NUS (National University of Singapore) retained the top spot as Asia’s best university, in the QS University Rankings: Asia 2016.
The rest of the top 5 positions were taken by University of Hong Kong (HKU), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) and Tsinghua University.
| 2016 | 2015 | Institution | Country/Territory |
| 1 | 1 | National University of Singapore (NUS) | Singapore |
| 2 | 2 | University of Hong Kong (HKU) | Hong Kong |
| 3 | 4 | Nanyang Technological University (NTU) | Singapore |
| 4 | 5 | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) | Hong Kong |
| 5 | 11 | Tsinghua University | China |
| 6 | 3 | KAIST - Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology | South Korea |
| 7 | 9 | City University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong |
| 8 | 6 | The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) | Hong Kong |
| 9 | 7 | Peking University | China |
| 10 | 8 | Seoul National University (SNU) | South Korea |
| 11 | 16 | Fudan University | China |
| 12 | 10 | Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) | South Korea |
| 13 | 12 | The University of Tokyo | Japan |
| 14 | 15 | Tokyo Institute of Technology | Japan |
| 15 | 14 | Kyoto University | Japan |
| 16 | 19 | Korea University | South Korea |
| 17 | 13 | Osaka University | Japan |
| 18 | 18 | Yonsei University | South Korea |
| 19 | 17 | Sungkyunkwan University | South Korea |
| 20 | 20 | Tohoku University | Japan |
