Best Cognitive Science Universities in Asia [2026 Rankings]

1

China | Beijing

Tsinghua University

#1 in China #60 in the World

22% Acceptance

48,739 Enrollment

1911 Founded

2

Singapore | Singapore City

Nanyang Technological University

#2 in Singapore #195 in the World

38% Acceptance

33,000 Enrollment

1955 Founded

3

China | Shanghai

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

#5 in China #130 in the World

20% Acceptance

47,000 Enrollment

1896 Founded

4

China | Hong Kong

Chinese University of Hong Kong

#6 in China #151 in the World

20% Acceptance

21,652 Enrollment

1963 Founded

5

Japan | Tokyo

University of Tokyo

#1 in Japan #19 in the World

36% Acceptance

28,918 Enrollment

1877 Founded

6

China | Harbin

Harbin Institute of Technology

#15 in China #314 in the World

16% Acceptance

33,496 Enrollment

1920 Founded

7

Singapore | Singapore City

National University of Singapore

#1 in Singapore #75 in the World

20% Acceptance

30,098 Enrollment

1905 Founded

8

China | Hangzhou

Zhejiang University

#4 in China #124 in the World

20% Acceptance

60,739 Enrollment

1897 Founded

9

China | Beijing

Peking University

#2 in China #70 in the World

21% Acceptance

44,730 Enrollment

1898 Founded

10

China | Xi'an

Xidian University

#47 in China #747 in the World

26% Acceptance

35,277 Enrollment

1931 Founded

11

China | Wuhan

Wuhan University

#9 in China #232 in the World

19% Acceptance

60,000 Enrollment

1893 Founded

12

China | Hefei

University of Science and Technology of China

#8 in China #204 in the World

10% Acceptance

17,000 Enrollment

1958 Founded

13

Israel | Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv University

#1 in Israel #112 in the World

44% Acceptance

30,000 Enrollment

1956 Founded

14

China | Hong Kong

University of Hong Kong

#3 in China #89 in the World

17% Acceptance

21,652 Enrollment

1911 Founded

15

China | Wuhan

Huazhong University of Science and Technology

#11 in China #261 in the World

26% Acceptance

71,970 Enrollment

1953 Founded

16

China | Hong Kong

Hong Kong Polytechnic University

#12 in China #263 in the World

28% Acceptance

34,241 Enrollment

1937 Founded

17

Israel | Jerusalem

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

#2 in Israel #163 in the World

23% Acceptance

23,500 Enrollment

1918 Founded

18

China | Chengdu

University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

#33 in China #557 in the World

30% Acceptance

39,000 Enrollment

1956 Founded

19

China | Xi'an

Northwestern Polytechnical University

#35 in China #562 in the World

20% Acceptance

29,000 Enrollment

1938 Founded

20

China | Beijing

Beihang University

#26 in China #435 in the World

37% Acceptance

27,000 Enrollment

1952 Founded

21

China | Changsha

National University of Defense Technology

#66 in China #965 in the World

10% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

1953 Founded

22

South Korea | Daejeon

KAIST

#3 in South Korea #382 in the World

35% Acceptance

10,249 Enrollment

1971 Founded

23

China | Guangzhou

Sun Yat – Sen University

#13 in China #271 in the World

30% Acceptance

65,638 Enrollment

1924 Founded

24

Japan | Kyoto

Kyoto University

#2 in Japan #50 in the World

11% Acceptance

22,365 Enrollment

1897 Founded

25

South Korea | Seoul

Seoul National University

#1 in South Korea #156 in the World

20% Acceptance

28,378 Enrollment

1946 Founded

26

China | Guangzhou

South China University of Technology

#30 in China #500 in the World

30% Acceptance

42,720 Enrollment

1952 Founded

27

Israel | Haifa

Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

#3 in Israel #285 in the World

37% Acceptance

1,500 Enrollment

1924 Founded

28

China | Beijing

Beijing Institute of Technology

#31 in China #501 in the World

29% Acceptance

27,000 Enrollment

1940 Founded

29

China | Tianjin

Tianjin University

#28 in China #440 in the World

34% Acceptance

35,370 Enrollment

1895 Founded

30

Taiwan | Taipei

National Taiwan University

#1 in Taiwan #150 in the World

34% Acceptance

33,882 Enrollment

1945 Founded

31

China | Dalian

Dalian University of Technology

#29 in China #495 in the World

30% Acceptance

41,000 Enrollment

1949 Founded

32

China | Nanjing

Southeast University

#24 in China #426 in the World

20% Acceptance

30,664 Enrollment

1902 Founded

33

China | Shanghai

Fudan University

#7 in China #189 in the World

18% Acceptance

33,000 Enrollment

1905 Founded

34

Israel | Haifa

University of Haifa

#7 in Israel #560 in the World

70% Acceptance

18,000 Enrollment

1963 Founded

35

Israel | Rehovot

Weizmann Institute of Science

#4 in Israel #353 in the World

8% Acceptance

1,380 Enrollment

1934 Founded

36

China | Beijing

Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications

#63 in China #946 in the World

30% Acceptance

2,000 Enrollment

1955 Founded

37

China | Beijing

Beijing Normal University

#20 in China #381 in the World

37% Acceptance

36,482 Enrollment

1902 Founded

38

China | Nanjing

Nanjing University

#10 in China #241 in the World

24% Acceptance

56,068 Enrollment

1902 Founded

39

South Korea | Seoul

Yonsei University

#2 in South Korea #283 in the World

18% Acceptance

29,502 Enrollment

1957 Founded

40

China | Hong Kong

City University of Hong Kong

#14 in China #308 in the World

36% Acceptance

34,156 Enrollment

1984 Founded

41

China | Changsha

Central South University

#23 in China #415 in the World

77% Acceptance

52,000 Enrollment

1914 Founded

42

China | Chongqing

Chongqing University

#32 in China #530 in the World

30% Acceptance

47,000 Enrollment

1929 Founded

43

China | Chengdu

Sichuan University

#19 in China #345 in the World

37% Acceptance

44,200 Enrollment

1896 Founded

44

China | Hong Kong

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

#22 in China #412 in the World

34% Acceptance

34,156 Enrollment

1991 Founded

45

Israel | Beersheba

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

#5 in Israel #406 in the World

44% Acceptance

17,225 Enrollment

1969 Founded

46

South Korea | Seoul

Korea University

#4 in South Korea #392 in the World

39% Acceptance

24,351 Enrollment

1905 Founded

47

China | Shanghai

Tongji University

#18 in China #344 in the World

29% Acceptance

37,000 Enrollment

1907 Founded

48

China | Beijing

Beijing Jiaotong University

#50 in China #762 in the World

26% Acceptance

12,000 Enrollment

1896 Founded

49

Japan | Suita

Osaka University

#3 in Japan #88 in the World

13% Acceptance

23,234 Enrollment

1931 Founded

50

China | Shenyang

Northeastern University, China

#46 in China #735 in the World

20% Acceptance

46,000 Enrollment

1923 Founded

51

China | Baixia

Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics

#49 in China #749 in the World

34% Acceptance

29,000 Enrollment

1952 Founded

52

Taiwan | Hsinchu

National Chiao Tung University

#3 in Taiwan #462 in the World

17% Acceptance

33,882 Enrollment

1958 Founded

53

China | Xiamen

Xiamen University

#27 in China #437 in the World

36% Acceptance

40,302 Enrollment

1921 Founded

54

China | Jinan

Shandong University

#16 in China #336 in the World

30% Acceptance

60,000 Enrollment

1901 Founded

55

China | Changsha

Hunan University

#41 in China #663 in the World

40% Acceptance

36,000 Enrollment

1926 Founded

56

India | Tamil Nadu

VIT University

#35 in India #1854 in the World

79% Acceptance

48,025 Enrollment

1984 Founded

57

China | Changchun

Jilin University

#21 in China #386 in the World

30% Acceptance

68,000 Enrollment

1946 Founded

58

Israel | Ramat Gan

Bar-Ilan University

#6 in Israel #489 in the World

55% Acceptance

16,787 Enrollment

1955 Founded

59

Japan | Sendai

Tohoku University

#4 in Japan #114 in the World

30% Acceptance

17,975 Enrollment

1907 Founded

60

China | Beijing

Beijing University of Technology

#82 in China #1150 in the World

30% Acceptance

24,442 Enrollment

1960 Founded

61

Indonesia | Depok

University of Indonesia

#1 in Indonesia #444 in the World

8% Acceptance

41,412 Enrollment

1950 Founded

62

Japan | Fukuoka

Kyushu University

#6 in Japan #175 in the World

14% Acceptance

18,813 Enrollment

1911 Founded

63

China | Shanghai

Shanghai University

#42 in China #670 in the World

33% Acceptance

36,000 Enrollment

1994 Founded

64

Japan | Nagoya

Nagoya University

#7 in Japan #176 in the World

14% Acceptance

15,959 Enrollment

1939 Founded

65

Taiwan | Tainan

National Cheng Kung University

#2 in Taiwan #422 in the World

33% Acceptance

21,292 Enrollment

1931 Founded

66

China | Chengdu

Southwest Jiaotong University

#53 in China #866 in the World

30% Acceptance

44,000 Enrollment

1896 Founded

67

India | West Bengal

Jadavpur University

#26 in India #1568 in the World

25% Acceptance

2,000 Enrollment

1955 Founded

68

China | Xuzhou

China University of Mining and Technology

#62 in China #944 in the World

30% Acceptance

37,000 Enrollment

1909 Founded

69

Iran | Tehran

University of Tehran

#1 in Iran #367 in the World

12% Acceptance

52,588 Enrollment

1934 Founded

70

Japan | Tokyo

Tokyo Institute of Technology

#10 in Japan #251 in the World

10% Acceptance

6,551 Enrollment

1881 Founded

71

Japan | Sapporo

Hokkaido University

#8 in Japan #186 in the World

27% Acceptance

17,770 Enrollment

1918 Founded

72

India | West Bengal

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

#1 in India #417 in the World

13% Acceptance

2,000 Enrollment

1951 Founded

73

South Korea | Pohang

Pohang University of Science and Technology

#8 in South Korea #732 in the World

43% Acceptance

3,425 Enrollment

1986 Founded

74

Japan | Tsukuba

University of Tsukuba

#9 in Japan #219 in the World

18% Acceptance

16,684 Enrollment

1973 Founded

75

Saudi Arabia | Riyadh

King Saud University

#1 in Saudi Arabia #374 in the World

71% Acceptance

61,412 Enrollment

1957 Founded

76

Japan | Tokyo

Waseda University

#11 in Japan #266 in the World

10% Acceptance

47,094 Enrollment

1882 Founded

77

China | Shanghai

East China Normal University

#34 in China #559 in the World

30% Acceptance

36,026 Enrollment

1951 Founded

78

China | Nanjing

Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology

#95 in China #1382 in the World

30% Acceptance

34,000 Enrollment

1960 Founded

79

China | Harbin

Harbin Engineering University

#76 in China #1073 in the World

22% Acceptance

28,278 Enrollment

1953 Founded

80

China | Wuxi

Jiangnan University

#77 in China #1092 in the World

27% Acceptance

28,000 Enrollment

2001 Founded

81

China | Zhenjiang

Jiangsu University

#71 in China #1025 in the World

38% Acceptance

37,600 Enrollment

1902 Founded

82

China | Tianjin

Nankai University

#25 in China #429 in the World

37% Acceptance

26,568 Enrollment

1919 Founded

83

Malaysia | Johor Bahru

University of Technology Malaysia

#5 in Malaysia #720 in the World

64% Acceptance

12,077 Enrollment

1904 Founded

84

China | Suzhou, Jiangsu

Soochow University

#39 in China #615 in the World

30% Acceptance

48,901 Enrollment

1899 Founded

85

Taiwan | Hsinchu

National Tsing Hua University

#4 in Taiwan #506 in the World

51% Acceptance

16,647 Enrollment

1911 Founded

86

Japan | Tokyo

Keio University

#5 in Japan #162 in the World

12% Acceptance

33,518 Enrollment

1858 Founded

87

India | Karnataka

Indian Institute of Science

#2 in India #456 in the World

29% Acceptance

4,695 Enrollment

1909 Founded

88

India | Haryana

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

#6 in India #554 in the World

13% Acceptance

3,000 Enrollment

1961 Founded

89

China | Macau

University of Macau

#56 in China #891 in the World

38% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

90

Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur

University of Malaya

#1 in Malaysia #447 in the World

34% Acceptance

28,776 Enrollment

1905 Founded

91

India | Tamil Nadu

Anna University

#16 in India #1024 in the World

27% Acceptance

48,025 Enrollment

1978 Founded

92

China | Beijing

University of Science and Technology Beijing

#43 in China #674 in the World

34% Acceptance

25,000 Enrollment

1952 Founded

93

Iran | Tehran

Amirkabir University of Technology

#7 in Iran #1001 in the World

23% Acceptance

12,468 Enrollment

1958 Founded

94

China | Guangzhou

Guangdong University of Technology

#93 in China #1359 in the World

48% Acceptance

20,338 Enrollment

1956 Founded

95

South Korea | Seoul

Sungkyunkwan University

#5 in South Korea #436 in the World

42% Acceptance

29,502 Enrollment

1398 Founded

96

Taiwan | Taipei

National Taiwan University of Science and Technology

#11 in Taiwan #992 in the World

40% Acceptance

10,812 Enrollment

1974 Founded

97

China | Wuhan

Wuhan University of Technology

#55 in China #884 in the World

60% Acceptance

540,000 Enrollment

1946 Founded

98

China | Beijing

China Agricultural University

#40 in China #618 in the World

20% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

1905 Founded

99

China | Shanghai

East China University of Science and Technology

#51 in China #799 in the World

14% Acceptance

26,000 Enrollment

1952 Founded

100

India | Uttarakhand

Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

#10 in India #797 in the World

13% Acceptance

3,000 Enrollment

1847 Founded

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