Asia has one institution in global top 20 for mathematics, and it's not China or Singapore's
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Japan's Kyoto University is the only Asian institution to rank among the world's top 20 universities for mathematics in the 2026 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects, which is dominated by universities in the United States and Europe.
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