Long-time leader National University of Singapore has lost first place in the Times Higher Education’s latest Asia-Pacific rankings to a Chinese mainland institution — Beijing's prestigious Tsinghua University.

This marks the first time a Chinese mainland university has topped the list.

Here are the top 10:

-Tsinghua University

-National University of Singapore

-University of Melbourne

-Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

-University of Hong Kong

-Peking University

-Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

-Australian National University

-Chinese University of Hong Kong

-University of Tokyo

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