Universities in Asia

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1. Asian Universities World Representation

   
How many Universities are there in Asia? According to the uniRank database in 2020 there are currently 5,984 officially recognized higher-education institutions in Asia. Considering that the uniRank database includes a total number of 13,723 officially recognized higher education institutions the proportion of Asian Universities in the world is as follows:
• uniRank Asian Universities World Representation Index: 43.6%
Being the estimated population of the Asian continent around 59.8% of the total world population (source: United Nations' World Population Prospects, the 2015 Revision), the Asian Higher education system and offerings seem to be strongly underrepresented in the world at least in terms of the number of higher education institutions.


2. Public vs Private Universities in Asia

How many public and private Universities are there in Asia? Out of the total number of 5,984 recognized higher educations institutions in Asia included in the uniRank database, 2,622 are public (i.e. officially affiliated to or run by national, state or local governments) and 2,901 are private. The type of control of the remaining Asian Universities included in the uniRank database is unknown or it has not been reported.

In terms of the number of public versus private Universities, the uniRank database shows a slightly higher presence of private higher education institutions in the Asian continent as a whole. However, 182 out of the top 200 Universities in Asia (91%) are public higher education institutions. Differences and peculiarities may still exist in each Asian country higher education system.




3. Non-profit vs for-profit Universities in Asia

What type of entities are Universities in Asia? Out of the total number of 5,984 recognized higher educations institutions in Asia included in the uniRank database, 2,681 are non-profit and 280 are for-profit. The type of entity of the remaining Asian Universities included in the uniRank database is unknown or it has not been reported. As a general rule, the vast majority of Asian public higher education institutions are not-for-profit organisations, not necessarily in legal terms but certainly in terms of nature and institutional purposes such as role, scope and mission.




4. Challenges for the higher education system in Asia

What are the main challenges that higher education in Asia has to currently face? According to uniRank the main issues of the higher education system in Asia are enrollment growth and capacity, inadequate funding and lack of harmonization of the higher education systems in the Asian continent as a whole.




5. Top 200 Universities in Asia

uniRank publishes twice a year a non-academic ranking of the top 200 Universities in Asia based on valid, unbiased and non-influenceable web metrics provided by independent web intelligence sources. Please read the ranking methodology in the About Us page for more information.

According to the 2020 uniRank University Ranking this is the list of the top 10 Universities in Asia:



2020 Top 10 Universities in Asia

Rank	University	Country
1	The University of Tokyo	jp
2	National University of Singapore	sg
3	King Saud University	sa
4	Peking University	cn
5	Kyoto University	jp
6	National Taiwan University	tw
7	Nanyang Technological University	sg
8	The University of Hong Kong	hk
9	Tsinghua University	cn
10	The Chinese University of Hong Kong	hk

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