| # | University | City | World rank | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kyrgyz Turkish Manas University | #0 | 24,332 | |
| 2 | Kyrgyz Russian Slavic University | #0 | 7,006 | |
| 3 | Kyrgyz National University | #0 | 6,029 | |
| 4 | American University of Central Asia | #0 | 5,167 | |
| 5 | Kyrgyz State Technical University | #0 | 3,907 | |
| 6 | International University of Kyrgyzstan | #0 | 3,778 | |
| 7 | International Ataturk Alatoo University | #0 | 2,599 | |
| 8 | Kyrgyz National Agrarian University | #0 | 1,967 | |
| 9 | Kyrgyz State University of Construction, Transportation and Architecture | #0 | 523 | |
| 10 | Bishkek Humanities University | #0 | 450 | |
| 11 | Asian Medical Institute | not ranked | 116 |
What the two columns mean
World rank is the university's QS World University Rankings position. Citations are the number of times work published by the university has been cited, as recorded in OpenAlex; it is the measure used to order universities that QS does not rank at all.
The two do not always agree. A large research university can out-cite a smaller one that sits above it in QS, because QS weighs reputation surveys and staff ratios as well as research.