Singapore – NTU university ranking has once again demonstrated Singapore’s excellence in the field of education, with Nanyang Technological University (NTU) clinching the top spot for the sixth year in a row in the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Top 50 Under 50 ranking.
The London education consultancy firm released the most recent rankings of the world’s youngest top performing educational institutions for 2020. The QS Top 50 Under 50 was first published in 2012. The list faces much change, since universities older than 50 years are dropped every year.
Similar to the QS World University ranking, the Top 50 list uses the same methodology to place academic institutions. The six indicators considered include academic reputation, employer reputation, research citations per faculty member, faculty/student ratio, proportion of international students, and proportion of international faculty members. Academic reputation is the most valued indicator for the QS university rankings.
Nanyang Technological University was founded in 1981 and initially called Nanyang Technological Institute. A spokesperson for the university described the current ranking as “a remarkable achievement for NTU and for Singapore.”
With a weighted score of 91.8, NTU is the only Singaporean university in the QS Top 50. Singapore Management University was placed on the 71-80 position with a score of 24.9.
Both Nanyang Technological University and the National University of Singapore placed 11th overall in the QS World University Rankings (WUR) for 2020.
The QS Top 10 Under 50 Universities are the following:
|
2020 |
WUR Rank 2020 |
Institution |
Location |
Score |
|
1 |
11= |
Singapore |
91.8 |
|
|
2 |
32 |
Hong Kong |
80.6 |
|
|
3 |
41 |
South Korea |
77.9 |
|
|
4 |
52 |
Hong Kong |
73.6 |
|
|
5 |
53 |
France |
73.4 |
|
|
6 |
77 |
France |
64.9 |
|
|
7 |
87 |
South Korea |
62.6 |
|
|
8 |
91 |
Hong Kong |
61.9 |
|
|
9 |
134 |
Finland |
52.4 |
|
|
10 |
139 |
France |
51.4 |
|
|
11 |
140= |
Australia |
51.2 |
|
|
12 |
159 |
Malaysia |
48.4 |
|
|
13 |
160= |
Malaysia |
48.3 |
|
|
14 |
167= |
Belgium |
47.7 |
|
|
15 |
177= |
Italy |
46.6 |
|
|
16 |
212= |
Australia |
42.7 |
|
|
17 |
217= |
Malaysia |
41.4 |
|
|
18 |
223 |
Belgium |
40.9 |
|
|
19 |
224 |
Australia |
40.7 |
|
|
20 |
224= |
France |
40.7 |
|
|
21 |
230 |
Australia |
39.9 |
|
|
22 |
238 |
Australia |
39.2 |
|
|
23 |
239= |
Netherlands |
39 |
|
|
24 |
251= |
Taiwan |
37.6 |
|
|
25 |
253= |
France |
37.5 |
|
|
26 |
261 |
Hong Kong |
36.9 |
|
|
27 |
268= |
United Arab Emirates |
36.5 |
|
|
28 |
270 |
Japan |
36.3 |
|
|
29 |
271= |
Australia |
36.1 |
|
|
30 |
274= |
Australia |
35.9 |
|
|
31 |
276 |
Qatar |
35.8 |
|
|
32 |
285= |
Spain |
35 |
|
|
33 |
287= |
Taiwan |
34.9 |
|
|
34 |
298= |
Spain |
34.6 |
|
|
35 |
298= |
Brunei |
34.6 |
|
|
36 |
300 |
Spain |
34.5 |
|
|
37 |
320= |
Australia |
33.2 |
|
|
38 |
322= |
South Korea |
33.1 |
|
|
39 |
322= |
National Research University – Higher School of Economics (HSE) |
Russia |
33.1 |
|
40 |
324= |
Denmark |
33 |
|
|
41 |
329= |
United Arab Emirates |
32.4 |
|
|
42 |
335 |
Spain |
32.1 |
|
|
43 |
338= |
Portugal |
31.9 |
|
|
44 |
351= |
France |
31 |
|
|
45 |
371 |
United Arab Emirates |
29.6 |
|
|
46 |
375 |
Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS) |
Pakistan |
29.2 |
|
47 |
376 |
United Kingdom |
29.1 |
|
|
48 |
377= |
Australia |
29 |
|
|
49 |
379= |
Oman |
28.9 |
|
|
50 |
379= |
France |
28.9 |
See the rest of the list on the QS website./TISG
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