The most innovative universities in the Asia-Pacific region 2018

The most innovative universities in the Asia-Pacific region, according to a Reuters ranking, have been revealed

June 11 2018

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Most innovative universities in Asia 2018

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in South Korea has been named the most innovative university in the Asia-Pacific region, according to Reuters.

The Asia Pacific Ranking aims to identify and rank the educational insitutions in the region doing the most to advance science, invent new technologies and power new markets and industries.

The South Korean university tops this ranking for the third year running. Japan’s University of Tokyo is in second place and Pohang University of Science and Technology in South Korea rounds out the top three.

The ranking is compiled by investigating patent filings and research paper citations of each university. The full methodology can be found here.

Just three institutions are new entries on this year’s list: the China University of Mining and Technology (56) Shandong University (67) and Xiamen University (74). All three are located in China.

The top 50 most innovative universities in Asia 2018

Rank	University	Country
1	Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)	South Korea
2	The University of Tokyo	Japan
3	Pohang University of Science and Technology	South Korea
4	Seoul National University	South Korea
5	Tsinghua University	China
6	Osaka University	Japan
7	Kyoto University	Japan
8	Sungkyunkwan University	South Korea
9	Tohoku University	Japan
10	National University of Singapore	Singapore
11	Hanyang University	South Korea
12	Peking University	China
13	Yonsei University	South Korea
14	Kyushu University	Japan
15	Korea University	South Korea
16	Tokyo Institute of Technology	Japan
17	Fudan University	China
18	Keio University	Japan
19	Shanghai Jiao Tong University	China
20	Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology	South Korea
21	Zhejiang University	China
22	Chinese University of Hong Kong	China
23	Hokkaido University	Japan
24	Kyung Hee University	South Korea
25	Monash University	Australia
26	Nanyang Technological University, Singapore	Singapore
27	Ajou University	South Korea
28	Huazhong University of Science and Technology	China
29	Hiroshima University	Japan
30	Kumamoto University	Japan
31	Nagoya University	Japan
32	Beijing University of Chemical Technology	China
33	East China University of Science and Technology	China
34	Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU)	Japan
35	Tianjin University	China
36	University of Sydney	Australia
37	Ewha Womans University	South Korea
38	Hong Kong University of Science and Technology	China
39	University of Auckland	New Zealand
40	Shinshu University	Japan
41	South China University of Technology	China
42	University of Queensland	Australia
43	Kanazawa University	Japan
44	China University of Petroleum, Beijing	China
45	University of Melbourne	Australia
46	Southeast University	China
47	University of Hong Kong	China
48	University of Tsukuba	Japan
49	The Catholic University of Korea	South Korea
50	Nanjing University	China