The shortlist for the 2021?Times Higher Education?Awards 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ has been announced, after?judging panels?pored?over nearly 500 entries, almost double the number from the previous year.

The shortlist reflects the top?performers in eight categories: excellence and innovation in the arts; international strategy of the year; student recruitment campaign of the year; teaching and learning strategy of the year; technological or digital innovation of the year; workplace of the year; outstanding support for students; and leadership and management team of the year.?

There are also two categories based on THE DataPoints data: the improved performance award and the social impact award.

In total, inspiring stories from 66 institutions in 22 countries and territories are included in the shortlist for 10 categories.

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The three top contenders are Hong Kong Baptist 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ, Nanyang Technological 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ, Singapore and O.P. Jindal Global 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ in India, with three appearances each.

By country, China has the most finalists (12), followed by India (eight) and Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand (six each).

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This year¡¯s award ceremony will be held in December.?Find out more about the awards.

THE?Awards 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ 2021: the shortlist

Excellence and Innovation in the Arts

• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Basrah
• Beijing Normal 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ, Academy for International Communication of Chinese Culture
• Communication 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Zhejiang
• Hamad Bin Khalifa 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Hong Kong Baptist 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Nakhon Ratchasima Rajabhat 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• The Tianjin Juilliard School, in collaboration with Diller Scofidio + Renfro
• Wenzhou 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ

International Strategy of the Year

• Birzeit 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Chinese 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Hong Kong
• Chitkara 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Hangzhou Dianzi 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• King Faisal 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Krirk 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Shanghai 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Southern 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Science and Technology (SUSTech)

Student Recruitment Campaign of the Year

• Almaarefa 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Almaty Management 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ (AlmaU)?
• Hanoi 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Science and Technology
• Nanyang Technological 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ, Singapore
• O.P. Jindal Global 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Shanghai 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Shoolini 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Biotechnology and Management Sciences
• Tzu Chi 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ

Teaching and Learning Strategy of the Year

• Airlangga 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• City 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Hong Kong
• Gulf Medical 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Lahore 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Management Sciences
• Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS), Centre for Applied Learning and Multimedia
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Management and Technology
• National Sun Yat-Sen 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• National 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Singapore

THE DataPoints Improved Performance Award

• Central South 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Guangxi 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• The 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Jordan
• Kansai Medical 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Kwansei Gakuin 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Thapar 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Universiti Utara Malaysia

THE DataPoints Social Impact Award

• Abdullah G¨¹l 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Hanyang 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Hiroshima 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember
• Kyungpook National 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Mahidol 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• National Changhua 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Education
• Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Universiti Sains Malaysia

Technological or Digital Innovation of the Year

• Hong Kong Baptist 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Mabalacat City College
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Malakand
• National 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Singapore
• National Yunlin 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Science and Technology
• O.P. Jindal Global 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Soochow 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Yonsei 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ

Workplace of the Year

• Amity 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ Uttar Pradesh
• Diponegoro 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Faisalabad
• King Faisal 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Nanyang Technological 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ, Singapore, Legal and Secretarial Office
• National Dong Hwa 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• O.P. Jindal Global 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Saint Joseph 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Beirut

Outstanding Support for Students

• Airlangga 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Chulalongkorn 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Hong Kong Baptist 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Mabalacat City College
• Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)
• Nakhon Ratchasima Rajabhat 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Nanyang Technological 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ, Singapore
• Universiti Teknologi Petronas

Leadership and Management Team of the Year

• An-Najah National 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Chulalongkorn 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Diponegoro 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Fujita Health 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Islamic 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Lebanon
• Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT)
• Lasalle College of the Arts
• Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)

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