Times Higher Education (THE) published its first Asia Pacific Ranking of prestigious¹ schools on Tuesday, with 52 Chinese mainland universities making the ranking, Peking University being the highest at second place.

 

泰晤士高等教育周二发布首份亚太地区高等学校排名，大陆有52所大学上榜，北京大学居大陆首位总排行第二。

 

The mainland and Hong Kong performed well with four institutions in the top 10. Tsinghua University was in fourth place, the University of Hong Kong took sixth place, and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology was seventh.

 

According to THE, almost a quarter of the universities that made the ranking were in Chinese mainland and Hong Kong. The two were home to the region's top performers in three out of the five pillars: teaching, research and international outlook.

 

In the overall ranking, the National University of Singapore claimed the top spot, with the University of Melbourne coming in third. 

 

Concerning China, THE rankings editor Phil Baty said the data revealed that China was home to the region's top university for teaching and research. 

 

"Peking achieves the highest score for teaching environment out of all the institutions in the table, while Tsinghua University (ranked fourth overall) leads when it comes to its research environment. This is a fantastic achievement," he said.

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