AsianScientist (Jun. 14, 2017) – Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has been ranked 11th in the latest Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) global league table of top universities, making it the highest ranked university in Singapore as well as in Asia.
The 11th position is NTU’s best performance ever, after it leapt 26 places to 13th place in the world in 2015 and maintained that position last year.
NTU President, Professor Bertil Anderson said, “This is fantastic news and a strong recognition of our progress. Having made it into the global Top 15 three years ago, we know competition is extremely stiff in the upper echelon of the world’s best universities and we cannot expect to continue to make big leaps.”
“To climb up to the 11th spot, just one place shy of the top 10, is remarkable progress. Even though NTU is now the highest ranked Singapore university, I maintain what I have always said—Singaporeans should be very proud that a small nation like Singapore has two world-class universities.”
NTU has rapidly shot up the QS world rankings, vaulting 63 places since 2010. This year, NTU’s international faculty continued to rank 19th worldwide, while its academic reputation improved by three positions at 50th, and citations per faculty by seven places at 57th. NTU made its biggest improvement in employer reputation, scaling ten places to rank 38th internationally.
Mr. Ben Sowter, Research Director, QS Quacquarelli Symonds, said: “The fact that an institution of NTU’s youth and profile finds itself on the brink of the world’s top 10 is a remarkable achievement and a testament to a concentrated, selective funding model, strong and consistent leadership, sticking with an ambitious tactical plan and a radical approach to international partnerships and collaboration.”
More than 950 universities from over 80 countries are ranked in this year’s QS World University Rankings. Based on six performance indicators, universities are assessed in four areas: research, teaching, employability and internationalization.
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Source: Nanyang Technological University.
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