Kyoto University is this year's best multidisciplinary higher educational institute in Asia, with Tohoku University ranked second, according to results of an annual survey by Asiaweek magazine released Wednesday.
Tohoku University fell from first place in 1999.
Two South Korean universities — the Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology and Pohang University of Science & Technology — retained their respective first and second places in this year's list of best science and technology universities.
The poll was the Hong Kong-based magazine's fourth survey of universities.