Top 25 Universities in Asia According to AppliedHE ALL ASIA 2026, Are There Any Indonesian Campuses?

Jakarta – Singapore-based education technology company AppliedHE released the first edition of its ‘AppliedHE Public & Private University Rankings: ALL ASIA’ on Thursday (12/4/2025). This ranking is considered the first in Asia to list public and private universities separately. The ALL ASIA University Ranking 2026 includes 493 universities in Asia from 41 countries. South Korea is represented by 28 universities, India by 29, the Philippines by 60, Malaysia by 44, and Indonesia leads with 73 universities listed.
Is Indonesia among the top 10, top 20, or top 25? Let’s take a look at the best state universities in Asia according to AppliedHE ALL ASIA 2026! Here is the list of the top 25 state universities in Asia along with their scores, according to AppliedHE ALL ASIA 2026:
The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong: 82.13; National University of Singapore, Singapore: 80.97; Peking University, China: 80.77; Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore: 80.55; King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Saudi Arabia: 79.34; The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), Hong Kong: 78.97; Tsinghua University, China: 78.71; City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK), Hong Kong: 78.58; Qatar University, Qatar: 77.40; Fudan University, China: 77.21; The University of Tokyo, Japan: 76.96; The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong: 76.54; The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong: 76.53; Zhejiang University, China: 75.89; Seoul National University, South Korea: 75.89; Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Malaysia: 75.87; Kyoto University, Japan: 75.77; University Malaya (UM), Malaysia: 74.65; Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China: 72.57; University Sains Malaysia (USM), Malaysia: 72.55; Tohoku University, Japan: 72.54; University Putra Malaysia (UPM), Malaysia: 72.22; Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech), Japan: 71.74; Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel: 71.42; University of Science and Technology of China, China: 71.32.
According to its official website, Indonesian universities only appear at rank 43 with Gadjah Mada University and rank 46 with the University of Indonesia. No other Indonesian campuses made it to the top 50. However, in the top 100, there are Airlangga University (ranking 63), Bandung Institute of Technology (ranking 66), Sebelas Maret University (ranking 67), IPB University (ranking 92), and Ten November Institute of Technology (ranking 98).
Ranking Methodology: Here are some indicators used to compile the rankings: Teaching (learning and teaching) – 40%; Employability – 20%; Research – 10%; Community Engagement – 10%; Internationalization – 10%; Institutional Reputation – 10%.