According to The Times Higher Education Supplement, 2008:
| Rank | University |
| 1 | The University of Tokyo, Japan |
| 2 | Kyoto University, Japan |
| 3 | The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
| 4 | National University of Singapore, Singapore |
| 5 | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong |
| 6 | The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
| 7 | Osaka University, Japan |
| 8 | Peking University, China |
| 8 | Seoul National University, South Korea |
| 10 | Tsinghua University, China |