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Universities and colleges in Asia

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University of Science and Technology of China (中国科学技术大学)

University of Science and Technology of China (中国科学技术大学, USTC), CAS-affiliated research university in Hefei, Anhui. Founded 1958 in Beijing for the Two Bombs, One Satellite program; moved to Hefei 1970; first Chinese graduate school and gifted-youth class, 1978; 11 Double First-Class disciplines.

University of the Philippines

University of the Philippines (UP), the Philippines' national university under RA 9500, founded 1908 in Manila. Public system of 8 constituent universities and 23 campuses; 618 programs, 66,248 students, Diliman flagship campus.

University of the Philippines Diliman

The University of the Philippines Diliman, or UP Diliman, is the flagship campus of the national university in Quezon City, Philippines. It hosts 268 academic programs.

University of the Philippines Los Baños

University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB), a UP constituent university in Los Baños, Laguna, founded as the UP College of Agriculture with first classes June 14, 1909; autonomous since 1972–1973; known for agriculture, forestry, and veterinary programs and its research cluster with IRRI.

University of the Punjab (جامعہ پنجاب)

University of the Punjab (جامعہ پنجاب), Lahore's public university established 14 October 1882 as British India's fourth university and the first teaching-and-examining one; Pakistan's largest and oldest, with campuses, the 1973 Act, and Nobel alumni Khorana, Salam, Chandrasekhar.

University of Tokyo (東京大学)

The University of Tokyo (東京大学), Japan's first national university, founded 1877 and incorporated 2004 as 国立大学法人東京大学. 28,918 students, 10 faculties, 15 graduate schools, Hongo/Komaba/Kashiwa campuses, 16 prime ministers and nine Nobel laureates among alumni.

University of Visvesvaraya College of Engineering

University of Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (UVCE), Bengaluru, is Karnataka's first engineering college, founded in 1917 by Sir M. Visvesvaraya; a standalone state university since 2022 under Karnataka Act 09 of 2022 on the IIT model, it drew no NIRF 2025 rank because its autonomy reset its ranking-data clock.

Vellore Institute of Technology

Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), founded 1984 as Vellore Engineering College, is a deemed university in Tamil Nadu with campuses in Vellore, Chennai, Amaravati, and Bhopal; NIRF 2025 university rank 14, NAAC A++.

Visva-Bharati University

Visva-Bharati, also called Visva-Bharati University, is a central university and Institution of National Importance at Santiniketan, West Bengal, founded by Rabindranath Tagore in 1921, incorporated by the 1951 Act, with Santiniketan a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2023.

Waseda University (早稲田大学)

Waseda University, also called Sōdai, is a private university in Shinjuku, Tokyo, founded in 1882 by statesman Shigenobu Okuma and renamed from Tokyo Senmon Gakko in 1902.

Xi'an Jiaotong University

Xi'an Jiaotong University (西安交通大学, XJTU), public research university in Xi'an, China; founded 1896 in Shanghai as Nanyang Public School, relocated west in 1956, C9 League member.

Xiamen University (厦门大学)

Xiamen University (厦门大学, XMU), founded 1921 by Tan Kah Kee, is a Double First-Class comprehensive university in Xiamen, Fujian, with Siming, Zhangzhou, Xiang'an campuses and the XMU Malaysia branch campus.

Yonsei University (연세대학교)

Yonsei University (연세대학교) is Korea's oldest private university, tracing to the 1885 Gwanghyewon hospital and the 1915 Chosun Christian College, and formed in 1957 by the merger of Yonhi University and Severance Medical School, with campuses in Sinchon, Wonju, and Songdo.

Zhejiang University (浙江大学)

Zhejiang University (浙江大学) is a top-tier research university in Hangzhou, China. It is a C9 League member and ranked third in China in the QS World University Rankings in 2023.