The best performer was Mahidol with a ranking of 90, followed by King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, which was ranked 50 two years ago and 55 last year but now sits at 98.
The remaining five Thai universities are in the bottom half of the rankings, with Chiang Mai in the 141-150 band, Chulalongkorn 151-160 and Suranaree University of Technology 161-170.