Shortlist
This year's winners will be announced at an awards ceremony on 31 May 2022, concluding day one of the THE Asia Universities Summit during which we will celebrate the very best in Asian higher education.
Leadership and Management Team of the Year
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST)
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Excellence and Innovation in the Arts
Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS)
Shoolini University of Biotechnology and Management Sciences
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
International Strategy of the Year
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
Singapore Management University (SMU)
Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR)
Outstanding Support for Students
Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women
Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)
Shoolini University of Biotechnology and Management Sciences
Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR)
Student Recruitment Campaign of the Year
Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS)
Teaching and Learning Strategy of the Year
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
National University of Singapore
University of Nottingham, Ningbo
O.P. Jindal Global University, Jindal Institute of Behavioural Sciences
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
Technological or Digital Innovation of the Year
Central Luzon State University
Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)
National University of Singapore
Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR)
Workplace of the Year
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
University Shanghai University
In addition to the eight categories listed above, there are two additional categories that did not require submissions. These are based on data THE collects for its suite of rankings, but reveal something interesting about university performance that the rankings cannot capture.
THE DataPoints Research Improvement Award
For this award, our data team assessed which Asian universities had seen the most improvement in research performance in the World University Rankings over the last few years. This included looking at relevant measures in WUR such as citation impact and research productivity.
Ajou University
Central South University
Savitribai Phule Pune University
Sejong University
University of Sharjah
Taipei Medical University
Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology
Wuhan University
THE DataPoints Impact Award
For this award, our data team looked at how Asian universities performed in the THE Impact Rankings on measures relevant to tackling climate change. This included looking at practices like energy efficiency and sustainability as well as other aspects like environmental education and net-zero carbon commitments.
Diponegoro University
University of Indonesia
Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember
Iran University of Medical Sciences
King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang
Kuwait University
National Changhua University of Education
Padjadjaran University
In both cases, notification emails are sent to THE's rankings data contacts at the institutions that have been shortlisted.