The National University of Singapore (NUS) has always been lauded as one of the best universities in the world and one of the top institutions in Asia.
NUS has practically been a household name for several decades, with many parents seeing the university as the ultimate goal their children should strive for (Resulting in some traumatic memories for Singaporean youths).
In the newly-released 2024 list for global universities by QS World University Rankings, NUS has clinched a new accolade for itself as it finally enters the Top 10 rankings at 8th place.
It is the first university in Asia to do so.
At its current position, the university stands amongst Ivy League giants such as MIT and Harvard University, as well as historic institutions such as the University of Cambridge and Oxford.
But wait, is this really Singapore’s first time being in the top 10 rankings for global universities? Why does its ranking by QS make all the difference?
Singapore Jumps to 8th Place After Its Consistent Ranking at 11th Place for the Past Three Years
Due to NUS’s illustrious reputation in recent years, it is for its reputation to precede itself in the minds of Singaporeans. This may lead to the misconception that NUS has always been in the top 10 global university rankings.
While NUS may consistently rank in the top 3 of best universities in Asia in QS Rankings, it has never quite reached the top 10 global rankings in previous years.
Quacarelli Symonds (QS), a reputable global higher education analyst that has released global university rankings for about 20 years, is known to have a very stringent set of criteria.
These criteria include the university’s academic reputation, faculty-to-student ratio, number of academic citations in research and employer reputation.
From 2020 to 2023, 11 was the lucky number for the National University of Singapore as it remained in 11th place for three years. (Maybe it gave the professors more luck in TOTO winnings.)
With new and improved metrics set by QS for 2024’s rankings, which assess an institution’s commitment to sustainability, employment outcomes, and international research network, as well as a shift for more emphasis to be placed on employment reputation rather than academic reputation, NUS finally clinched 8th place in world university rankings.
While it’s all good news for NUS, it’s isn’t good news over at Pulau Jurong.
NTU Continues to See a Fall In Ranking While SUTD Appears On the List for the First Time
Nanyang Technological University (NTU), on the other hand, has fallen to 26th place from its previous ranking of 19th in 2023. However, its ranking still has a reputable standing within the top 30 global universities.
Meanwhile, Singapore Management University has a ranking of 545th place.
The Singapore University of Technology and Design also made its debut on the list at 429th place.
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