Rankings of universities in ASEAN

Rankings of universities in Southeast Asia have been published by QS World University Rankings, Times Higher Education, SCImago Journal Rank and others.

Jakarta

Surabaya

Bandung

Yogyakarta

Bangkok

Singapore

Manila

Kuala Lumpur

Shah Alam

Subang Jaya

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QS World Best Student Cities in Southeast Asia location map

QS Rankings

QS World Best Student Cities

Top 10	City	Country	2018	2019	2022	2023	2024[1]	2025
1	Singapore	Singapore	15	20	17	13	15	15
2	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	37	29	31	28	24	23
3	Bangkok	Thailand	54	59	74	57	71	59
4	Metro Manila	Philippines	95	85	113	111	115	103
5	Subang Jaya[n 1]	Malaysia	-	-	-	-	114	109
6	Yogyakarta	Indonesia	-	-	-	-	126	117
7	Jakarta	Indonesia	-	109	-	124	122	120
8	Shah Alam[n 1]	Malaysia	-	-	-	-	115	123
9	Bandung	Indonesia	-	-	-	120	133	132
10	Surabaya	Indonesia	-	-	-	126	145	142

QS World University Rankings : Overall

Top 500 world	University	Country	Size	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
1	National University of Singapore	Singapore	XL	15	11	11	11	11	11	8	8
2	Nanyang Technological University	Singapore	L	11	12	11	13	12	19	26	15
3	Universiti Malaya	Malaysia	L	114	87	70	59	65	70	65	60
4	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Malaysia	L	230	184	160	141	144	129	159	138
5	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Malaysia	L	264	207	165	142	147	143	137	146
6	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Malaysia	L	229	202	159	132	143	123	158	148
7	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Malaysia	L	253	228	217	187	191	203	188	181
8	Universitas Indonesia	Indonesia	XL	277	292	296	305	290	248	237	206
9	Chulalongkorn University	Thailand	XL	245	271	247	208	215	224	211	229
10	Gadjah Mada University	Indonesia	XL	401-410	391	320	254	254	231	263	239
11	Taylor's University	Malaysia	S	N/A	601-650	511-520	379	332	284	284	251
12	Bandung Institute of Technology	Indonesia	L	331	359	331	313	303	235	281	256
13	UCSI University	Malaysia	M	N/A	481	442	391	347	284	300	265
14	Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS	Malaysia	S	601-650	521-530	482	439	414	361	307	269
15	Airlangga University	Indonesia	XL	701-750	751-800	651-700	521-530	465	369	345	308
16	University of the Philippines	Philippines	XL	367	384	356	396	399	412	404	336
17	Mahidol University	Thailand	L	334	380	314	252	255	256	382	368
18	Universiti Brunei Darussalam	Brunei	S	349	323	298	254	250	256	387	385
19	IPB University	Indonesia	XL	751-800	701-750	601-650	531-540	511-520	449	489	426
20	SUTD	Singapore	S	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	429	440
21	Duy Tan University	Vietnam	L	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	801-1000	514	495

QS World University Rankings : Academic

Top 10	University	Country	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024[2]	2025
1	National University of Singapore	Singapore	11	12	12	13	15	15
2	Nanyang Technological University	Singapore	37	44	39	42	42	42
3	Universiti Malaya	Malaysia	91	78	72	70	68	62
4	Chulalongkorn University	Thailand	108	96	96	104	101	97
5	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Malaysia	158	142	123	118	115	106
6	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Malaysia	153	142	130	126	121	113
7	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Malaysia	177	155	143	132	129	118
8	Gadjah Mada University	Indonesia	193	174	164	160	152	145
9	Universitas Indonesia	Indonesia	205	203	185	168	161	148
10	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Malaysia	251	211	193	186	175	166

QS World University Rankings: Employer

Top 10	University	Country	2024	2025
1	Universiti Malaya	Malaysia	34	34
2	National University of Singapore	Singapore	54	48
3	Taylor's University	Malaysia	67	72
4	Universitas Indonesia	Indonesia	91	79
5	Airlangga University	Indonesia	95	80
6	Gadjah Mada University	Indonesia	118	91
7	Nanyang Technological University	Singapore	115	92
8	Bandung Institute of Technology	Indonesia	122	95
9	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Malaysia	86	103
10	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Malaysia	103	114

QS World University Rankings: Employment Outcomes

Top 10	University	Country	2024	2025
1	National University of Singapore	Singapore	7	6
2	Chulalongkorn University	Thailand	44	60
3	Thammasat University	Thailand	64	103
4	Nanyang Technological University	Singapore	79	104
5	Universitas Indonesia	Indonesia	103	131
6	Ateneo de Manila University	Philippines	115	156
7	Universiti Malaya	Malaysia	286	183
8	Gadjah Mada University	Indonesia	169	167
9	University of the Philippines	Philippines	213	177
10	Vietnam National University, Hanoi	Vietnam	399	202

QS World University Rankings: Sustainability

Top 10	University	Country	2023[3]	2024[4]	2025
1	National University of Singapore	Singapore	81	26	26
2	Nanyang Technological University	Singapore	129	50	50
3	Universiti Malaya	Malaysia	26	132	132
4	Chulalongkorn University	Thailand	151-160	197	198
5	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Malaysia	136	214	214
6	University of the Philippines	Philippines	401-450	231	230
7	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Malaysia	381-400	244	243
8	Mahidol University	Thailand	501-550	277	276
9	Chiang Mai University	Thailand	301-320	283	282
10	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Malaysia	401-450	296	295

QS World University Rankings by Subject: Art & Humanity

Top 10	University	Country	2018[5]	2019[6]	2020[7]	2021[8]	2022	2023[9]	2024
1	National University of Singapore	Singapore	18	14	19	15	12	47	37
2	Nanyang Technological University	Singapore	61	59	61	41	35	88	66
3	University of Malaya	Malaysia	65	99	105	105	84	109	94
4	Chulalongkorn University	Thailand	197	253	215	242	167	190	171
5	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Malaysia	91	212	250	304	274	340	218
6	Universitas Indonesia	Indonesia	257	278	286	287	200	224	220
7	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Malaysia	113	168	238	258	248	297	225
8	Taylor's University	Malaysia	-	-	-	-	363	359	228
9	Gadjah Mada University	Indonesia	-	-	274	350	213	236	272
10	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Malaysia	152	253	324	343	299	310	302

QS World University Rankings by Subject: Engineering & Technology

Top 10	University	Country	2018[10]	2019[11]	2020[12]	2021[13]	2022	2023[14]	2024
1	Nanyang Technological University	Singapore	5	6	8	4	4	14	13
2	National University of Singapore	Singapore	7	8	10	9	7	16	15
3	University of Malaya	Malaysia	22	38	55	54	45	65	62
4	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Malaysia	53	85	100	104	74	99	105
5	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Malaysia	88	123	179	194	150	206	173
6	Universiti Teknologi Petronas	Malaysia	145	221	259	230	159	200	175
7	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Malaysia	86	142	210	224	185	195	186
8	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Malaysia	60	135	179	199	167	208	186
9	Chulalongkorn University	Thailand	140	191	227	244	240	270	222
10	Gadjah Mada University	Indonesia	-	-	-	-	-	-	316

QS World University Rankings by Subject: Life Science and Medicine

Top 10	University	Country	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
1	National University of Singapore	Singapore	22	26	25	27	21	33	31
2	Mahidol University	Thailand	122	148	143	142	118	125	110
3	Nanyang Technological University	Singapore	130	141	144	119	81	136	117
4	University of Malaya	Malaysia	154	182	174	179	138	148	133
5	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Malaysia	249	326	311	314	235	249	176
6	Chulalongkorn University	Thailand	215	267	282	299	235	232	183
7	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Malaysia	234	326	355	363	268	268	239
8	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Malaysia	280	360	371	358	323	291	275
9	Chiang Mai University	Thailand	369	401-450	401-450	385	353	362	313
10	Universitas Indonesia	Indonesia	451-500	451-500	451-500	401-450	348	354	349

QS World University Rankings by Subject: Natural Science

Top 10	University	Country	2018[15]	2019[16]	2020[17]	2021[18]	2022	2023[19]	2024
1	National University of Singapore	Singapore	12	12	14	14	15	43	29
2	Nanyang Technological University	Singapore	19	17	19	12	13	46	37
3	University of Malaya	Malaysia	141	137	156	166	113	150	154
4	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Malaysia	215	231	281	244	251	289	227
5	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Malaysia	197	223	295	327	268	312	241
6	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Malaysia	311	289	302	272	244	280	244
7	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Malaysia	317	294	345	396	327	341	284
8	Chulalongkorn University	Thailand	266	274	266	284	226	265	293
9	Universiti Teknologi Petronas	Malaysia	-	-	-	-	-	-	401-450
10	Chiang Mai University	Thailand	-	-	-	-	-	-	451-500

QS World University Rankings by Subject: Social Science Management

Top 10	University	Country	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
1	National University of Singapore	Singapore	7	9	12	9	7	18	14
2	Nanyang Technological University	Singapore	29	19	23	17	11	35	29
3	University of Malaya	Malaysia	45	55	74	85	50	77	65
4	Chulalongkorn University	Thailand	139	194	192	202	162	188	145
5	Universitas Indonesia	Indonesia	218	215	203	218	112	152	151
6	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Malaysia	92	134	207	243	192	194	161
7	Taylor's University	Malaysia	385	395	400	257	138	164	169
8	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Malaysia	99	166	199	232	178	178	174
9	Gadjah Mada University	Indonesia	297	327	266	261	153	180	178
10	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Malaysia	63	144	214	225	179	202	183

QS Asian University Rankings

Top 10	University	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023[20]	2024[21]
1	National University of Singapore	2	1	1	1	1	2	3
2	Nanyang Technological University	1	3	2	3	3	5	4
3	Universiti Malaya	24	19	13	9	8	9	11
4	Universiti Putra Malaysia	36	34	33	28	27	27	25
5	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	43	41	39	35	33	30	28
6	Universiti Sains Malaysia	46	43	37	34	35	32	35
7	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	49	47	46	39	38	39	37
8	Taylor's University	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	49	41
9	Chulalongkorn University	50	45	45	43	36	37	44
10	Universitas Indonesia	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	48

Times Higher Education Rankings

Times Higher Education World University Rankings

Top 10	University	Country	2018[22]	2019[23]	2020[24]	2021[25]	2023[26]	2024
1	National University of Singapore	Singapore	22	23	25	25	19	19
2	Nanyang Technological University	Singapore	52	51	48	47	36	32
3	University of Malaya	Malaysia	351-400	301-350	301-350	301-350	351-400	251-300
4	Universiti Teknologi Petronas	Malaysia	601-800	601-800	601-800	601-800	401-500	301-350
5	Universiti Brunei Darussalam	Brunei	-	-	401-500	301-351	301-351	401-500
6	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Malaysia	601-800	601-800	601-800	601-800	601-800	401-500
7	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Malaysia	-	-	-	-	-	401-500
8	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Malaysia	-	-	-	-	-	401-500
9	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Malaysia	601-800	601-800	601-800	601-800	601-800	501-600
10	Duy Tan University	Vietnam	600-700	601-700	501-600	401-500	401-500	601-800

Times Higher Education University Impact Rankings

Top 10	University	Country	2019[27]	2020[28]	2021[29]	2022[30]	2023[31]	2024
1	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Malaysia	49	65	39	4	4	18
2	Mahidol University	Thailand	-	-	-	-	38	19
3	Universitas Indonesia	Indonesia	80	47	85	18	20	31
4	Chulalongkorn University	Thailand	-	101-200	23	16	17	43
5	Universiti Malaya	Malaysia	-	-	-	-	-	61
6	Chiang Mai University	Thailand	-	301-400	101-200	70	74	75
7	Airlangga University	Indonesia	-	-	-	-	101-200	81
7	Thammasat University	Thailand	-	-	-	-	-	81
9	IPB University	Indonesia	201-300	77	101-200	101-200	101-200	94
10	Gadjah Mada University	Indonesia	101-200	72	83	87	101-200	101-200

Times Higher Education Young University Rankings

• Formerly known as Times Higher Education 100 Under 50 University Rankings

Top 10	University	Country	2017[32]	2018[33]	2019[34]	2020[35]	2022[36]	2023[37]	2024
1	Nanyang Technological University	Singapore	3	3	3	2	2	1	1
2	Universiti Teknologi Petronas	Malaysia	151-200	151-200	101-150	101-150	114	79	32
3	Universiti Utara Malaysia	Malaysia	101-150	151-200	101-150	101-150	170	95	71
4	Universiti Brunei Darussalam	Brunei Darussalam	101-150	151-200	101-150	101-150	68	68	89
5	Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah	Malaysia	-	-	-	-	-	201-250	146
6	Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris	Malaysia	-	-	-	-	-	201-250	159
7	Ton Duc Thang University	Vietnam	101-150	151-200	101-150	101-150	98	101-150	179
8	Sunway University	Malaysia	-	-	-	-	-	251-300	189
9	Universiti Tenaga Nasional	Malaysia	101-150	151-200	201-250	151-200	251-300	251-300	198
10	Duy Tan University	Vietnam	101-150	151-200	101-150	101-150	112	101-150	201-250

Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings

Top 10	University	2018[38]	2019[39]	2020[40]	2021[41]	2022[42]	2023[43]
1	National University of Singapore	1	2	3	3	3	3
2	Nanyang Technological University	5	6	6	5	5	5
3	Universiti Brunei Darussalam	-	-	60	60	62	60
4	Universiti Teknologi Petronas	114	98	124	111	95	63
5	University of Malaya	46	38	43	49	55	66
6	Ton Duc Thang University	175	170	160	150	73	86
7	Duy Tan University	175	170	160	150	91	106
8	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	175	170	160	150	138	149
9	Universiti Putra Malaysia	142	188	145	136	142	154
10	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	129	125	143	150	160	161

SCImago Institutions Rankings[n 2]

SCImago Institutions Rankings : Overall

Top 10	University[44]	Country	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024[n 2]
							All Institutions	Only University
1	National University of Singapore	Singapore	59	52	49	53	52	25
2	Nanyang Technological University	Singapore	90	86	96	101	113	57
3	Ngee Ann Polytechnic	Singapore	1100	-	1129	505	715	314
4	SUTD	Singapore	1248	1111	1083	827	832	361
5	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Malaysia	1281	1178	872	936	909	400
6	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Malaysia	1030	966	788	868	913	402
7	Universiti Malaya	Malaysia	467	529	689	837	954	421
8	Chulalongkorn University	Thailand	1339	1235	1251	1355	1027	452
9	Universitas Indonesia	Indonesia	2582	2365	1580	1531	1049	457
10	Mahidol University	Thailand	1473	1409	1394	1744	1100	479

SCImago Institutions Rankings : Research

Top 10	University[44]	Country	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024[n 2]
1	National University of Singapore	Singapore	44	40	43	44	48
2	Nanyang Technological University	Singapore	74	79	104	108	124
3	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Malaysia	601	387	327	316	297
4	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Malaysia	422	334	326	324	328
5	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Malaysia	571	481	332	547	464
6	Universiti Malaya	Malaysia	233	252	528	418	491
7	Ton Duc Thang University	Vietnam	2348	834	561	413	621
8	Universitas Indonesia	Indonesia	1087	779	663	648	645
9	Chulalongkorn University	Thailand	1295	878	895	998	749
10	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Malaysia	417	429	675	813	804

SCImago Institutions Rankings : Societal

Top 10	University[44]	Country	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024[n 2]
1	National University of Singapore	Singapore	90	84	78	84	68
2	Nanyang Technological University	Singapore	216	186	174	182	217
3	Universitas Indonesia	Indonesia	1118	1099	789	717	304
4	Mahidol University	Thailand	626	637	585	611	352
5	Gadjah Mada University	Indonesia	1480	1560	1266	1055	470
6	Chulalongkorn University	Thailand	565	592	612	627	534
7	Airlangga University	Indonesia	2772	2461	1800	1643	566
8	Universiti Malaya	Malaysia	341	333	462	492	615
9	Universiti Teknologi MARA	Malaysia	1068	1334	1297	1367	624
10	Brawijaya University	Indonesia	2443	2461	1515	1440	730

Edurank University Rankings

Top 10	University	Country	2023[45]	2024[46]
1	National University of Singapore	Singapore	85	80
2	Nanyang Technological University	Singapore	200	191
3	Universiti Malaya	Malaysia	486	464
4	Mahidol University	Thailand	505	475
5	Chulalongkorn University	Thailand	487	476
6	Universitas Indonesia	Indonesia	586	531
7	Gadjah Mada University	Indonesia	694	655
8	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Malaysia	705	677
9	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Malaysia	693	703
10	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Malaysia	734	708

Notes

1. The city is in Kuala Lumpur Metropolitan Area (Klang Valley)
2. Including Institutions from Government, Health, Universities, Companies, Non-Profil

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