
NUS still Asia's third-best university in 2025
NTU Singapore follows in fourth place.
The National University of Singapore (NUS) remains Asia's third-best university in the Times Higher Education's 2025 Asia University Rankings, maintaining its position from last year.
Ranking 17th globally, NUS excels in research and international outlook and has a strong performance in engineering and technology, law, and computer science.
Also retaining its fourth-place position from 2024 is Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore). As well as featuring in the top five in the 2025 rankings, the institution also ranks highly for engineering and technology and computer science courses.
Leading the regional rankings once again is China’s Tsinghua University, followed by Peking University in second place.
Rounding out the top five is the University of Tokyo in Japan.