Nine Taiwanese universities entered the top 100 in the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Asia University Rankings released on Tuesday.
National Taiwan University (NTU) retained 19th spot for the third consecutive year, the ranking showed.
NTU was the only higher education institution from Taiwan that made the top 20 in the ranking, which lists 760 Asian universities.
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The eight other Taiwanese universities in the top 100 are National Cheng Kung University (36th), National Tsing Hua University (38th), National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (43rd), National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (59th), National Taiwan Normal University (70th), National Taipei University of Technology (73rd), National Sun Yat-sen University (80th) and Taipei Medical University (97th).
Forty-seven Taiwanese universities and institutions were included in the rankings this year, one more than last year, the UK-based education analysis company said.
Compared with last year, 28 Taiwanese institutions moved down in the rankings, while 14 kept their spots and four improved, with National Ilan University, ranked in the 601-650 category, entering the ranking for the first time.
China’s Peking University took the top spot this year, ending the National University of Singapore’s four-year leadership run. The rest of the top 10 was rounded out by universities from Malaysia, China, Hong Kong and South Korea.
NTU entered the top eight for academic reputation and the top 14 for employer reputation, two of the university’s best performances in the 11 indicators QS uses to determine the scores.
QS vice president Ben Sowter said Taiwan’s education system faces significant demographic challenges, despite several of its universities placing high in the rankings.
Sowter said Taiwan should improve internationalization and conditions for international students to study in the country, for example by offering more degree programs taught in English.
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