英国《泰晤士报高等教育》5日公布亚太地区大学排行榜，8所新西兰大学上榜并且除AUT 奥克兰理工大学外，其余7所大学全部名列前100名。榜首位置，北京大学和清华大学位列前五，分居第二位和第四位。新加坡国立大学夺得榜首。中国大陆共有52所大学进入榜单，其中20所大学入选百强。
榜单中，新西兰的8所大学全部进入前200名。其中，排名最靠前的奥克兰大学位列榜单24位，紧随其后的奥塔哥大学排名第31位。坎特伯雷大学和惠灵顿维多利亚大学分列第54位和58位。林肯大学和怀卡托大学分别位于榜单的第71位和第78位，梅西大学位列85位。唯一未能入选百强的新西兰大学是奥克兰理工大学，位列第101位。
由于亚太地区在高等教育方面表现日益突出，《泰晤士报高等教育》今年首次对亚太地区的大学进行排名，分析东亚、东南亚以及大洋洲地区38个国家和地区的大学的综合表现，最后共有13个国家和地区的243所高校上榜。其中上榜高校最多的是日本（69所），中国大陆紧随其后，澳大利亚（35所）、中国台湾（26所）和韩国（25所）分居3至5位。
《泰晤士报高等教育》大学排名用教学、研究、知识转化和国际视野等4个方面的13项指标衡量大学综合实力，被认为是最具影响力的世界大学排名之一。其亚太地区大学排名按5大指标评分，其中教学占25％、研究和论文被引用次数分别占30％、国际视野和产业收入则分别占7.5％。
以下为新西兰8所大学排名
University of Auckland: 24th
University of Otago: 31st
University of Canterbury: 54th
Victoria University of Wellington: =58th
Lincoln University: 71st
University of Waikato: 78th
Massey University: 85th
Auckland University of Technology: 101stx
以下为2017年最新亚太地区大学200强名单
Best universities in the Asia-Pacific region
| 1 | 24 | National University of Singapore | Singapore |
| 2 | 29 | Peking University | China |
| 3 | =33 | University of Melbourne | Australia |
| 4 | 35 | Tsinghua University | China |
| 5 | 54 | Nanyang Technological University | Singapore |
| 6 | =43 | University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong |
| 7 | 49 | Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | Hong Kong |
| 8 | 47 | Australian National University | Australia |
| 9 | 39 | University of Tokyo | Japan |
| 10 | =60 | University of Queensland | Australia |
| 11 | =60 | University of Sydney | Australia |
| 12 | 74 | Monash University | Australia |
| 13 | =89 | Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) | South Korea |
| 14 | =72 | Seoul National University | South Korea |
| 15 | =104 | Pohang University of Science and Technology | South Korea |
| 16 | =78 | University of New South Wales | Australia |
| 17 | 76 | Chinese University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong |
| 18 | 119 | City University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong |
| 19 | 125 | University of Western Australia | Australia |
| 20 | 142 | University of Adelaide | Australia |
| 21 | =137 | Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) | South Korea |
| 22 | =91 | Kyoto University | Japan |
| 23 | =153 | University of Science and Technology of China | China |
| 24 | =165 | University of Auckland | New Zealand |
| 25 | 155 | Fudan University | China |
| 26 | 201—250 | University of Technology Sydney | Australia |
| 27 | =192 | Hong Kong Polytechnic University | Hong Kong |
| 28 | 201—250 | Shanghai Jiao Tong University | China |
| 29 | 201—250 | Zhejiang University | China |
| 30 | 201—250 | Korea University | South Korea |
| 31 | 201—250 | University of Otago | New Zealand |
| 32 | 201—250 | Queensland University of Technology | Australia |
| 33 | =195 | National Taiwan University | Taiwan |
| 34 | 201—250 | Nanjing University | China |
| 35 | 201—250 | University of Newcastle | Australia |
| 36 | 251—300 | University of South Australia | Australia |
| 37 | 201—250 | Tohoku University | Japan |
| =38 | 251—300 | Charles Darwin University | Australia |
| =38 | 251—300 | Macquarie University | Australia |
| 40 | 251—300 | University of Wollongong | Australia |
| 41 | 251—300 | Yonsei University | South Korea |
| 42 | 251—300 | Tokyo Institute of Technology | Japan |
| =43 | 251—300 | Griffith University | Australia |
| =43 | 251—300 | James Cook University | Australia |
| 45 | 301—350 | Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology | South Korea |
| 46 | 251—300 | Osaka University | Japan |
| 47 | 251—300 | National Tsing Hua University | Taiwan |
| 48 | 301—350 | University of Tasmania | Australia |
| 49 | 251—300 | Deakin University | Australia |
| 50 | 301—350 | Nagoya University | Japan |
| 51 | 351—400 | Kyung Hee University | South Korea |
| 52 | 351—400 | Hanyang University | South Korea |
| 53 | 401—500 | National Chiao Tung University | Taiwan |
| 54 | 351—400 | University of Canterbury | New Zealand |
| 55 | 351—400 | Victoria University | Australia |
| 56 | 351—400 | Toyota Technological Institute | Japan |
| 57 | 401—500 | National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (Taiwan Tech) | Taiwan |
| =58 | 351—400 | La Trobe University | Australia |
| =58 | 351—400 | Victoria University of Wellington | New Zealand |
| 60 | 351—400 | Swinburne University of Technology | Australia |
| 61 | 351—400 | University of Macau | Macao |
| =62 | 351—400 | Kyushu University | Japan |
| =62 | 401—500 | Murdoch University | Australia |
| 64 | 351—400 | Flinders University | Australia |
| =65 | 401—500 | National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) | Taiwan |
| =65 | 401—500 | Sun Yat-sen University | China |
| =67 | 351—400 | Hong Kong Baptist University | Hong Kong |
| =67 | 401—500 | Wuhan University | China |
| =69 | 401—500 | Curtin University | Australia |
| =69 | 401—500 | Western Sydney University | Australia |
| 71 | 401—500 | Lincoln University | New Zealand |
| 72 | 401—500 | Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) | Japan |
| =73 | 401—500 | Ewha Womans University | South Korea |
| =73 | 401—500 | RMIT University | Australia |
| 75 | 401—500 | University of Tsukuba | Japan |
| 76 | 401—500 | Hokkaido University | Japan |
| 77 | 401—500 | Central Queensland University | Australia |
| 78 | 401—500 | University of Waikato | New Zealand |
| 79 | 401—500 | Chung-Ang University | South Korea |
| 80 | 501—600 | Tongji University | China |
| =81 | 401—500 | University of Canberra | Australia |
| =81 | 401—500 | Huazhong University of Science and Technology | China |
| 83 | 501—600 | University of Ulsan | South Korea |
| 84 | 501—600 | China Medical University, Taiwan | Taiwan |
| 85 | 401—500 | Massey University | New Zealand |
| 86 | 401—500 | Tokyo Metropolitan University | Japan |
| =87 | 501—600 | Soochow University | China |
| =87 | 501—600 | Southeast University | China |
| 89 | 401—500 | Renmin University of China | China |
| 90 | 501—600 | Harbin Institute of Technology | China |
| 91 | 501—600 | East China Normal University | China |
| =92 | 501—600 | Southern Cross University | Australia |
| =92 | 501—600 | Xi’an Jiaotong University | China |
| 94 | 501—600 | Tianjin University | China |
| 95 | 501—600 | East China University of Science and Technology | China |
| 96 | 501—600 | Edith Cowan University | Australia |
| =97 | 501—600 | Bond University | Australia |
| =97 | 401—500 | Xiamen University | China |
| 99 | 501—600 | National Taiwan Normal University | Taiwan |
| 100 | 501—600 | Pusan National University | South Korea |
| 101–110 | 501—600 | Auckland University of Technology | New Zealand |
| 101–110 | 501—600 | China Agricultural University 中国农业大学 | China |
| 101–110 | 501—600 | Hiroshima University | Japan |
| 101–110 | 501—600 | Mahidol University | Thailand |
| 101–110 | 601—800 | National Sun Yat-Sen University | Taiwan |
| 101–110 | 501—600 | Sejong University | South Korea |
| 101–110 | 501—600 | Sogang University | South Korea |
| 101–110 | 601—800 | South China University of Technology 华南理工大学 | China |
| 101–110 | 501—600 | University of the Sunshine Coast | Australia |
| 101–110 | 601—800 | Taipei Medical University | Taiwan |
| 111–120 | 601—800 | Australian Catholic University | Australia |
| 111–120 | 601—800 | Chiba University | Japan |
| 111–120 | 601—800 | Dalian University of Technology | China |
| 111–120 | 601—800 | Kanazawa University | Japan |
| 111–120 | 601—800 | Keio University | Japan |
| 111–120 | 601—800 | King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi | Thailand |
| 111–120 | 601—800 | Nanjing Medical University | China |
| 111–120 | 601—800 | National Central University | Taiwan |
| 111–120 | 501—600 | National Yang-Ming University | Taiwan |
| 111–120 | 601—800 | Yeungnam University | South Korea |
| 121–130 | 601—800 | Beijing Institute of Technology | China |
| 121–130 | 601—800 | Chang Gung University | Taiwan |
| 121–130 | 601—800 | China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) | China |
| 121–130 | 601—800 | China University of Petroleum (Beijing) | China |
| 121–130 | 601—800 | Ehime University | Japan |
| 121–130 | 601—800 | Nanjing Agricultural University | China |
| 121–130 | 601—800 | Osaka City University | Japan |
| 121–130 | 601—800 | Universiti Putra Malaysia | Malaysia |
| 121–130 | 601—800 | Sichuan University | China |
| 121–130 | 601—800 | Universiti Teknologi Malaysia | Malaysia |
| 131–140 | 601—800 | Inha University | South Korea |
| 131–140 | 601—800 | Kobe University | Japan |
| 131–140 | 601—800 | Kochi University | Japan |
| 131–140 | 601—800 | Konkuk University | South Korea |
| 131–140 | 601—800 | Kumamoto University | Japan |
| 131–140 | 601—800 | Northeast Normal University | China |
| 131–140 | 601—800 | Northwestern Polytechnical University | China |
| 131–140 | 601—800 | Universiti Teknologi Petronas | Malaysia |
| 131–140 | 601—800 | Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology | Japan |
| 131–140 | 601—800 | Waseda University | Japan |
| 141–150 | 601—800 | Chulalongkorn University | Thailand |
| 141–150 | 601—800 | Feng Chia University | Taiwan |
| 141–150 | 601—800 | Hunan University | China |
| 141–150 | 601—800 | Jilin University | China |
| 141–150 | 601—800 | Juntendo University | Japan |
| 141–150 | 601—800 | Nagoya City University | Japan |
| 141–150 | 601—800 | Northeastern University | China |
| 141–150 | 601—800 | Okayama University | Japan |
| 141–150 | 601—800 | Universiti Sains Malaysia | Malaysia |
| 141–150 | 601—800 | University of Science and Technology Beijing | China |
| 141–150 | 601—800 | University of Southern Queensland | Australia |
| 141–150 | 601—800 | Yokohama City University | Japan |
| 151–160 | 601—800 | Ajou University | South Korea |
| 151–160 | 601—800 | Capital Medical University | China |
| 151–160 | 601—800 | Kaohsiung Medical University | Taiwan |
| 151–160 | 601—800 | Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia | Malaysia |
| 151–160 | 601—800 | National Taiwan Ocean University | Taiwan |
| 151–160 | 601—800 | Shantou University | China |
| 151–160 | 601—800 | Tokushima University | Japan |
| 151–160 | 601—800 | Tokyo University of Science | Japan |
| 161–170 | 601—800 | Chiang Mai University | Thailand |
| 161–170 | 601—800 | Chonbuk National University | South Korea |
| 161–170 | 601—800 | Chonnam National University | South Korea |
| 161–170 | 601—800 | Chung Yuan Christian University | Taiwan |
| 161–170 | > 800 | King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang | Thailand |
| 161–170 | 601—800 | Kyungpook National University | South Korea |
| 161–170 | 601—800 | Nanjing Normal University | China |
| 161–170 | 601—800 | National Chung Cheng University | Taiwan |
| 161–170 | 601—800 | National Chung Hsing University | Taiwan |
| 161–170 | 601—800 | Toyohashi University of Technology (TUT) | Japan |
| 171–180 | 601—800 | Asia University, Taiwan | Taiwan |
| 171–180 | > 800 | Chongqing University | China |
| 171–180 | 601—800 | Jikei University School of Medicine | Japan |
| 171–180 | 601—800 | Kindai University | Japan |
| 171–180 | 601—800 | Nagoya Institute of Technology | Japan |
| 171–180 | > 800 | National Taipei University of Technology | Taiwan |
| 171–180 | 601—800 | Shinshu University | Japan |
| 171–180 | 601—800 | Suranaree University of Technology | Thailand |
| 171–180 | 601—800 | Yamagata University | Japan |
| 171–180 | 601—800 | Yuan Ze University | Taiwan |
| 181–190 | > 800 | Central South University | China |
| 181–190 | > 800 | Nagaoka University of Technology | Japan |
| 181–190 | 601—800 | Nagasaki University | Japan |
| 181–190 | 601—800 | Niigata University | Japan |
| 181–190 | > 800 | Ocean University of China | China |
| 181–190 | > 800 | Shanghai University | China |
| 181–190 | > 800 | University of Toyama | Japan |
| 181–190 | > 800 | Xidian University | China |
| 181–190 | 601—800 | University of Yamanashi | Japan |
| 181–190 | > 800 | Yokohama National University | Japan |
| 191–200 | > 800 | China University of Mining and Technology | China |
| 191–200 | > 800 | Chuo University | Japan |
| 191–200 | > 800 | Gifu University | Japan |
| 191–200 | > 800 | Jinan University | China |
| 191–200 | > 800 | Khon Kaen University | Thailand |
| 191–200 | > 800 | Nanjing Tech University | China |
| 191–200 | > 800 | Osaka Prefecture University | Japan |
| 191–200 | > 800 | Prince of Songkla University | Thailand |
| 191–200 | > 800 | Saitama University | Japan |
| 191–200 | > 800 | Saitama Medical University | Japan |
| 191–200 | > 800 | Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology | Japan |
| 191–200 | > 800 | Xiangtan University | China |
| 200+ | > 800 | Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) | Indonesia |
| 200+ | > 800 | Chiba Institute of Technology | Japan |
| 200+ | > 800 | Chungnam National University | South Korea |
| 200+ | > 800 | Doshisha University | Japan |
| 200+ | > 800 | University of Electronic Science and Technology of China | China |
| 200+ | > 800 | Fu Jen Catholic University | Taiwan |
| 200+ | > 800 | Gunma University | Japan |
| 200+ | > 800 | Hallym University | South Korea |
| 200+ | > 800 | Hosei University | Japan |
| 200+ | > 800 | I-Shou University | Taiwan |
| 200+ | > 800 | University of Indonesia | Indonesia |
| 200+ | > 800 | Iwate University | Japan |
| 200+ | > 800 | Jiangsu University | China |
| 200+ | > 800 | Kansai University | Japan |
| 200+ | > 800 | Kasetsart University | Thailand |
| 200+ | > 800 | Kwansei Gakuin University | Japan |
| 200+ | > 800 | Kyushu Institute of Technology (Kyutech) | Japan |
| 200+ | > 800 | Meiji University | Japan |
| 200+ | > 800 | Ming Chuan University | Taiwan |
| 200+ | > 800 | National Chengchi University | Taiwan |
| 200+ | > 800 | Oita University | Japan |
| 200+ | > 800 | University of the Philippines | Philippines |
| 200+ | > 800 | Ritsumeikan University | Japan |
| 200+ | > 800 | University of Seoul | South Korea |
| 200+ | > 800 | Shaanxi Normal University | China |
| 200+ | > 800 | Shibaura Institute of Technology Tokyo | Japan |
| 200+ | > 800 | Shimane University | Japan |
| 200+ | > 800 | Shizuoka University | Japan |
| 200+ | > 800 | Showa University | Japan |
| 200+ | > 800 | Sophia University | Japan |
| 200+ | > 800 | Southwest Jiaotong University | China |
| 200+ | > 800 | Tamkang University | Taiwan |
| 200+ | > 800 | Universiti Teknologi MARA | Malaysia |
| 200+ | > 800 | Tokai University | Japan |
| 200+ | > 800 | Tokyo City University | Japan |
| 200+ | > 800 | Tokyo Denki University | Japan |
| 200+ | > 800 | Tottori University | Japan |
| 200+ | > 800 | Universiti Utara Malaysia | Malaysia |
| 200+ | > 800 | Utsunomiya University | Japan |
| 200+ | > 800 | Wuhan University of Technology武汉理工大学 | China |
| 200+ | > 800 | Yamaguchi University | Japan |
