601-700	501-600	401-500	401-500	601-800

Times Higher Education University Impact Rankings

Top 10	University	Country	2019^[27]	2020^[28]	2021^[29]	2022^[30]	2023^[31]	2024
1			49	65	39	4	4	18
2			-	-	-	-	38	19
3			80	47	85	18	20	31
4			-	101-200	23	16	17	43
5			-	-	-	-	-	61
6			-	301-400	101-200	70	74	75
7			-	-	-	-	101-200	81
7			-	-	-	-	-	81
9			201-300	77	101-200	101-200	101-200	94
10			101-200	72	83	87	101-200	101-200

Times Higher Education Young University Rankings

• Formerly known as Times Higher Education 100 Under 50 University Rankings

Top 10	University	Country	2017^[32]	2018^[33]	2019^[34]	2020^[35]	2022^[36]	2023^[37]	2024
1			3	3	3	2	2	1	1
2			151-200	151-200	101-150	101-150	114	79	32
3			101-150	151-200	101-150	101-150	170	95	71
4			101-150	151-200	101-150	101-150	68	68	89
5			-	-	-	-	-	201-250	146
6			-	-	-	-	-	201-250	159
7			101-150	151-200	101-150	101-150	98	101-150	179
8			-	-	-	-	-	251-300	189
9			101-150	151-200	201-250	151-200	251-300	251-300	198
10			101-150	151-200	101-150	101-150	112	101-150	201-250

Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings

Top 10	University	2018^[38]	2019^[39]	2020^[40]	2021^[41]	2022^[42]	2023^[43]
1		1	2	3	3	3	3
2		5	6	6	5	5	5
3		-	-	60	60	62	60
4		114	98	124	111	95	63
5		46	38	43	49	55	66
6		175	170	160	150	73	86
7		175	170	160	150	91	106
8		175	170	160	150	138	149
9		142	188	145	136	142	154
10		129	125	143	150	160	161

SCImago Institutions Rankings

SCImago Institutions Rankings : Overall

Top 10	University^[44]	Country	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
							All Institutions	Only University
1	National University of Singapore		59	52	49	53	52	25
2	Nanyang Technological University		90	86	96	101	113	57
3	Ngee Ann Polytechnic		1100	-	1129	505	715	314
4			1248	1111	1083	827	832	361
5	Universiti Sains Malaysia		1281	1178	872	936	909	400
6	Universiti Putra Malaysia		1030	966	788	868	913	402
7	Universiti Malaya		467	529	689	837	954	421
8	Chulalongkorn University		1339	1235	1251	1355	1027	452
9	Universitas Indonesia		2582	2365	1580	1531	1049	457
10	Mahidol University		1473	1409	1394	1744	1100	479

SCImago Institutions Rankings : Research

Top 10	University	Country	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
1	National University of Singapore		44	40	43	44	48
2	Nanyang Technological University		74	79	104	108	124
3	Universiti Sains Malaysia		601	387	327	316	297
4	Universiti Putra Malaysia		422	334	326	324	328
5	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia		571	481	332	547	464
6	Universiti Malaya		233	252	528	418	491
7	Ton Duc Thang University		2348	834	561	413	621
8	Universitas Indonesia		1087	779	663	648	645
9	Chulalongkorn University		1295	878	895	998	749
10	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia		417	429	675	813	804

SCImago Institutions Rankings : Societal

Top 10	University	Country	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
1	National University of Singapore		90	84	78	84	68
2	Nanyang Technological University		216	186	174	182	217
3	Universitas Indonesia		1118	1099	789	717	304
4	Mahidol University		626	637	585	611	352
5	Gadjah Mada University		1480	1560	1266	1055	470
6	Chulalongkorn University		565	592	612	627	534
7	Airlangga University		2772	2461	1800	1643	566
8	Universiti Malaya		341	333	462	492	615
9	Universiti Teknologi MARA		1068	1334	1297	1367	624
10	Brawijaya University		2443	2461	1515	1440	730

Edurank University Rankings

Top 10	University	Country	2023^[45]	2024^[46]
1	National University of Singapore		85	80
2	Nanyang Technological University		200	191
3	Universiti Malaya		486	464
4	Mahidol University		505	475
5	Chulalongkorn University		487	476
6	Universitas Indonesia		586	531
7	Gadjah Mada University		694	655
8	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia		705	677
9	Universiti Sains Malaysia		693	703
10	Universiti Putra Malaysia		734	708
11	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia		805	748
12			813	736
13			919	787
14	Universiti Teknologi MARA		927	888
15			940	899
16			1022	907
17			1066	980
18			994	986
19			-	990
20			1146	1004
21	Singapore Management University		939	1007
22	Airlangga University		-	1043
23	Brawijaya University		-	1064

See Also

• Rankings of Southeast Asia Startups

Notes and References

1. Web site: QS Best Student Cities 2024. 19 July 2023 .
2. Web site: QS World University Rankings 2024: Top global universities. 27 June 2023 .
3. Web site: QS World University Rankings 2024: Top global universities. 26 October 2022 .
4. Web site: QS World University Rankings 2024: Top global universities. 5 December 2023 .
5. Web site: QS World University Rankings by Subject 2018.
6. Web site: QS World University Rankings by Subject 2019.
7. Web site: QS World University Rankings by Subject 2020.
8. Web site: QS World University Rankings by Subject 2021.
9. Web site: QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023.
10. Web site: QS World University Rankings by Subject 2018.
11. Web site: QS World University Rankings by Subject 2019.
12. Web site: QS World University Rankings by Subject 2020.
13. Web site: QS World University Rankings by Subject 2021.
14. Web site: QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023.
15. Web site: QS World University Rankings by Subject 2018.
16. Web site: QS World University Rankings by Subject 2019.
17. Web site: QS World University Rankings by Subject 2020.
18. Web site: QS World University Rankings by Subject 2021.
19. Web site: QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023.
20. Web site: QS World University Rankings by Region 2023. 25 December 2023 .
21. Web site: QS World University Rankings by Region 2024. 25 December 2023 .
22. Web site: Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2018. 18 August 2017 .
23. Web site: Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2019. 26 September 2018 .
24. Web site: Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2020. 20 August 2019 .
25. Web site: Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2021. 25 August 2020 .
26. Web site: Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2023. 4 October 2022 .
27. Web site: Times Higher Education University Impact Rankings 2019. 2 April 2019 .
28. Web site: Times Higher Education University Impact Rankings 2020. 4 March 2020 .
29. Web site: Times Higher Education University Impact Rankings 2021. 16 April 2021 .
30. Web site: Times Higher Education University Impact Rankings 2022. 11 May 2023 .
31. Web site: Times Higher Education University Impact Rankings 2023. 16 August 2023 .
32. Web site: Times Higher Education Young University Rankings 2017. 4 April 2017 .
33. Web site: Times Higher Education Young University Rankings 2018. 5 June 2018 .
34. Web site: Times Higher Education Young University Rankings 2020. 20 June 2019 .
35. Web site: Times Higher Education Young University Rankings 2020. 16 June 2020 .
36. Web site: Times Higher Education Young University Rankings 2022. 8 February 2022 .
37. Web site: Times Higher Education Young University Rankings 2023. 25 December 2023 .
38. Web site: Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings 2018. 5 February 2018 .
39. Web site: Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings 2019. 26 April 2019 .
40. Web site: Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings 2020. 28 May 2020 .
41. Web site: Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings 2021. 18 May 2021 .
42. Web site: Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings 2022. 24 May 2022 .
43. Web site: Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings 2023. 25 December 2023 .
44. Web site: SCImago Institutions Rankings .
45. Web site: List of 100 best universities in Asia 2023.
46. Web site: List of 100 best universities in Asia 2024.