QS, a British higher education survey agency, today released the Asia Universities 2023 ranking. There are 47 universities and colleges in Taiwan that have entered the rankings, of which 9 are in the top 100. Taiwanese universities are in the top 100. the best, ranking 19th Asia and the only one in Asia The 20 best universities and colleges in Taiwan.
According to ranking data published by QS, the top 100 Taiwan universities and colleges in Asian universities are National Taiwan University (ranked 19th in 2023 and 2022), National Cheng Kung University (ranked 36th in 2023 and ranked 1st in 2022). , Tsinghua University (ranked 38th in 2023, 34th in 2022), Yangming Jiaotong University (ranked 43rd in 2023, 47th in 2022), Taiwan University of Science and Technology (ranked 59th in 2023), 50th in 2022), National Taiwan Normal University (70th in 2023, 61st in 2022), Taipei University of Technology (73rd in 2023, 76th in 2022), Sun Yat-sen University (80th in 2023, 68th in 2022), Taipei Medical University (97th in 2023, 95th in 2022).
According to the QS Asian University Rankings 2023, the top 5 universities are Peking University, National University of Singapore, Beijing Tsinghua University, Hong Kong University, and Nanyang University of Technology. Followed by Fudan University and Zhejiang University, both Chinese, which are tied for sixth place, the Korea Institute of Science and Technology, in eighth place, and the University of Malaysia, Shanghai Jiaotong University and the University of Tokyo, Japan, which are ranked 9th to 11th. Chinese University of Hong Kong and Yonsei University of South Korea are tied for 12th place, followed by Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Korea University of Science and Technology, University of Science and of Technology of Korea, Kyoto University of Japan, South Seoul University Korea, Sungkyunkwan University of South Korea, National Taiwan University and Tokyo Institute of Technology of Japan from 14 to 20.
According to the QS analysis, compared to 2022, in the ranking of Asian universities 2023, 28 Taiwan universities and colleges will decrease, 14 will remain unchanged and 4 will increase. Yilan University first entered the ranking, ranking in the 601-650 range in Asia.
QS pointed out that according to the opinion poll of over 151,000 scholars from different countries, in the indicator of “academic reputation”, the University of Taiwan ranks among the top 10 in Asia, ranking 8th; in the “employer reputation” indicator, according to In a survey of over 99,000 employers in different countries, the University of Taiwan is ranked 14th in Asia. In terms of “international research network”, two Taiwanese universities entered the top 100 in Asia, namely National Taiwan University (ranked 23th) and National Cheng Kung University (ranked 99th); in “Number of Citations per Paper” (In terms of influence research), there are also two Taiwanese universities in the top 100 in Asia, namely National Taiwan University (ranked 81st) and Tsinghua University (ranked 84th).
Overall, Taiwan’s universities and colleges performed well on cross-border student exchange indicators, but invested little in research collaboration, productivity and impact, QS said.
Ben Sowter, senior vice president of QS, also warned that although Taiwan’s top universities and colleges still perform well in Asian university rankings, Taiwan’s education system is facing significant population loss challenges, so Taiwan needs to strengthen internationalization. conditions for attracting international students to Taiwan, for example by offering more English language courses.
Responsible editor: Yu Weining
