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The QS Asia 2026 ranking has appeared in the public domain: this year it brought together 1526 universities, of which 557 are newcomers, included in the list of 25 regions. Competition is growing, which is why many "old-timers" of the ranking are losing their former glory and places on the list.
The top leaders of this year are:
China and India traditionally dominate in terms of the number of universities: 395 institutions from the first state and 294 from the second. However, most of the Chinese universities that were included in the rankings of previous years also worsened their performance. On the other hand, research performance among Indian universities has improved, although international relations remain a weak point; only 5 universities in India entered the top 100 in terms of the number of staff with doctoral degrees.
Experts say that the reasons for the impressive quantitative growth in the rankings of Asian universities are the increase in the depth of the research environment and the expansion of global partnerships. Japan, for example, maintains a strong position in the ratio of teachers to students, and South Korea maintains a high rate of improvement in all indicators. However, QS Asia 2026 once again revealed serious differences in the level of internationalization in universities of different countries; this is especially true in India, where the ratio of international faculty to students lags far behind the global average.
