The University of Tokyo remained the most prestigious Asian institution of higher education in an annual university reputation survey released Wednesday.
The latest Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings placed the University of Tokyo in 11th place among the world's top 100 universities. Though the university moved down two places from 2013, it still topped other Asian peers and was beaten only by American and British institutions.
Asia's No. 2 spot in the global survey of academic opinion went to Kyoto University, which ranked 19th, up from 23rd in 2013, followed by the National University of Singapore at 21st, up one notch, and South Korea's Seoul National University at 26th, up from 41st. China's Tsinghua University came in 36th, one down from 35th.
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