“Five years ago, we launched THE Awards Asia to celebrate the continent’s most innovative and impressive higher education achievements. It came as no surprise that there was a wealth of praiseworthy projects, people and stories to be found all across the region.  

From the inaugural edition, when the University of Kirkuk won the Outstanding Support for Students category for its astonishing assimilation of 50,000 students fleeing Islamic State; throughout the Covid-19 pandemic and its aftermath, myriad entries showed universities pivoting with incredible agility, rising to unprecedented challenges, and emerging more resilient and confident than ever; to this year, with the inspirational stories that feature in the following profiles – these awards have been able to mine an incredibly rich seam.

That abundant vein has continued into this, our sixth, edition. We received such a flood of excellent entries that I have to emphasise that these 10 winners – chosen through a rigorous and robust judging process – are but the primus inter pares, the first among a host of quality submissions that our experts singled out. There were many more gems among the contenders that we examined this year; you can (and should) learn more about them by looking at our full shortlists.

Many of the exceptional individuals and teams we have recognised before are modest – as they are presented with their honours, they often remark: “I was only doing my job”. But then, higher education is a hugely important sector that seeks answers to the world’s biggest questions. It is no wonder that it attracts extraordinary people who, as they go about their work – whether that is undertaking and delivering brilliant research or ensuring that an institution runs smoothly and efficiently – know they can make a difference regionally, nationally and internationally, transforming countless people’s lives in positive ways.  

It also goes without saying that THE is incredibly proud to be able to promote this amazing work.”

– Phil Baty, chief knowledge officer, THE

The winners were announced at the Sunway Resort Hotel in Kuala Lumpur on 29 April 2024. View photos of the ceremony in our Flickr album .

Find 2024's finalists below, and here you will find an e-book profiling all the winners and the work for which they were honoured .

Watch the full ceremony

International Strategy of the Year

Coventry University Group's Singapore Hub, Singapore

Hiroshima University, Japan

Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS), in collaboration with Shibaura Institute of Technology (SIT), Indonesia

Macau University of Science and Technology, Macao

Marmara University, Turkey

National Institute of Development Administration, Thailand

NUS Business School, Singapore (winner)

UNIMAS Global, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS), Malaysia

Leadership and Management Team of the Year

Universitas Airlangga, Indonesia

Burapha University, Thailand

Izmir Institute of Technology, Turkey (winner)

Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, India

National University of Singapore, Singapore

O.P. Jindal Global University, India

University of Puthisastra, Cambodia

Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), South Korea

Outstanding Contribution to Environmental Leadership

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, India (winner)

Bilecik Şeyh Edebali University, Turkey

Christ University, India

University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Macao Polytechnic University, Macao

Nakhon Ratchasima Rajabhat University, Thailand

National University of Singapore, Singapore

Suranaree University of Technology, Thailand

Outstanding Contribution to Regional Development

Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences (BUITEMS), Pakistan

Christ University, India

Dokuz Eylül University, Turkey (highly commended)

Hatyai University, Thailand (winner)

Hiroshima University, Japan

Manipal Academy of Higher Education, India

Our Lady of Fatima University, Philippines

Taylor’s University, Malaysia

Outstanding Support for Students

City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Fudan University, China

Heilongjiang International University, China

Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women, India

Lovely Professional University, India

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Sunway University, Malaysia (winner)

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia

Research Project of the Year: Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Chulalongkorn University, Thailand (winner)

Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong (highly commended)

Lovely Professional University, India

Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS), Malaysia

Our Lady of Fatima University, Philippines

Saint Louis University (Philippines), Philippines

Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, Sri Lanka

Suranaree University of Technology, Thailand

Research Project of the Year: STEM

Amity University Noida, India

Chitkara University, India

Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (winner)

Lyceum of the Philippines University – Cavite, Philippines

Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Malaysia

Shiv Nadar University, India

Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) with ETH Zurich, China

Student Recruitment Campaign of the Year

Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

IPB University, Indonesia (winner)

James Cook University, Singapore, Singapore

NUS Business School, Singapore

Oguz Han Engineering and Technology University of Turkmenistan, Turkmenistan

O.P. Jindal Global University, India

Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), South Korea

Teaching and Learning Strategy the Year

Beijing Institute of Technology, China

Christ University, India

City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

Izmir University of Economics, Turkey

National University of Singapore, Singapore (winner)

Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi (RMUTT), Thailand

Sunway University, Malaysia

Technological or Digital Innovation of the Year

Chiang Mai University, Thailand

Christ University, India

James Cook University, Singapore, Singapore

Lovely Professional University, India

Mabalacat City College (MCC), Philippines (winner)

Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS), Malaysia

Marmara University, Turkey (highly commended)

National University of Singapore, Singapore