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

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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	2026
1	Singapore	Singapore	15	20	17	13	15	15	11
2	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	37	29	31	28	24	23	12
3	Bangkok	Thailand	54	59	74	57	71	59	55
4	Metro Manila	Philippines	95	85	113	111	115	103	88
5	Jakarta	Indonesia	-	109	-	124	122	120	116
6	Yogyakarta	Indonesia	-	-	-	-	126	117	121
7	Bandung	Indonesia	-	-	-	120	133	132	123
8	Surabaya	Indonesia	-	-	-	126	145	142	143
9	Shah Alam [n 1]	Malaysia	-	-	-	-	115	123	144

QS World University Rankings : Overall

Top 500 world	University	Country	Size	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
1	National University of Singapore	Singapore	XL	15	11	11	11	11	11	8	8	8
2	Nanyang Technological University	Singapore	L	11	12	11	13	12	19	26	15	12
3	Universiti Malaya	Malaysia	L	114	87	70	59	65	70	65	60	58
4	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Malaysia	L	230	184	160	141	144	129	159	138	126
5	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Malaysia	L	229	202	159	132	143	123	158	148	134
6	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Malaysia	L	264	207	165	142	147	143	137	146	134
7	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Malaysia	L	253	228	217	187	191	203	188	181	153
8	Universitas Indonesia	Indonesia	XL	277	292	296	305	290	248	237	206	189
9	Chulalongkorn University	Thailand	XL	245	271	247	208	215	224	211	229	221
10	Gadjah Mada University	Indonesia	XL	401-410	391	320	254	254	231	263	239	224
11	Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS	Malaysia	S	601-650	521-530	482	439	414	361	307	269	251
12	Taylor's University	Malaysia	S	N/A	601-650	511-520	379	332	284	284	251	253
13	Bandung Institute of Technology	Indonesia	L	331	359	331	313	303	235	281	256	255
14	UCSI University	Malaysia	M	N/A	481	442	391	347	284	300	265	269
15	Airlangga University	Indonesia	XL	701-750	751-800	651-700	521-530	465	369	345	308	287
16	Mahidol University	Thailand	L	334	380	314	252	255	256	382	368	358
17	University of the Philippines	Philippines	XL	367	384	356	396	399	412	404	336	362
18	Universiti Brunei Darussalam	Brunei	S	349	323	298	254	250	256	387	385	367
19	IPB University	Indonesia	XL	751-800	701-750	601-650	531-540	511-520	449	489	426	399
20	Duy Tan University	Vietnam	L	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	801-1000	514	495	487

QS World University Rankings : Academic

Top 10	University	Country	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024 [2]	2025	2026
1	National University of Singapore	Singapore	11	12	12	13	15	15	14
2	Nanyang Technological University	Singapore	37	44	39	42	42	42	42
3	Universiti Malaya	Malaysia	91	78	72	70	68	62	58
4	Chulalongkorn University	Thailand	108	96	96	104	101	97	89
5	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Malaysia	153	142	130	126	121	113	106
6	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Malaysia	158	142	123	118	115	106	104
7	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Malaysia	177	155	143	132	129	118	108
8	Gadjah Mada University	Indonesia	193	174	164	160	152	145	134
9	Universitas Indonesia	Indonesia	205	203	185	168	161	148	135
10	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Malaysia	251	211	193	186	175	166	158

QS World University Rankings: Employer

Top 10	University	Country	2024	2025	2026
1	National University of Singapore	Singapore	54	48	32
2	Universiti Malaya	Malaysia	34	34	40
3	Nanyang Technological University	Singapore	115	92	67
4	Universitas Indonesia	Indonesia	91	79	76
5	Airlangga University	Indonesia	95	80	78
6	Bandung Institute of Technology	Indonesia	122	95	90
7	Taylor's University	Malaysia	67	72	92
8	Gadjah Mada University	Indonesia	118	91	93
9	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Malaysia	86	103	104
10	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Malaysia	103	114	119

QS World University Rankings: Employment Outcomes

Top 10	University	Country	2024	2025	2026
1	National University of Singapore	Singapore	7	6	9
2	Chulalongkorn University	Thailand	44	60	64
3	Thammasat University	Thailand	64	103	100
4	Nanyang Technological University	Singapore	79	104	121
5	Universitas Indonesia	Indonesia	103	131	124
6	University of the Philippines	Philippines	213	177	155
7	Ateneo de Manila University	Philippines	115	156	157
8	Universiti Malaya	Malaysia	286	183	167
9	Gadjah Mada University	Indonesia	169	167	177
10	Vietnam National University, Hanoi	Vietnam	399	202	223

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	2025
1	National University of Singapore	Singapore	18	14	19	15	12	47	37	31
2	Nanyang Technological University	Singapore	61	59	61	41	35	88	66	48
3	UCSI University	Malaysia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	76
4	University of Malaya	Malaysia	65	99	105	105	84	109	94	98
5	Taylor's University	Malaysia	-	-	-	-	363	359	228	148
6	Chulalongkorn University	Thailand	197	253	215	242	167	190	171	174
7	Universitas Indonesia	Indonesia	257	278	286	287	200	224	220	190
8	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Malaysia	91	212	250	304	274	340	218	207
9	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Malaysia	113	168	238	258	248	297	225	218
10	Gadjah Mada University	Indonesia	-	-	274	350	213	236	272	223

QS World University Rankings by Subject: Engineering & Technology

Top 10	University	Country	2018 [10]	2019 [11]	2020 [12]	2021 [13]	2022	2023 [14]	2024	2025
1	Nanyang Technological University	Singapore	5	6	8	4	4	14	13	11
2	National University of Singapore	Singapore	7	8	10	9	7	16	15	12
3	University of Malaya	Malaysia	22	38	55	54	45	65	62	79
4	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Malaysia	53	85	100	104	74	99	105	102
5	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Malaysia	86	142	210	224	185	195	186	177
6	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Malaysia	60	135	179	199	167	208	186	177
7	Universiti Teknologi Petronas	Malaysia	145	221	259	230	159	200	175	184
8	Chulalongkorn University	Thailand	140	191	227	244	240	270	222	197
9	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Malaysia	88	123	179	194	150	206	173	197
10	UCSI University	Malaysia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	223

QS World University Rankings by Subject: Life Science and Medicine

Top 10	University	Country	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
1	National University of Singapore	Singapore	22	26	25	27	21	33	31	29
2	Mahidol University	Thailand	122	148	143	142	118	125	110	106
3	Nanyang Technological University	Singapore	130	141	144	119	81	136	117	109
4	University of Malaya	Malaysia	154	182	174	179	138	148	133	118
5	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Malaysia	249	326	311	314	235	249	176	158
6	Chulalongkorn University	Thailand	215	267	282	299	235	232	183	169
7	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Malaysia	234	326	355	363	268	268	239	213
8	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Malaysia	280	360	371	358	323	291	275	234
9	Chiang Mai University	Thailand	369	401-450	401-450	385	353	362	313	294
10	Universitas Indonesia	Indonesia	451-500	451-500	451-500	401-450	348	354	349	331

QS World University Rankings by Subject: Natural Science

Top 10	University	Country	2018 [15]	2019 [16]	2020 [17]	2021 [18]	2022	2023 [19]	2024	2025
1	National University of Singapore	Singapore	12	12	14	14	15	43	29	21
2	Nanyang Technological University	Singapore	19	17	19	12	13	46	37	24
3	University of Malaya	Malaysia	141	137	156	166	113	150	154	134
4	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Malaysia	215	231	281	244	251	289	227	200
5	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Malaysia	197	223	295	327	268	312	241	219
6	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Malaysia	311	289	302	272	244	280	244	227
7	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Malaysia	317	294	345	396	327	341	284	243
8	Chulalongkorn University	Thailand	266	274	266	284	226	265	293	250
9	Universiti Teknologi Petronas	Malaysia	-	-	-	-	-	-	401-450	362
10	Duy Tan University	Vietnam	-	-	-	-	-	401-450	451-500	377

QS World University Rankings by Subject: Social Science Management

Top 10	University	Country	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
1	National University of Singapore	Singapore	7	9	12	9	7	18	14	10
2	Nanyang Technological University	Singapore	29	19	23	17	11	35	29	21
3	University of Malaya	Malaysia	45	55	74	85	50	77	65	71
4	UCSI University	Malaysia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	132
5	Taylor's University	Malaysia	385	395	400	257	138	164	169	135
6	Chulalongkorn University	Thailand	139	194	192	202	162	188	145	148
7	Singapore Management University	Singapore	77	79	94	76	68	171	-	175
8	Universitas Indonesia	Indonesia	218	215	203	218	112	152	151	176
9	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Malaysia	63	144	214	225	179	202	183	176
10	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Malaysia	92	134	207	243	192	194	161	179

QS Asian University Rankings

Top 10	University	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023 [20]	2024 [21]	2025
1	National University of Singapore	2	1	1	1	1	2	3	3
2	Nanyang Technological University	1	3	2	3	3	5	4	4
3	Universiti Malaya	24	19	13	9	8	9	11	12
4	Universiti Putra Malaysia	36	34	33	28	27	27	25	20
5	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	43	41	39	35	33	30	28	26
6	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	49	47	46	39	38	39	37	28
7	Taylor's University	-	-	-	-	-	49	41	36
8	Universiti Sains Malaysia	46	43	37	34	35	32	35	37
9	UCSI University	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45
10	Universitas Indonesia	-	-	-	-	-	-	48	46

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	2025
1	National University of Singapore	Singapore	22	23	25	25	19	19	17
2	Nanyang Technological University	Singapore	52	51	48	47	36	32	30
3	Universiti Teknologi Petronas	Malaysia	601-800	601-800	601-800	601-800	401-500	301-350	201-250
4	University of Malaya	Malaysia	351-400	301-350	301-350	301-350	351-400	251-300	251-300
5	Sunway University	Malaysia	-	-	-	-	-	-	401-500
6	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Malaysia	601-800	601-800	601-800	601-800	601-800	401-500	401-500
7	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Malaysia	-	-	-	-	-	401-500	401-500
8	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Malaysia	-	-	-	-	-	401-500	401-500
9	Universiti Utara Malaysia	Malaysia	-	-	-	-	-	-	401-500
10	University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City	Vietnam	-	-	-	-	-	-	501-600

Times Higher Education University Impact Rankings

Top 10	University	Country	2019 [27]	2020 [28]	2021 [29]	2022 [30]	2023 [31]	2024	2025
1	Airlangga University	Indonesia	-	-	-	-	101-200	81	9
2	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Malaysia	49	65	39	4	4	18	14
3	Universiti Malaya	Malaysia	-	-	-	-	-	61	25
4	Universitas Indonesia	Indonesia	80	47	85	18	20	31	30
5	Chiang Mai University	Thailand	-	301-400	101-200	70	74	75	44
6	Chulalongkorn University	Thailand	-	101-200	23	16	17	43	44
7	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Malaysia	-	-	-	-	-	-	53
8	Mahidol University	Thailand	-	-	-	-	38	19	64
9	Thammasat University	Thailand	-	-	-	-	-	81	64
10	Sunway University	Malaysia	-	-	-	-	-	-	81

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

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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 20	University	Country	2023 [45]	2024 [46]	2025 [47]
1	National University of Singapore	Singapore	85	80	81
2	Nanyang Technological University	Singapore	200	191	196
3	Chulalongkorn University	Thailand	487	476	459
4	Universitas Indonesia	Indonesia	586	531	460
5	Universiti Malaya	Malaysia	486	464	462
6	Mahidol University	Thailand	505	475	469
7	Gadjah Mada University	Indonesia	694	655	588
8	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Malaysia	705	677	645
9	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Malaysia	734	708	675
10	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Malaysia	693	703	688
11	Chiang Mai University	Thailand	813	736	730
12	Bandung Institute of Technology	Indonesia	919	787	740
13	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Malaysia	805	748	742
14	Universiti Teknologi MARA	Malaysia	927	888	815
15	Diponegoro University	Indonesia	-	990	858
16	Padjadjaran University	Indonesia	1146	1004	859
17	IPB University	Indonesia	1022	907	887
18	Kasetsart University	Thailand	940	899	892
19	Brawijaya University	Indonesia	-	1064	902
20	Airlangga University	Indonesia	-	1043	915

Edurank : Art & Designs

Top 20	University	Country	2024 [48]	2025 [49]
1	National University of Singapore	Singapore	45	44
2	Nanyang Technological University	Singapore	80	81
3	Universiti Malaya	Malaysia	376	346
4	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Malaysia	460	416
5	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Malaysia	518	421
6	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Malaysia	465	432
7	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Malaysia	539	450
8	Universiti Teknologi MARA	Malaysia	-	462
9	Universitas Indonesia	Indonesia	737	543
10	Indonesia University of Education	Indonesia	-	599
11	Gadjah Mada University	Indonesia	822	603
12	Sebelas Maret University	Indonesia	-	626
13	State University of Malang	Indonesia	-	628
14	State University of Padang	Indonesia	-	687
15	Yogyakarta State University	Indonesia	-	691
16	Chulalongkorn University	Thailand	774	739
17	Bina Nusantara University	Indonesia	-	751
18	Diponegoro University	Indonesia	949	754
19	Bandung Institute of Technology	Indonesia	854	764
20	Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University	Indonesia	-	779

Edurank : Biology

Top 20	University	Country	2024 [50]	2025 [51]
1	National University of Singapore	Singapore	63	65
2	Nanyang Technological University	Singapore	155	160
3	Mahidol University	Thailand	340	319
4	Universiti Malaya	Malaysia	374	357
5	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Malaysia	446	388
6	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Malaysia	453	423
7	Chulalongkorn University	Thailand	451	426
8	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Malaysia	621	555
9	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Malaysia	652	619
10	Chiang Mai University	Thailand	698	666
11	IPB University	Indonesia	930	699
12	Gadjah Mada University	Indonesia	822	735
13	Universitas Indonesia	Indonesia	737	754
14	Prince of Songkla University	Thailand	846	767
15	Khon Kaen University	Thailand	830	798
16	Diponegoro University	Indonesia	1095	847
17	Kasetsart University	Thailand	940	911
18	Universiti Teknologi MARA	Malaysia	-	958
19	Brawijaya University	Indonesia	1259	960
20	Padjadjaran University	Indonesia	1299	972

Edurank : Business

Top 20	University	Country	2024 [52]	2025 [53]
1	National University of Singapore	Singapore	25	30
2	Nanyang Technological University	Singapore	51	55
3	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Malaysia	316	263
4	Universiti Malaya	Malaysia	292	265
5	Universiti Teknologi MARA	Malaysia	-	269
6	Universitas Indonesia	Indonesia	570	351
7	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Malaysia	451	353
8	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Malaysia	467	359
9	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Malaysia	471	375
10	Singapore Management University	Singapore	460	437
11	Universiti Utara Malaysia	Malaysia	-	444
12	Udayana University	Indonesia	-	450
13	Diponegoro University	Indonesia	818	503
14	Bandung Institute of Technology	Indonesia	685	533
15	Brawijaya University	Indonesia	908	539
16	Bina Nusantara University	Indonesia	-	581
17	Gadjah Mada University	Indonesia	771	586
18	Airlangga University	Indonesia	941	611
19	Telkom University	Indonesia	-	617
20	International Islamic University Malaysia	Malaysia	-	637

Edurank : Chemistry

Top 20	University	Country	2024 [54]	2025 [55]
1	National University of Singapore	Singapore	37	39
2	Nanyang Technological University	Singapore	83	86
3	Universiti Malaya	Malaysia	464	340
4	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Malaysia	708	377
5	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Malaysia	703	378
6	Chulalongkorn University	Thailand	476	469
7	Mahidol University	Thailand	475	493
8	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Malaysia	748	476
9	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Malaysia	677	522
10	Chiang Mai University	Thailand	736	778
11	Prince of Songkla University	Thailand	980	868
12	Universiti Teknologi MARA	Malaysia	-	915
13	Khon Kaen University	Thailand	986	933
14	Kasetsart University	Thailand	899	939
15	Gadjah Mada University	Indonesia	655	941
16	Universitas Indonesia	Indonesia	531	952
17	Universiti Teknologi Petronas	Malaysia	-	1067
18	Bandung Institute of Technology	Indonesia	787	1076
19	IPB University	Indonesia	977	1080
20	King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi	Thailand	-	1092

Edurank : Computer Science

Top 20	University	Country	2025 [56]
1	National University of Singapore	Singapore	38
2	Nanyang Technological University	Singapore	56
3	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Malaysia	352
4	Universiti Malaya	Malaysia	378
5	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Malaysia	471
6	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Malaysia	483
7	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Malaysia	493
8	Universitas Indonesia	Indonesia	581
9	Universiti Teknologi MARA	Malaysia	613
10	Mahidol University	Thailand	662
11	Chulalongkorn University	Thailand	706
12	Bandung Institute of Technology	Indonesia	773
13	Singapore Management University	Singapore	811
14	Multimedia University	Malaysia	818
15	Singapore University of Technology and Design	Singapore	880
16	Gadjah Mada University	Indonesia	888
17	International Islamic University Malaysia	Malaysia	914
18	Telkom University	Indonesia	925
19	Bina Nusantara University	Indonesia	977
20	Universiti Teknologi Petronas	Malaysia	990

Edurank : Economics

Top 20	University	Country	2025 [57]
1	National University of Singapore	Singapore	45
2	Nanyang Technological University	Singapore	126
3	Universiti Malaya	Malaysia	260
4	Universitas Indonesia	Indonesia	319
5	Universiti Teknologi MARA	Malaysia	344
6	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Malaysia	359
7	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Malaysia	366
8	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Malaysia	373
9	Singapore Management University	Singapore	386
10	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Malaysia	387
11	Universiti Utara Malaysia	Malaysia	450
12	Airlangga University	Indonesia	515
13	Gadjah Mada University	Indonesia	520
14	Udayana University	Indonesia	540
15	Diponegoro University	Indonesia	557
16	International Islamic University Malaysia	Malaysia	576
17	Sebelas Maret University	Indonesia	599
18	Brawijaya University	Indonesia	654
19	Mahidol University	Thailand	674
20	Padjadjaran University	Indonesia	687

Edurank : Engineering

Top 20	University	Country	2025 [58]
1	National University of Singapore	Singapore	22
2	Nanyang Technological University	Singapore	29
3	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Malaysia	282
4	Universiti Malaya	Malaysia	292
5	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Malaysia	344
6	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Malaysia	363
7	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Malaysia	424
8	Chulalongkorn University	Thailand	531
9	Universiti Teknologi MARA	Malaysia	647
10	Bandung Institute of Technology	Indonesia	727
11	Mahidol University	Thailand	757
12	Universitas Indonesia	Indonesia	801
13	Universiti Teknologi Petronas	Malaysia	905
14	University of Malaysia, Pahang	Malaysia	905
15	Gadjah Mada University	Indonesia	917
16	King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi	Thailand	931
17	Chiang Mai University	Thailand	943
18	University of Malaysia Perlis	Malaysia	970
19	Tun Hussein Onn University of Malaysia	Malaysia	1038
20	Diponegoro University	Indonesia	1045

Edurank : Environmental Science

Top 20	University	Country	2025 [59]
1	National University of Singapore	Singapore	47
2	Nanyang Technological University	Singapore	102
3	Universiti Malaya	Malaysia	233
4	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Malaysia	288
5	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Malaysia	345
6	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Malaysia	346
7	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Malaysia	380
8	Chulalongkorn University	Thailand	510
9	Mahidol University	Thailand	535
10	IPB University	Indonesia	541
11	Gadjah Mada University	Indonesia	566
12	Diponegoro University	Indonesia	612
13	Universitas Indonesia	Indonesia	624
14	Universiti Teknologi MARA	Malaysia	640
15	Bandung Institute of Technology	Indonesia	714
16	Chiang Mai University	Thailand	747
17	Prince of Songkla University	Thailand	748
18	Brawijaya University	Indonesia	793
19	Kasetsart University	Thailand	804
20	Padjadjaran University	Indonesia	885

Edurank : Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Top 20	University	Country	2025 [60]
1	National University of Singapore	Singapore	71
2	Nanyang Technological University	Singapore	147
3	Indonesia University of Education	Indonesia	339
4	Diponegoro University	Indonesia	382
5	Universitas Indonesia	Indonesia	385
6	Universiti Malaya	Malaysia	392
7	State University of Padang	Indonesia	419
8	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Malaysia	440
9	Padjadjaran University	Indonesia	469
10	State University of Malang	Indonesia	473
11	Sebelas Maret University	Indonesia	478
12	Gadjah Mada University	Indonesia	489
13	State University of Semarang	Indonesia	494
14	Yogyakarta State University	Indonesia	503
15	Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University	Indonesia	538
16	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Malaysia	565
17	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Malaysia	567
18	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Malaysia	582
19	State University of Surabaya	Indonesia	597
20	Universiti Teknologi MARA	Malaysia	625

Edurank : Mathematics

Top 20	University	Country	2025 [61]
1	National University of Singapore	Singapore	43
2	Nanyang Technological University	Singapore	69
3	Universiti Malaya	Malaysia	349
4	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Malaysia	361
5	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Malaysia	387
6	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Malaysia	392
7	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Malaysia	399
8	Indonesia University of Education	Indonesia	339
9	State University of Malang	Indonesia	497
10	Mahidol University	Thailand	545
11	State University of Padang	Indonesia	553
12	Universiti Teknologi MARA	Malaysia	561
13	Yogyakarta State University	Indonesia	580
14	Sebelas Maret University	Indonesia	612
15	State University of Semarang	Indonesia	623
16	Chulalongkorn University	Thailand	661
17	Universitas Indonesia	Indonesia	662
18	State University of Surabaya	Indonesia	705
19	Singapore Management University	Singapore	711
20	Gadjah Mada University	Indonesia	832

Edurank : Medicine

Top 20	University	Country	2025 [62]
1	National University of Singapore	Singapore	131
2	Mahidol University	Thailand	238
3	Nanyang Technological University	Singapore	356
4	Universiti Malaya	Malaysia	386
5	Chulalongkorn University	Thailand	420
6	Universitas Indonesia	Indonesia	421
7	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Malaysia	543
8	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Malaysia	544
10	Chiang Mai University	Thailand	614
11	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Malaysia	623
12	Airlangga University	Indonesia	655
13	Khon Kaen University	Thailand	711
14	Gadjah Mada University	Indonesia	728
15	Padjadjaran University	Indonesia	800
16	Prince of Songkla University	Thailand	845
17	Udayana University	Indonesia	866
18	Diponegoro University	Indonesia	895
19	Universiti Teknologi MARA	Malaysia	927
20	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Malaysia	992

Edurank : Physics

Top 20	University	Country	2025 [63]
1	National University of Singapore	Singapore	30
2	Nanyang Technological University	Singapore	45
3	Universiti Malaya	Malaysia	333
4	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Malaysia	368
5	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Malaysia	400
6	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Malaysia	452
7	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Malaysia	489
8	Chulalongkorn University	Thailand	574
9	Universiti Teknologi MARA	Malaysia	756
10	Mahidol University	Thailand	837
11	Bandung Institute of Technology	Indonesia	894
12	Universitas Indonesia	Indonesia	936
13	Universiti Teknologi Petronas	Malaysia	961
14	Chiang Mai University	Thailand	987
15	King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi	Thailand	1003
16	University of Malaysia, Pahang	Malaysia	1034
17	Prince of Songkla University	Thailand	1040
18	University of Malaysia Perlis	Malaysia	1051
19	Gadjah Mada University	Indonesia	1098
20	Kasetsart University	Thailand	1186

Edurank : Psychology

Top 20	University	Country	2025 [64]
1	National University of Singapore	Singapore	107
2	Nanyang Technological University	Singapore	161
3	Universiti Malaya	Malaysia	394
4	Mahidol University	Thailand	416
5	Universitas Indonesia	Indonesia	429
6	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Malaysia	484
7	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Malaysia	528
8	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Malaysia	568
9	Universiti Teknologi MARA	Malaysia	596
10	Chulalongkorn University	Thailand	609
11	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Malaysia	636
12	Indonesia University of Education	Indonesia	643
13	State University of Malang	Indonesia	705
14	State University of Padang	Indonesia	716
15	Airlangga University	Indonesia	799
16	Yogyakarta State University	Indonesia	813
17	Chiang Mai University	Thailand	818
18	Sebelas Maret University	Indonesia	830
19	Gadjah Mada University	Indonesia	834
20	State University of Semarang	Indonesia	935

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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