Top 10 Universities in Asia for Engineering & Technology 2013

Tokyo Institute of Technology may be less internationally known than its fellow Tokyo-based institution, the University of Tokyo, but it still ranks 13^th overall in this year’s QS University Rankings: Asia. Reflecting its subject focus, it has its strongest academic rating for engineering & technology, but is also rated 10^th for natural sciences and within the region’s top 100 for social sciences.

Ranking 10= in the overall QS University Rankings: Asia, Kyoto University is again very well rated across all the subject areas. It comes fourth in Asia in the overall academic reputation survey, and is rated 12^th in the region by employers.

Another university specializing in science and technology subjects, it’s no surprise to see KAIST getting its highest rating from academics for engineering and technology. It comes 6^th overall in this year’s QS University Rankings: Asia, climbing one place compared to 2012.

NTU has also climbed in the overall QS University Rankings: Asia – from 17^th in 2012 to 10= in 2013. Again, it’s no surprise that engineering and technology is the field for which it’s best known – but it also gets strong scores for the other subject areas, rated Asia’s 10^th best for social sciences & management, 16^th for arts and humanities, 21^st for natural sciences and 22^nd for life sciences & medicine.

HKUST is the overall leader in the QS University Rankings: Asia, but only comes 10^th overall in the academic reputation survey. This is its second strongest-rated subject area, after social sciences & management (where it’s rated 7^th).

At 27^th in the overall QS University Rankings: Asia, Shanghai Jiao Tong would be higher if the ranking was based solely on reputation. It’s rated Asia’s 15^th best overall by academics, and 9^th by employers. This is its strongest subject area, followed by life sciences & medicine.

SNU is fourth overall in the QS University Rankings: Asia, and comes 6^th overall in the academic reputation survey. It’s rated 5^th for social sciences, 6^th for arts & humanities, 6^th for life sciences & medicine, and 6^th for natural sciences – so impressive as it’s 10^th place here may be, engineering & technology is by no means SNU’s only strength!

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