20 June 2018
In the latest world university rankings by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), the National University of Singapore was declared Asia’s top university.
Globally, NUS was placed 11th, while Nanyang Technological University was placed 12th.
The World University Rankings employs six performance indicators to assess universities. They include a university’s strength in research, teaching, employability and internationalisation.
According to QS, NUS rose primarily due to its dominance in the research performance as well as its continued good standing in the area of academic reputation.
NUS president Tan Eng Chye said that universities need to continue to bring distinctive value to the communities that they serve.