Best Optometry Universities in Asia [2026 Rankings]

1

Singapore | Singapore City

National University of Singapore

For Optometry

#1 in Singapore #8 in the World

20% Acceptance

30,098 Enrollment

1905 Founded

2

India | Haryana

All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi

For Optometry

#1 in India #12 in the World

13% Acceptance

2,500 Enrollment

1956 Founded

3

China | Guangzhou

Sun Yat – Sen University

For Optometry

#1 in China #16 in the World

30% Acceptance

65,638 Enrollment

1924 Founded

4

China | Hong Kong

Chinese University of Hong Kong

For Optometry

#2 in China #33 in the World

20% Acceptance

21,652 Enrollment

1963 Founded

5

China | Hong Kong

Hong Kong Polytechnic University

For Optometry

#3 in China #34 in the World

28% Acceptance

34,241 Enrollment

1937 Founded

6

China | Beijing

Capital Medical University

For Optometry

#4 in China #43 in the World

10% Acceptance

10,100 Enrollment

1960 Founded

7

Israel | Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv University

For Optometry

#1 in Israel #61 in the World

44% Acceptance

30,000 Enrollment

1956 Founded

8

India | Punjab

Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research

For Optometry

#2 in India #64 in the World

35% Acceptance

2,500 Enrollment

1962 Founded

9

Japan | Tokyo

Keio University

For Optometry

#1 in Japan #70 in the World

12% Acceptance

33,518 Enrollment

1858 Founded

10

Saudi Arabia | Riyadh

King Saud University

For Optometry

#1 in Saudi Arabia #71 in the World

71% Acceptance

61,412 Enrollment

1957 Founded

11

Japan | Tokyo

University of Tokyo

For Optometry

#2 in Japan #87 in the World

36% Acceptance

28,918 Enrollment

1877 Founded

12

Japan | Suita

Osaka University

For Optometry

#3 in Japan #93 in the World

13% Acceptance

23,234 Enrollment

1931 Founded

13

South Korea | Seoul

Yonsei University

For Optometry

#1 in South Korea #121 in the World

18% Acceptance

29,502 Enrollment

1957 Founded

14

China | Shanghai

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

For Optometry

#6 in China #125 in the World

20% Acceptance

47,000 Enrollment

1896 Founded

15

China | Beijing

Peking University

For Optometry

#7 in China #126 in the World

21% Acceptance

44,730 Enrollment

1898 Founded

16

China | Shanghai

Fudan University

For Optometry

#8 in China #127 in the World

18% Acceptance

33,000 Enrollment

1905 Founded

17

China | Beijing

Peking Union Medical College

For Optometry

#9 in China #128 in the World

9% Acceptance

10,100 Enrollment

1917 Founded

18

Taiwan | Taoyuan

Chang Gung University

For Optometry

#1 in Taiwan #154 in the World

32% Acceptance

6,804 Enrollment

1987 Founded

19

Taiwan | Hsinchu

National Chiao Tung University

For Optometry

#2 in Taiwan #163 in the World

17% Acceptance

33,882 Enrollment

1958 Founded

20

South Korea | Seoul

Seoul National University

For Optometry

#3 in South Korea #169 in the World

20% Acceptance

28,378 Enrollment

1946 Founded

21

China | Hong Kong

University of Hong Kong

For Optometry

#11 in China #171 in the World

17% Acceptance

21,652 Enrollment

1911 Founded

22

South Korea | Seoul

Sungkyunkwan University

For Optometry

#4 in South Korea #174 in the World

42% Acceptance

29,502 Enrollment

1398 Founded

23

Japan | Kyoto

Kyoto University

For Optometry

#7 in Japan #183 in the World

11% Acceptance

22,365 Enrollment

1897 Founded

24

Japan | Nagoya

Nagoya University

For Optometry

#8 in Japan #185 in the World

14% Acceptance

15,959 Enrollment

1939 Founded

25

Taiwan | Taipei

National Taiwan University

For Optometry

#3 in Taiwan #186 in the World

34% Acceptance

33,882 Enrollment

1945 Founded

26

Japan | Tsukuba

University of Tsukuba

For Optometry

#9 in Japan #189 in the World

18% Acceptance

16,684 Enrollment

1973 Founded

27

Japan | Fukuoka

Kyushu University

For Optometry

#11 in Japan #221 in the World

14% Acceptance

18,813 Enrollment

1911 Founded

28

Israel | Jerusalem

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

For Optometry

#2 in Israel #224 in the World

23% Acceptance

23,500 Enrollment

1918 Founded

29

China | Changsha

Central South University

For Optometry

#12 in China #225 in the World

77% Acceptance

52,000 Enrollment

1914 Founded

30

South Korea | Ulsan

University of Ulsan

For Optometry

#5 in South Korea #241 in the World

30% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1970 Founded

31

China | Chengdu

Sichuan University

For Optometry

#13 in China #246 in the World

37% Acceptance

44,200 Enrollment

1896 Founded

32

South Korea | Seoul

Korea University

For Optometry

#6 in South Korea #251 in the World

39% Acceptance

24,351 Enrollment

1905 Founded

33

China | Hangzhou

Zhejiang University

For Optometry

#14 in China #275 in the World

20% Acceptance

60,739 Enrollment

1897 Founded

34

Singapore | Singapore City

Nanyang Technological University

For Optometry

#2 in Singapore #279 in the World

38% Acceptance

33,000 Enrollment

1955 Founded

35

Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur

University of Malaya

For Optometry

#2 in Malaysia #293 in the World

34% Acceptance

28,776 Enrollment

1905 Founded

36

Japan | Sendai

Tohoku University

For Optometry

#14 in Japan #294 in the World

30% Acceptance

17,975 Enrollment

1907 Founded

37

China | Wuhan

Wuhan University

For Optometry

#15 in China #296 in the World

19% Acceptance

60,000 Enrollment

1893 Founded

38

Turkey | Ankara

Hacettepe University

For Optometry

#1 in Turkey #299 in the World

79% Acceptance

44,937 Enrollment

1967 Founded

39

India | Tamil Nadu

VIT University

For Optometry

#5 in India #300 in the World

79% Acceptance

48,025 Enrollment

1984 Founded

40

China | Changchun

Jilin University

For Optometry

#18 in China #322 in the World

30% Acceptance

68,000 Enrollment

1946 Founded

41

China | Suzhou, Jiangsu

Soochow University

For Optometry

#19 in China #327 in the World

30% Acceptance

48,901 Enrollment

1899 Founded

42

China | Nanjing

Nanjing Medical University

For Optometry

#20 in China #331 in the World

41% Acceptance

17,000 Enrollment

1934 Founded

43

China | Beijing

Tsinghua University

For Optometry

#21 in China #334 in the World

22% Acceptance

48,739 Enrollment

1911 Founded

44

Israel | Beersheba

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

For Optometry

#3 in Israel #351 in the World

44% Acceptance

17,225 Enrollment

1969 Founded

45

China | Chongqing

Chongqing Medical University

For Optometry

#22 in China #365 in the World

52% Acceptance

25,760 Enrollment

1956 Founded

46

China | Wuhan

Huazhong University of Science and Technology

For Optometry

#23 in China #378 in the World

26% Acceptance

71,970 Enrollment

1953 Founded

47

India | Uttar Pradesh

Banaras Hindu University

For Optometry

#6 in India #384 in the World

13% Acceptance

32,000 Enrollment

1915 Founded

48

China | Tianjin

Nankai University

For Optometry

#24 in China #397 in the World

37% Acceptance

26,568 Enrollment

1919 Founded

49

China | Shanghai

Tongji University

For Optometry

#28 in China #423 in the World

29% Acceptance

37,000 Enrollment

1907 Founded

50

Indonesia | Depok

University of Indonesia

For Optometry

#1 in Indonesia #446 in the World

8% Acceptance

41,412 Enrollment

1950 Founded

51

China | Xiamen

Xiamen University

For Optometry

#29 in China #471 in the World

36% Acceptance

40,302 Enrollment

1921 Founded

52

South Korea | Busan

Pusan National University

For Optometry

#8 in South Korea #477 in the World

41% Acceptance

27,780 Enrollment

1946 Founded

53

Israel | Rehovot

Weizmann Institute of Science

For Optometry

#4 in Israel #482 in the World

8% Acceptance

1,380 Enrollment

1934 Founded

54

Malaysia | George Town

University of Science, Malaysia

For Optometry

#3 in Malaysia #497 in the World

57% Acceptance

26,000 Enrollment

1969 Founded

55

China | Nanchang

Nanchang University

For Optometry

#30 in China #505 in the World

27% Acceptance

52,000 Enrollment

1958 Founded

56

Malaysia | Shah Alam

MARA University of Technology

For Optometry

#4 in Malaysia #513 in the World

100% Acceptance

4,202 Enrollment

1956 Founded

57

Japan | Sapporo

Hokkaido University

For Optometry

#34 in Japan #524 in the World

27% Acceptance

17,770 Enrollment

1918 Founded

58

China | Qingdao

Qingdao University

For Optometry

#31 in China #538 in the World

40% Acceptance

46,000 Enrollment

1985 Founded

59

China | Chengdu

University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

For Optometry

#32 in China #539 in the World

30% Acceptance

39,000 Enrollment

1956 Founded

60

Israel | Haifa

Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

For Optometry

#5 in Israel #544 in the World

37% Acceptance

1,500 Enrollment

1924 Founded

61

South Korea | Seoul

Hanyang University

For Optometry

#10 in South Korea #569 in the World

45% Acceptance

35,000 Enrollment

1939 Founded

62

China | Jinan

Shandong University

For Optometry

#33 in China #574 in the World

30% Acceptance

60,000 Enrollment

1901 Founded

63

Japan | Tokyo

Waseda University

For Optometry

#37 in Japan #576 in the World

10% Acceptance

47,094 Enrollment

1882 Founded

64

Israel | Ramat Gan

Bar-Ilan University

For Optometry

#6 in Israel #591 in the World

55% Acceptance

16,787 Enrollment

1955 Founded

65

China | Nanjing

Southeast University

For Optometry

#35 in China #603 in the World

20% Acceptance

30,664 Enrollment

1902 Founded

66

China | Hefei

University of Science and Technology of China

For Optometry

#39 in China #645 in the World

10% Acceptance

17,000 Enrollment

1958 Founded

67

Indonesia | Sleman

Gadjah Mada University

For Optometry

#2 in Indonesia #656 in the World

10% Acceptance

13,927 Enrollment

1949 Founded

68

Iran | Tehran

University of Tehran

For Optometry

#7 in Iran #661 in the World

12% Acceptance

52,588 Enrollment

1934 Founded

69

Sri Lanka | Colombo

University of Colombo

For Optometry

#1 in Sri Lanka #696 in the World

32% Acceptance

17,082 Enrollment

1921 Founded

70

China | Guangzhou

Guangzhou Medical University

For Optometry

#44 in China #724 in the World

62% Acceptance

11,000 Enrollment

1958 Founded

71

China | Zhengzhou

Zhengzhou University

For Optometry

#46 in China #745 in the World

40% Acceptance

60,000 Enrollment

1956 Founded

72

South Korea | Seoul

Kyung Hee University

For Optometry

#20 in South Korea #752 in the World

54% Acceptance

35,826 Enrollment

1949 Founded

73

China | Lanzhou

Lanzhou University

For Optometry

#52 in China #814 in the World

22% Acceptance

25,000 Enrollment

1909 Founded

74

China | Tianjin

Tianjin University

For Optometry

#54 in China #821 in the World

34% Acceptance

35,370 Enrollment

1895 Founded

75

China | Harbin

Harbin Institute of Technology

For Optometry

#55 in China #851 in the World

16% Acceptance

33,496 Enrollment

1920 Founded

76

China | Nanjing

Nanjing University

For Optometry

#56 in China #854 in the World

24% Acceptance

56,068 Enrollment

1902 Founded

77

China | Guangzhou

South China University of Technology

For Optometry

#57 in China #866 in the World

30% Acceptance

42,720 Enrollment

1952 Founded

78

Taiwan | Tainan

National Cheng Kung University

For Optometry

#10 in Taiwan #867 in the World

33% Acceptance

21,292 Enrollment

1931 Founded

79

Israel | Haifa

University of Haifa

For Optometry

#7 in Israel #896 in the World

70% Acceptance

18,000 Enrollment

1963 Founded

80

Indonesia | Sumedang

Padjadjaran University

For Optometry

#4 in Indonesia #900 in the World

10% Acceptance

41,412 Enrollment

1957 Founded

81

China | Beijing

Beijing Normal University

For Optometry

#60 in China #909 in the World

37% Acceptance

36,482 Enrollment

1902 Founded

82

Indonesia | Semarang

Diponegoro University

For Optometry

#6 in Indonesia #951 in the World

10% Acceptance

38,503 Enrollment

1957 Founded

83

Indonesia | Badung

Udayana University

For Optometry

#7 in Indonesia #956 in the World

74% Acceptance

13,927 Enrollment

1962 Founded

84

Japan | Tokyo

Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Optometry

#69 in Japan #957 in the World

10% Acceptance

6,551 Enrollment

1881 Founded

85

Indonesia | Malang

Brawijaya University

For Optometry

#8 in Indonesia #970 in the World

10% Acceptance

13,927 Enrollment

1963 Founded

86

China | Xi'an

Northwest University, China

For Optometry

#71 in China #1000 in the World

30% Acceptance

25,000 Enrollment

1912 Founded

87

China | Dalian

Dalian Medical University

For Optometry

#49 in China #799 in the World

30% Acceptance

13,200 Enrollment

1947 Founded

88

India | Tamil Nadu

Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology

For Optometry

#19 in India #747 in the World

44% Acceptance

48,025 Enrollment

2001 Founded

89

Iran | Rasht

Gilan University of Medical Sciences

For Optometry

#17 in Iran #977 in the World

60% Acceptance

10,355 Enrollment

1985 Founded

90

Japan | Nishinomiya

Hyogo College of Medicine

For Optometry

#68 in Japan #945 in the World

44% Acceptance

3,106 Enrollment

1971 Founded

91

Japan | Fukui

University of Fukui

For Optometry

#61 in Japan #828 in the World

34% Acceptance

10,849 Enrollment

1949 Founded

92

Saudi Arabia | Mecca

Umm Al-Qura University

For Optometry

#10 in Saudi Arabia #774 in the World

30% Acceptance

74,877 Enrollment

1981 Founded

93

Thailand | Pathum Thani

Rangsit University

For Optometry

#7 in Thailand #882 in the World

76% Acceptance

42,928 Enrollment

1985 Founded

94

China | Xi'an

Xi’an Jiaotong University

For Optometry

#48 in China #797 in the World

28% Acceptance

40,346 Enrollment

1896 Founded

95

Turkey | Izmir

Dokuz Eylul University

For Optometry

#6 in Turkey #476 in the World

35% Acceptance

23,958 Enrollment

1982 Founded

96

India | Maharashtra

Symbiosis International University

For Optometry

#21 in India #757 in the World

20% Acceptance

20,568 Enrollment

2002 Founded

97

Japan | Tsu

Mie University

For Optometry

#44 in Japan #629 in the World

36% Acceptance

8,455 Enrollment

1949 Founded

98

Japan | Matsumoto

Shinshu University

For Optometry

#64 in Japan #901 in the World

36% Acceptance

10,849 Enrollment

1949 Founded

99

Pakistan | Saddar Town

DOW University of Health Sciences

For Optometry

#3 in Pakistan #631 in the World

10% Acceptance

8,006 Enrollment

2004 Founded

100

South Korea | Jeonju

Chonbuk National University

For Optometry

#32 in South Korea #976 in the World

35% Acceptance

32,300 Enrollment

1947 Founded

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