For the last two years, Yazhou Zhoukan magazine of Hong Kong has produced a list of Asia's top 50 universities. Last year, Beijing University came in seventh, while National Taiwan University placed eighth. This year, for political reasons, universities in mainland China were not considered, and NTU rose to seventh place.
香港亞洲週刊連續兩年公佈亞洲地區前五十名大學排行榜，去年北京大學名列第七、台大名列第八；今年中國大陸則因政治因素拒絕被評，台大晉升為第七。