A pioneer in publishing the World University Rankings, Times Higher Education (THE), has released the Emerging Economies University Rankings 2020. China has increased its dominance in the THE Emerging Economies University Rankings 2020 and occupied the top four places in the ranking. Tsinghua University from China retained its crown as the best university among the emerging economies. China stands as the most-represented country with a total of 81 institutions. It is followed by India and Brazil with a total of 56 and 46 institutions, respectively.
When it comes to India's share in Emerging Economies University Rankings 2020, none of the Indian institutes featured in the top 10. IISC Bangalore (Rank 16) stands tall at the first position from the country. A total of 11 Indian universities are ranked in the top 100 and 23 in top 200 in the list. Explore the Emerging Economies University Rankings 2020.

| Rank | University | Country |
| 1 | Tsinghua University | China |
| 2 | Peking University | China |
| 3 | Zhejiang University | China |
| 4 | University of Science and Technology | China |
| 5 | Lomonosov Moscow State University | Russian Federation |
| 6 | Shanghai Jiao Tong University | China |
| 7 | Fudan University | China |
| 8 | National Taiwan University | Taiwan |
| 9 | Nanjing University | China |
| 10 | University of Cape Town | South Africa |
THE has prepared the rankings based on the same 13 performance indicators used in the THE World University Rankings. The indicators include teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook. A total of 533 universities from 47 countries or regions are featured in the ranking.