NUS accorded World's Top 20 universities ranking
The National University of Singapore (NUS) has been ranked amongst the World's Top 20 and Top 3 universities in Asia in the QS World University Rankings 2006 conducted by the Times Higher Education Supplement (THES). In this annual ranking of the top 200 universities worldwide, NUS shared 2nd place in Asia and 19th spot overall with University of Tokyo.
Harvard University topped the poll in which only three Asian universities – Beijing University, University of Tokyo and NUS – made it to the top 20.
The criteria used for this year's rankings include research quality (peer review by 3,703 academics who were asked to identify up to 30 universities best for research within their own field of expertise, and citations per faculty); teaching quality; graduate employability (recruiter review by 736 employers world-wide); and international outlook (international-to-total faculty and international students-to-total students ratios).
Upon receiving the news, NUS President Professor Shih Choon Fong said, "We are encouraged and heartened to be ranked once again among the world's leading universities and one of Asia's top three. Our position within the top 20 this year is a recognition of NUS' global standing by the international community. In our continuing pursuit of excellence in education and research, NUS can contribute to Singapore's rising reputation and visibility in the global higher education landscape."
Rankings by Disciplines
NUS continues to be regarded highly in the major disciplines. It is among the world's top 10 for Technology and Biomedicine, ranking 8th and 9th respectively. Amongst universities in Asia, NUS emerged second for Biomedicine and within the top three for Technology. The University made a significant leap in Science, jumping 12 spots from 34th last year to 22nd this year. It is ranked 11th in the world and top in Asia for Social Sciences.
http://newshub.nus.edu.sg/headlines/0610/ranking_07oct06.htm
Harvard University topped the poll in which only three Asian universities – Beijing University, University of Tokyo and NUS – made it to the top 20.
The criteria used for this year's rankings include research quality (peer review by 3,703 academics who were asked to identify up to 30 universities best for research within their own field of expertise, and citations per faculty); teaching quality; graduate employability (recruiter review by 736 employers world-wide); and international outlook (international-to-total faculty and international students-to-total students ratios).
Upon receiving the news, NUS President Professor Shih Choon Fong said, "We are encouraged and heartened to be ranked once again among the world's leading universities and one of Asia's top three. Our position within the top 20 this year is a recognition of NUS' global standing by the international community. In our continuing pursuit of excellence in education and research, NUS can contribute to Singapore's rising reputation and visibility in the global higher education landscape."
Rankings by Disciplines
NUS continues to be regarded highly in the major disciplines. It is among the world's top 10 for Technology and Biomedicine, ranking 8th and 9th respectively. Amongst universities in Asia, NUS emerged second for Biomedicine and within the top three for Technology. The University made a significant leap in Science, jumping 12 spots from 34th last year to 22nd this year. It is ranked 11th in the world and top in Asia for Social Sciences.
http://newshub.nus.edu.sg/headlines/0610/ranking_07oct06.htm
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