The British higher education magazine "Times Higher Education (THE)" announces "THE Asian University Rankings 2021".In the top 20, there are 7 schools in China, 4 schools each in South Korea and Hong Kong, 2 schools each in Singapore and Japan, and 1 school in Taiwan, which was not ranked in the previous time.The ranked Japanese universities are 6th at the University of Tokyo and 10th at Kyoto University.
This is the 9th "THE Asian University Ranking 2021".Tsinghua University ranked first for the third consecutive year, Peking University ranked second, and Chinese universities occupy the top two positions this time as well. Third place is National University of Singapore.
Among Japanese universities, the University of Tokyo moved up one place from 2020 in the previous year to 1th place, and Kyoto University also moved up two places to 6th place, making it into the top 2 for the first time.It is the first time that two Japanese universities are in the top 10 since the current ranking system was adopted in 10. The top three schools in Japan, including Tohoku University, which ranked 10th in the ranking by 2 ranks, all moved up in the ranking.
This time, 30 universities from 62 countries and regions, 551 more than the previous year, participated.The largest number of participating schools was 6 schools, an increase of 116 schools in Japan, followed by 10 schools, an increase of 91 schools in China.
There are 100 Japanese universities in the top 11, including the University of Tokyo, Kyoto University, and Tohoku University, including Tokyo Institute of Technology (48th), Nagoya University (52nd), and Osaka University (63th).Among private universities, the 66th place of the University of Occupational and Environmental Health is the highest.Of the 110 universities that ranked in the previous year, eight were ranked higher, and the University of Aizu was ranked 8nd, up 190 ranks from 38th in the previous year.
