Tsinghua University has become the top institution in Asia, according to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, 2019.
India fails to make top 200
Elsewhere in Asia, South Korea's front-runner -- Seoul National University -- has also climbed up the table, claiming 63rd place this year, up from joint 74th.
However, India continued to trail in the rankings, failing to make it to the top 200 list.
The Indian Institute of Science continued to lead the national field, coming in In the 251-300 global band.
Overall, India increased its presence, with 49 institutes being ranked, against 42 last year, making India the fifth-best represented nation in the world, but THE said a majority of institutions stagnated or lost ground.
Germany gets a boost
In Europe, Germany performed strongly, with eight institutions in the top 100, including top placed LMU Munich, ranked 32nd.
The University of Hamburg climbed from the 201-250 band to joint 135th.
"The reform of our university's structures and processes -- as yet work in progress -- forms the basis for the optimization of our performance," Hamburg's president, Dieter Lenzen was quoted as saying by THE.
"As a result, the University of Hamburg has emerged as the flagship university in northern Germany."
France registered just two institutions in the top 100, with Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL) at 41st, and Sorbonne University at 73rd, compared to the Netherlands, which claimed seven places, including Delft University of Technology at 58th, Wageningen University at 59th and University of Amsterdam at 62nd.
Belgium's KU Leuven held its position as the country's only institution to rank in the top 100, placing 48th.