Four Thailand universities in top 100 of QS.com Asian university rankings

Nunzio Quacquarelli, Managing Director of QS says: "The results of the QS.com Asian University Rankings focus on regionally relevant measures of excellence, with the top performing universities distinguished not only by quality, but also by high productivity of research, compared to their regional peers.

"Universities in Thailand have performed well, with strong faculty: student ratios. These results, combined with those of the Times Higher Education - QS World University Rankings, place Thailand's universities on the world scale for quality higher education."

Top Asian universities in the QS.com Asian University Rankings:

1. University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 

2. The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 

 3. University of Tokyo, Japan 

 4. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong 

 5. Kyoto University, Japan 

 6. Osaka University, Japan 

 7. KAIST - Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology, South Korea 

 8. Seoul National University, South Korea 

 9. Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan 

 10. National University of Singapore (NUS) and Singapore and Peking University, China

Ben Sowter, Head of Research at QS says the advantage of regional rankings is in the richer picture we can create when comparing universities at a regional rather than global level, through the inclusion of additional factors.

"For example, countries with a first language other than English, use student exchanges as a key approach to internationalization, which is reflected in the QS.com Asian University Rankings.

"These adjustments have had an inevitable influence on the results, the position of institutions in Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore was to be expected, but the stronger performance of South Korean institutions in contrast to the world rankings suggests a strength known in the region that has yet to be fully acknowledged globally," he said.