THE Awards Asia 2021: shortlist announced

The shortlist for the 2021 Times Higher Education Awards Asia has been announced, after judging panels pored over nearly 500 entries, almost double the number from the previous year.

The shortlist reflects the top performers in eight categories: excellence and innovation in the arts; international strategy of the year; student recruitment campaign of the year; teaching and learning strategy of the year; technological or digital innovation of the year; workplace of the year; outstanding support for students; and leadership and management team of the year. 

There are also two categories based on THE DataPoints data: the improved performance award and the social impact award.

In total, inspiring stories from 66 institutions in 22 countries and territories are included in the shortlist for 10 categories.

The three top contenders are Hong Kong Baptist University, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and O.P. Jindal Global University in India, with three appearances each.

By country, China has the most finalists (12), followed by India (eight) and Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand (six each).

This year’s award ceremony will be held in December. Find out more about the awards.

THE Awards Asia 2021: the shortlist

Excellence and Innovation in the Arts

• University of Basrah
• Beijing Normal University, Academy for International Communication of Chinese Culture
• Communication University of Zhejiang
• Hamad Bin Khalifa University
• Hong Kong Baptist University
• Nakhon Ratchasima Rajabhat University
• The Tianjin Juilliard School, in collaboration with Diller Scofidio + Renfro
• Wenzhou University

International Strategy of the Year

• Birzeit University
• Chinese University of Hong Kong
• Chitkara University
• Hangzhou Dianzi University
• King Faisal University
• Krirk University
• Shanghai University
• Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech)

Student Recruitment Campaign of the Year

• Almaarefa University
• Almaty Management University (AlmaU) 
• Hanoi University of Science and Technology
• Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
• O.P. Jindal Global University
• Shanghai University
• Shoolini University of Biotechnology and Management Sciences
• Tzu Chi University

Teaching and Learning Strategy of the Year

• Airlangga University
• City University of Hong Kong
• Gulf Medical University
• Lahore University of Management Sciences
• Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS), Centre for Applied Learning and Multimedia
• University of Management and Technology
• National Sun Yat-Sen University
• National University of Singapore

THE DataPoints Improved Performance Award

• Central South University
• Guangxi University
• Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
• The University of Jordan
• Kansai Medical University
• Kwansei Gakuin University
• Thapar University
• Universiti Utara Malaysia

THE DataPoints Social Impact Award

• Abdullah Gül University
• Hanyang University
• Hiroshima University
• Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember
• Kyungpook National University
• Mahidol University
• National Changhua University of Education
• Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University
• Universiti Sains Malaysia

Technological or Digital Innovation of the Year

• Hong Kong Baptist University
• Mabalacat City College
• University of Malakand
• National University of Singapore
• National Yunlin University of Science and Technology
• O.P. Jindal Global University
• Soochow University
• Yonsei University

Workplace of the Year

• Amity University Uttar Pradesh
• Diponegoro University
• University of Faisalabad
• King Faisal University
• Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Legal and Secretarial Office
• National Dong Hwa University
• O.P. Jindal Global University
• Saint Joseph University of Beirut

Outstanding Support for Students

• Airlangga University
• Chulalongkorn University
• Hong Kong Baptist University
• Mabalacat City College
• Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)
• Nakhon Ratchasima Rajabhat University
• Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
• Universiti Teknologi Petronas

Leadership and Management Team of the Year

• An-Najah National University
• Chulalongkorn University
• Diponegoro University
• Fujita Health University
• Islamic University of Lebanon
• Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT)
• Lasalle College of the Arts
• Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)

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