NTU tops QS' young university rankings for 2nd year running
NTU's newest building, The Hive. Photo: NTU
SINGAPORE — The Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has retained the top position for the second consecutive year in the latest Quacquarelli Symonds' (QS) Top 50 under 50 rankings published today (Nov 24).
The QS list highlights the world’s top 50 universities established within the last 50 years based on the highest-performing young institutions in the QS World University Rankings.
After NTU, three universities in Hong Kong and two universities in South Korea were ranked among the top 10.
These rankings are drawn from "hard" data and from findings drawn from two large global surveys of academics and employers, QS said. The data and findings are then compiled using six indicators, each of which has a different percentage weighting. These indicators include academic reputation from the global survey findings (40 per cent), faculty-student ratio (20 per cent), citations per faculty from Scopus (20 per cent), employee reputation from the global survey findings (10 per cent), international faculty ratio (5 per cent) and international student ratio (5 per cent).
In this year's rankings, NTU garnered an overall score of 93.9 compared to second-placed Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)’s 88 points. In comparison, NTU overtook HKUST by just 0.7 with a score of 84 points last year.
The higher score was due to improved scores across research citations, academic and employer reputation and faculty-to-student ratio, and the university also scored well for its internationally diverse faculty and student communities, said NTU in a press statement.
Having also recently moved up 26 places to the 13th spot in this year’s QS’ World University Rankings, NTU President professor Bertil Andersson said: “It is a tribute to the quality of our faculty, staff and students and shows that being a young university should not be a hindrance in making an impact on a global scale."
“The latest rankings also demonstrate the determination of Asia’s young universities which are at the top of the game with their strong drive for excellence,” he added.
This year, NTU was also named the world’s No 1 Fastest-Rising Young University by Times Higher Education, another ranking house.
