THE Asia Universities Summit<\/strong><\/a>. Until then, being a shortlisted finalist is the headline achievement and can be used across digital campaigns, press releases, admission pages, and stakeholder communications, supported by THE\u2019s shortlist listings.<\/p>\nFAQs<\/h4>\n
Q1. What is THE Awards Asia 2026?<\/strong>
\nIt is Times Higher Education\u2019s awards program recognising standout university work across Asia, designed to celebrate specific examples of excellence that complement THE\u2019s data-driven rankings approach.\u200b<\/span><\/p>\nQ2. Is being shortlisted a big achievement?<\/strong>
\nYes\u2014THE reports more than 500 entries were submitted and only 80 finalists made the shortlist across 10 categories.\u200b<\/span><\/p>\nQ3. How many categories is IIMT University shortlisted in?<\/strong>
\nIIMT University is shortlisted in\u00a0five categories<\/strong>, which THE reports is the joint highest number of shortlist appearances among institutions.\u200b<\/span><\/p>\nQ4. Which categories include IIMT University?<\/strong>
\nInternational Strategy of the Year, Leadership and Management Team of the Year, Outstanding Contribution to Regional Development, Research Project of the Year: STEM, and Teaching and Learning Strategy of the Year.\u200b<\/span><\/p>\nQ5. When will the winners be announced?<\/strong>
\nTHE states the winners will be announced on\u00a022 April\u00a0at the awards ceremony in Hong Kong, alongside the THE Asia Universities Summit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"THE Awards Asia 2026: The Gold Standard THE Awards Asia 2026 received over 500 outstanding entries from across the continent,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2962,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[311,344],"tags":[312,298,495,494],"class_list":["post-2961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-iimt-university","category-top-private-university-in-india","tag-best-private-university-in-india","tag-iimt-university-meerut","tag-the-asia-universities-summit","tag-the-awards-asia-2026"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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