Universities in Singapore, China and Japan were ranked among the top 25 universities globally in the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings 2020, the Asian Scientist online portal reported.
Two universities in Singapore -- the National University of Singapore (NUS) and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU) -- were tied for 11th position. NUS retains its ranking from last year, while NTU climbed one spot.
A press release by QS noted that NUS has a better reputation among academics and employers than NTU, while NTU is better known for its smaller class sizes and larger research impact.
QS ranked 1000 universities from 82 different locations, surveyed 94,000 academics and 44,000 hiring managers and analyzed 11.8 million research papers and 100 million citations.
Universities are measured on academic standing, graduate employability, student/staff ratio, research impact, and internationalization.
Over 70 million stakeholders will view the rankings on www.TopUniversities.com this year.
In Southeast Asia, these are the top 15 Universities listed withing the world list:
Other KEY FACTS about the latest rankings are as following details:
1. The University of Cambridge hits its lowest-ever position (7th). The UK records its third-worst performance ever, but the University of Oxford rises to 4th;
2. International student ratios at UK and US universities have consistently fallen;
3. ETH Zurich (6th), the Continental European top university, achieves its highest position ever, overtaking The University of Cambridge;
4. Asia's top two universities are the National University of Singapore and its compatriot Nanyang Technological University (both joint-11th);
5. 24 of Australia's 35 universities rise;
6. China now has 19 of the world's top 200 research universities; it had 12 in 2016;
7. Of the 302 universities from the US, UK, Australia, and Canada, 216 have recorded worse Faculty/Student Ratio performance, QS's measure of institutional teaching capacity;
8. Latin America's top university is the Universidad de Buenos Aires (74th) for the fifth consecutive year. Brazilian and Argentinian universities are losing employer confidence in their graduates;
9. The Middle East has two top-200 universities for the first time ever. Saudi Arabia's King Abdul Aziz University (186th) is the new regional leader;
Source : QS World University Rankings 2020 official website
