Top 10 Colleges in Asia, As Ranked by QS Asia University Rankings 2023

10. Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

Founded in 1896, Shanghai Jiao Tong University is a public research university funded by China’s education ministry. 

Students choose from 71 undergraduate programs covering nine major disciplines: economics, law, literature, science, engineering, agriculture, medicine, management, and arts. 

The university has produced several prominent alumni, namely former Chinese president Jiang Zemin, the “father” of China’s space program Qian Xuesen, and the winner of the Kettering Prize for cancer research, Wang Zhenyi. 

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Number of undergraduate and postgraduate students: 38,056

Number of faculty staff: 4,492

Annual Bachelor’s tuition fee: $3,500 to $11,300

Annual Master’s tuition fee: $4,082 to $23,200

Overall score: 92.2

Previous QS ranking: 10