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The Oxbridge Index · Asia-Pacific Edition

The hundred schools that win Oxford & Cambridge.

An independent ranking of Asia-Pacific secondary schools by their Oxbridge admission record, 2019–2023 — applications, offers, and the students who actually matriculated.

100

Schools ranked

5 yrs

2019–2023 data

21

Cities represented

6

Metrics weighted

Introduction

In an age of global education competition, Oxbridge admission data has become a defining measure of a school's calibre.

This ranking focuses on the 2019–2023 admission cycle, evaluating secondary schools across the Asia-Pacific by the number of students they send to Oxford and Cambridge — the applications made, the offers extended, and the offers accepted. The result is an objective, data-driven portrait of where Asia's brightest talents are cultivated.

Hong Kong's St Paul's Co-educational College tops the table with a perfect standardised score of 100, followed by Singapore's Hwa Chong Institution and Raffles Junior College. Singapore places twenty-one schools in the top hundred, Shanghai seventeen, and Hong Kong sixteen — together accounting for more than half the list.

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Geography of Excellence

Three cities, half the list.

21

schools in Singapore

Six in the top ten

17

schools in Shanghai

China's international hub

16

schools in Hong Kong

Home of the No. 1 school

Read the full study behind the index.

The complete book — methodology, regional analysis, and a profile of every ranked school — is available to read online. The introduction and methodology are free; the full chapters unlock with a free registration.

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"Such a ranking offers a valuable reference, helping families better understand the strengths of Asia's leading schools."

— Ho Shiu-man, author