NUS is Asia's best in latest Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings
The National University of Singapore (NUS) has been named Asia’s top university in the latest Asia University Rankings 2016 published by the Times Higher Education (THE) magazine.
This is the first time that the University has attained the top position in this ranking of Asia universities since the introduction of this category in 2013.
NUS President Professor Tan Chorh Chuan said, “We are delighted that NUS has been recognised as the top Asian university in the latest rankings by the Times Higher Education. Together with NUS’ top placement for the past three years in the QS Asian Universities Ranking, these results affirm NUS' strong reputation as a leading global university.
Both the higher education sector and the environment in which it operates, are changing rapidly. Asian universities are on the rise, higher education in Asia is massifying at an unprecedented pace and scale, and the nature of jobs is shifting. This means that NUS will need to be even more strategic and adaptive in the coming years, while intensifying our efforts in nurturing future-ready graduates. We will also continue to pioneer educational innovations and pursue cutting edge research and its applications to benefit the communities we serve.”
Mr Phil Baty, Editor, Times Higher Education Rankings, said, “This new data, using Times Higher Education’s gold-standard formula of 13 rigorous performance indicators covering the full range of a world-class university’s activities, demonstrates clearly that National University of Singapore is the number one university across the whole of Asia. You need to have outstanding work across teaching, research and knowledge transfer to excel in the THE global rankings, and NUS has demonstrated such strength-in-depth with a powerful all-round performance, but its strength in research really stands out.
NUS stands as an example to the rest of Asia – indeed, to the rest of the world – in terms of how to attain world-class status. With innovative and driven leadership, backed by serious investment from government and the private sector, and with a truly global outlook, NUS has risen to the top of the Asia University Rankings.”
The Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings uses the same 13 indicators as the World University Rankings but a variation on the weighting between those indicators. The Asia ranking places more importance on industry income and research income, and also on productivity, in terms of publications, and less emphasis on reputation elements.
The full results of the Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings are available at https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2016/regional-ranking from 21 June 2016, 12.01 AM SGT.
