Featuring over 400 universities, the QS Asia University Rankings 2018 highlights the best universities in the region.
This year’s rankings were compiled by assessing universities on 10 different indicators, including the proportion of academic staff qualified to PhD level and the proportion of inbound and outbound exchange students at the university.
SEASIA re-listed the rankings, gathering all of the Southeast Asian universities ranked in the Top 100, together with their previous positions in 2017.
RANK #1 [5-star rating]
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU)
Previous year: RANK #3
![Nanyang Technological University | Hufton + Crow Photography](http://www.huftonandcrow.com/images/uploads/HS_NTU_Singapore_005.jpg)
RANK #2 [5-star rating]
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Previous year: RANK #1
![Source Image: The Straits Times](http://www.straitstimes.com/sites/default/files/articles/2016/03/22/university9.jpg)
RANK #24 [5-star rating]
Universiti Malaya, Malaysia
Previous year: Rank #27
![Source Image: SAYS Malaysia](http://images.says.com/uploads/story_source/source_image/494513/cc08.jpg)
RANK #36 [5-star rating]
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
Previous year: Rank #49
![Source Image: Universiti Putra Malaysia](http://www.ikdpm.upm.edu.my/upload/imej/menupelanggan/desktop/20170504142034visitor1.jpg)
RANK #43 [5-star rating]
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)
Previous year: Rank #55
![Round Table Discussion that took place in Bilik Majlis, Bangunan Canselori of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. Source Image: WAMY Malaysia](http://wamy.my/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/rtd-dakwah-DSC02754.jpg)
RANK #46 [5-star rating]
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Previous year: Rank #51
![Source Image: 関西大学](http://www.kansai-u.ac.jp/Kokusai/sankus/data/img/university/ONE%20OF%20THE%20ENTRANCE%20TO%20UNIVERSITI%20SAINS%20MALAYSIA_1468482297429.jpg)
RANK #49 [5-star rating]
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Previous year: Rank #63
![Source Image: Wikimedia Commons](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/Kuala_Lumpur_Malaysia_UTM-Campus-Kuala-Lumpur-03.jpg)
RANK #50
Chulalongkorn University - THAILAND
Previous year: Rank #45
![Source Image: Sky Map Bangkok](https://www.skymapbangkok.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Chula_01.jpg)
RANK #54
Universitas Indonesia
Previous year: Rank #67
RANK #58
Mahidol University, Thailand
Previous year: Rank #61
![Siriwittaya Building, Mahidol University](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/83/93/f2/8393f214f0ccfa7a4e63bc091c49ebc3.jpg)
RANK #65
Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia
Previous year: Rank #86
![Keterangan Gambar (© Pemilik Gambar)](http://www.itb.ac.id/files/107/20140926/1411737877.jpg)
RANK #71 [5-star rating]
Singapore Management University
Previous year: Rank #60
![Source Image: Wikipedia](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/School_of_Law%2C_Singapore_Management_University_-_20170103-01.jpg/1200px-School_of_Law%2C_Singapore_Management_University_-_20170103-01.jpg)
RANK #75
University of the Philippines
Previous year: Rank #70
![Source Image: Postcard Eddie](http://postcardeddie.com/images/2384.jpg)
RANK #85
Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia
Previous year: Rank #105
![Source Image: UGM](http://hukor.ugm.ac.id/images/slider_content_74.jpg)
#RANK 97 [4-star rating]
Thammasat University - Thailand
Previous year: Rank #101
![Source Image: Buffalos Abroad](http://www.buffalosabroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/thammasat-university.jpg)
Source : https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/asian-university-rankings/2018