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Nearly 80 universities from 21 countries or regions entered the inaugural THE Awards Asia. The winners will be announced on 1 May during the THE in Abu Dhabi.

The event will build on the success of THE’s long-running UK-focused awards – dubbed the “Oscars of higher education”.

Universities have been nominated across five categories: Leadership and Management Team of the Year; International Strategy of the Year; Teaching and Learning Strategy of the Year; Outstanding Support for Students; and Technological Innovation of the Year.

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John Gill, editor of THE, said: “We are absolutely delighted to be launching the inaugural THE Awards Asia with such a strong set of shortlists, highlighting the exceptional achievements of universities from across the Asian continent.

“Universities operate in a wide range of contexts and environments, with varied goals and missions, but whatever their situation, the institutions nominated for these awards are proving what extraordinary, transformational roles universities play.”

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Four universities picked up two nominations each: India’s O.P. Jindal Global University, China’s Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Malaysia’s Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) and South Korea’s Yonsei University.

The awards ceremony will take place during a gala dinner at the Emirates Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi. The Asia Universities Summit will be held at Khalifa University between 30 April and 2 May.

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THE Asia Awards 2019: the shortlist

International Strategy of the Year​
Istanbul Gelişim University​
National University of Singapore
O.P. Jindal Global University
Southern University of Science and Technology (�������ձ𳦳�)​
Tianjin University​
Tokyo City University
Wenzhou Medical University
Zhejiang University

Teaching and Learning Strategy of the Year​
An-Najah National University, in collaboration with the University of Alicante, the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Al-Aqsa University, Palestine Polytechnic University, University College Cork, Birzeit University and the University College of Applied Sciences​
City University of Hong Kong
Management & Science University (MSU)
Mapúa University​
National Taipei University of Education
RMIT University Vietnam​
Tokyo University of Science
Yonsei University​

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Technological Innovation of the Year​
Asian Institute of Management
Assam Don Bosco University​
Gulf Medical University
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)​
Xi’an Jiaotong University​
Yonsei University​

Outstanding Support for Students​
Chinese University of Hong Kong​
University of Kirkuk​
Koç University​
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)​
NUS Business School​
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University
Ozyegin University​
Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR)

Leadership and Management Team of the Year​
Government College University Lahore​
Gulf Medical University
Khalifa University
National Dong Hwa University
National University of Singapore
O.P. Jindal Global University
Southern University of Science and Technology (�������ձ𳦳�)​
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia