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BLOGGER STUDIED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE IN 1972-75 BEFORE GOING TO THE VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND FOR POST-GRADUATE STUDIES.

UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE SUBSEQUENTLY BECAME NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE (NUS)

ONE OF BLOGGER’S SONS ALSO GRADUATED FROM NUS, WITH A MASTER’S DEGREE.

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27 September 2018

The Times Higher Education World Rankings

The educational institutions are assessed using 13 indicators including teaching, research, citations and international outlook. The Times Higher Education World Rankings is one of several such international rankings, with the Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings also being closely watched to gauge a university’s standards.

https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/nus-loses-title-top-university-asia-chinas-tsinghua-university

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SINGAPORE — After being Asia’s top university for three years running, the National University of Singapore (NUS) has lost that title to Tsinghua University, marking the first time that a university from China has claimed the top position in the region.

Released on Wednesday (Sept 26), the 2018-2019 Times Higher Education World Rankings — which lists the best universities globally — showed that NUS dropped by one spot to 23rd place. Dominating the higher ranks are universities from the United Kingdom and the United States.

NUS first made its mark as the best university in Asia in the 2015-2016 ranking, beating out the University of Tokyo to be the only Asian university in the global top 30 at 26th place.

In the latest ranking, Nanyang Technological University continue its climb up the charts by claiming the 51st position, one spot higher than the previous year’s listing.

In response to TODAY’s queries, the higher education data provider said that the drop in NUS’ ranking is due to a “slight fall in citation impact and share of international students and increased global competition”.

Its editor of global rankings Ellie Bothwell said that there is “no doubt” NUS is among the best in the world. Though that situation is unlikely to change anytime soon, Ms Bothwell noted that the “rise of China could result in NUS’ global position slipping again slightly in future years”.

She added: “NUS must ensure that it can sustain its stellar research performance and continue to secure high levels of funding if it wants to prevent falling behind.”

On NTU’s performance, Ms Bothwell said that the university’s move up the rankings is largely due to “improved scores for teaching and research reputation”.

https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/nus-loses-title-top-university-asia-chinas-tsinghua-university

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4 May 2016

 

NUS is world’s top 10 for 13 subjects, and Asia’s best for 24 subjects

Mar 22, 2016 – NUS is ranked among the world’s top five universities in two subjects – third for Civil & Structural Engineering, … Subject, World Ranking 2016.

Top five in the world for Civil & Structural Engineering as well as Chemical Engineering

The National University of Singapore (NUS) has been placed among the world’s 10 best universities for 13 subjects, up from 11 subjects last year, across various subject areas from engineering and technology, natural sciences, arts and humanities, as well as social sciences and management, according to the latest QS World University Rankings by Subject 2016. The University is also Asia’s best across 24 subjects, up from 21 subjects last year.

NUS is ranked among the world’s top five universities in two subjects – third for Civil & Structural Engineering, and fifth for Chemical Engineering.

https://news.nus.edu.sg/press-releases/10180-2016-qs-subject-rankings

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13 November 2015

NUS grads among the world’s most employable

NUS grads among the world’s most employable http://str.sg/Za3g 

Into its fifth year, the Global Employability University Ranking is designed and commissioned by French human resource consulting agency Emerging and carried out by German market research firm Trendence.

The survey was conducted with over 2,200 recruiters from 21 countries, including Singapore, who were asked to vote for the universities that were producing the best “ready-for-work” graduates.

Harvard University displaced the University of Cambridge at the top. The highest-ranked Asian university was Japan’s University of Tokyo in 12th place.

NUS deputy president (Academic Affairs) and provost Tan Eng Chye said he was delighted by this recognition of NUS graduates.
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The graduate employment survey for last year’s NUS class showed it enjoyed a higher median salary than earlier cohorts.

The median gross monthly salary of fresh NUS graduates in full-time permanent employment was $3,200 last year, compared with $3,000 for 2013. Close to nine in 10 found jobs within six months of graduation.

http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/education/nus-grads-among-the-worlds-most-employable

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AsiaOne ‏@sphasiaone 11h11 hours ago

NUS is No. 1 in Asia, and NTU moves up http://ebx.sh/1FJq7Do 

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QS ranked 891 universities based on academic and employer reputations, student-to-faculty ratio, citations per faculty, international faculty ratio and international student ratio.

According to QS, the biggest change in its methodology for this year’s rankings is the introduction of a new measurement for research excellence, known as normalisation.

http://www.todayonline.com/singapore/nus-ntu-leapfrog-yale-cornell-university-rankings

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NUS, NTU leapfrog Yale, Cornell in university rankings

NTU President, Professor Bertil Andersson, said: “Young Singaporeans can be very proud that they have two universities of international repute to choose from to get top-quality education right at home.”

http://www.todayonline.com/singapore/nus-ntu-leapfrog-yale-cornell-university-rankings

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15 September 2015

NUS, NTU rise to top 15 in QS world university rankings

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/nus-ntu-rise-to-top-15-in/2124798.html?cid=twtcna

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The National University of Singapore and Nanyang Technological University are now among the top 15 in the world for the first time, with Quacquarelli Symonds’ modified methodology.

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.@NUSingapore, @NTUsg emerge among top 15 in QS world university rankings http://bit.ly/1FJga3l 

SINGAPORE: The National University of Singapore (NUS) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have risen to be among the top 15 varsities in the world for the first time, according to Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) rankings for 2015/2016 released on Tuesday (Sep 15).

NUS came in 12th for QS’ global university rankings, rising 10 places from the previous year. Its Engineering and Technology, Natural Sciences and Social Science and Management faculty areas were ranked among the global top 10. The university also came in 9th globally in the Academic and Employers Reputation criteria.

NTU jumped 26 places, from 39th to 13th in this year’s global university rankings. Its Engineering and Technology faculties were also ranked 6th in the world this year, while Natural Sciences was in 15th place.

Both universities also surpassed Ivy League schools including Yale University and the University of Pennsylvania in the United States, which took the 15th and 18th places respectively. Meanwhile, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology emerged top in this year’s global rankings, while Harvard University came in second. The University of Cambridge and Stanford University were tied in the third place.

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/nus-ntu-rise-to-top-15-in/2124798.html?cid=twtcna

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BLOGGER: FASHION CHANGES, EVEN FOR WORDS. Today, being elitist is perceived negatively. The point is that NUS ranks very high: 1st in Asia, 25th in the world.

Is this T-shirt designed for NUS graduates elitist? http://ow.ly/DN1Jn 

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Malaysian universities not in top 200 global rankings, Singapore’s improves http://fb.me/6Oq6afsE0

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Global university rankings: @NUSingapore moves up 1 to 25, @NTUsg jumps 15 places to 61 http://cna.asia/1rwpi90 

SINGAPORE: Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and the National University of Singapore (NUS) continued to do well in the latest Times Higher Education World University Rankings, published on Thursday (Oct 2).

NUS moved up one spot to rank 25th in the world – its best placement since the annual ranking was introduced in 2010. It was also placed among the global top 50 in all six subjects measured. It achieved 13th place for Engineering and Technology, 29th for Social Sciences, 34th for Life Sciences, 41st for Physical Sciences, 42nd for Arts and Humanities, and 44th for Clinical, Pre-clinical, and Health.

NUS President Professor Tan Chorh Chuan said they are “delighted”, and noted that NUS is one of only two Asian universities to be amongst the world’s top 25.

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/nus-ntu-move-up-in-global/1392010.html?cid=FBSG

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YAHOO! NEWS SINGAPORE

Another local university, Nanyang Technological University placed seventh in this year’s list, three positions higher than its 10th-placed ranking in 2103.

Other top institutions in Korea, Japan, Hong Kong and China rounded off the Top 10 list.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/nus-is-top-asian-university–qs-rankings-031913318.html

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Should Malaysia be proud with its improved rankings?

Malaysiakini

7:27AM May 13, 2014

Five M’sian universities among top 100 in Asia

Five Malaysian universities have ranked among the top 100 universities in Asia, with Universiti Malaya (UM) the best at 32nd spot in the 2014 survey by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS).

All but one of the five notched higher than their previous rankings, with UM rising just one spot higher.

The other universities in the top 100 are Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (56th), Universiti Sains Malaysia (57th), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (66th) and Universiti Putra Malaysia (76th).
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“Malaysia’s top institutions have increased their scores for research productivity this year, and are among the most international in the region,” QS head of research Ben Sowter said in a press statement.

QS noted that chief strengths of Malaysian universities were quantity of research as measured by “papers per faculty member” and “internationalisation” as measured by its proportion of international to local students.

UM ranks number one in Asia for its proportion of international exchange students.

http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/262602

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