04 October 2019
The National University of Singapore was placed 25th globally in the Times Higher Education rankings.
Furthermore, NUS’ position as Asia’s No. 1 university was lost to Tsinghua University of China in this year’s ranking exercise.
On the other hand, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) improved its standing by climbing three places to 48th globally.
Times Higher Education’s chief knowledge officer Phil Baty said that “NUS has not in any way diminished” in its performance. He said: “It is simply the case that China’s top two universities continue to make extraordinary gains, fuelled by decades of reform and investment, huge increases in research productivity, but more recently also in research quality and some important international collaborations.
An NUS spokesman said: “As Singapore’s flagship university, we remain focused on our mission of educating, inspiring and transforming in the areas of teaching, research and entrepreneurship, as we strive to make positive contributions to Singapore and the global community.”
NTU said it improved its scores in teaching and research. Said NTU’s president Subra Suresh: “While the NTU community is pleased with its rapidly growing reputation around the globe by very different metrics and assessments, we are primarily driven by our passionate pursuit of impactful work in education, research and innovation.”