Top ranked again

The latest Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings, which lists 1,000 of the world’s best universities, has placed NTU on the brink of the world’s top 10 varsities. At 11th, the university has risen one spot since last year and is in joint first with the National University of Singapore among all universities in Asia.

QS also crowned NTU the world’s best young university. This is the sixth year running that NTU has topped QS’ Top 50 Under 50 Ranking.

In another global league table, ShanghaiRankings’ Global Ranking of Academic Subjects, NTU has two subjects ranked 1st in the world – Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, and Energy Science & Engineering – the third consecutive year it has achieved this in both subjects. Other disciplines in the world top 10 are Telecommunication Engineering, Instruments Science & Technology and Materials Science. In all, 19 subjects were listed in global top 50 lists.

NTU also held its 3rd placing in the Times Higher Education’s Young University Ranking, which compares universities that are 50 years old or younger. This is NTU’s third year in this spot.

In addition, NTU climbed to 15th in Reuters’ ranking of Asia Pacific’s Most Innovative Universities, up 11 places from last year. The annual ranking identifies and lists the educational institutions doing the most to advance science, invent new technologies and power new markets and industries.

World’s top 15 universities

1.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2.

Stanford University

3.

Harvard University

4.

University of Oxford

5.

California Institute of Technology

6.

ETH Zurich

7.

University of Cambridge

8.

University College London

9.

Imperial College London

10.

University of Chicago

11.

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

11.

National University of Singapore

13.

Princeton University

14.

Cornell University

15.

University of Pennsylvania

Source: QS World University Rankings 2020

This story was published in the Aug-Sep 2019 issue of HEY!. To read it and other stories from this issue in print, click here.