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Ang Qing Updated 28 Oct 2021, 5:50 pm SGT
SINGAPORE – University dons have ranked the National University of Singapore (NUS) 24th in a list of the world’s top tertiary institutions in the latest Times Higher Education reputation survey.
The university took the same spot in the annual poll last year.
However, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) slipped from the 51st to 60th bracket. It now shares the 61st to 70th band with nine institutions, including the University of Sydney and University of Manchester.
This year’s rankings, published on Wednesday (Oct 27), were formulated based on 150,000 votes cast by 10,963 academics.
They were invited by Times Higher Education – a British-based higher education consultancy – to give their input on universities that they deem to have the best reputation for research and teaching.
A total of 202 universities were ranked in the survey this year.
The top 10 positions went to traditional powerhouses from the United States and Britain.
Harvard University retained its top spot, followed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology again coming in second.
The University of Oxford climbed two places from last year to the third spot, having played a key role in developing a Covid-19 vaccine with pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca, said Times Higher Education in a statement.
In Asia, Tsinghua University jumped to the 10th place for the first time, while Peking University rose to 15th.
In response to queries, a spokesman for NTU said the university, which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, has come to be recognised as one of the world’s leading universities alongside institutions that are decades if not centuries older.
It has done so, he added, in a “remarkably short space of time”.
He said NTU has been making gains in recent years in another survey done by Times Higher Education, called the World University Rankings.
In September, it climbed one spot to 46th position in overall rankings, he added.
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Revealed: The World’s Best Universities According to Academics
THE’s annual Reputation Rankings see breakthrough result for mainland China October 27, 2021
Times Higher Education (THE), the trusted global data partner for higher education, has today announced the results of its annual Reputation Ranking, listing the world’s top 200 most prestigious universities based on the opinions of those who truly know.
10,963 experienced, published academics around the world cast 150,000 votes to inform the ranking, giving a clear picture of those universities across the globe that they believe have the best reputation for research and teaching.
The ranking, comprising 202 universities from 29 countries and regions sees Harvard University in the United States retain its position at the very top of the table, with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) retaining second place and the United Kingdom’s University of Oxford climbing two places to third in the year it played a pivotal role in delivering a Covid-19 vaccine.
The University of Cambridge comes fifth in a top ten that is otherwise dominated by the United States with the exception of a breakthrough result for mainland China, who’s Tsinghua University (10th) moves up three places to give the country its highest ever finish.
| Rank | University | Country/Region |
| 1 | Harvard University | United States |
| 2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | United States |
| 3 | University of Oxford | United Kingdom |
| 4 | Stanford University | United States |
| 5 | University of Cambridge | United Kingdom |
| 6 | University of California, Berkeley | United States |
| 7 | Princeton University | United States |
| 8 | Yale University | United States |
| 9 | University of California, Los Angeles | United States |
| 10 | Tsinghua University | Mainland China |
ABOVE: The top 10 universities in the world for research and teaching according to academics
Mainland China is the major success story in the ranking, showing that its universities continue to grow their international reputation for research and teaching among global peers. Peking University (15th) moves up one place to enter the top 15 while seven of mainland China’s universities appear in the top 100. All of mainland China’s universities that appeared in last year’s ranking (12) either climb the table or hold onto their ranking position for a second year while five new universities appear in the ranking, giving mainland China a record 17 representatives in the table.
The ranking also sees success for the Netherlands as Delft University of Technology climbs into the top 50 (=50th) and six of its nine universities rank better than last year, with the remaining three ranking in the same position. Germany sees climbs for LMU Munich which moves into the top 40 (=39) while Technical University of Munich rises into the top 50 (45th).
In Asia, Hong Kong’s University of Hong Kong also climbs into the top 50 (=48th), South Korea’s Seoul National University rises four places to =41st and Yonsei University (Seoul Campus) moves up three ranking bands to enter the top 100 (81-90 band) and India sees four universities ranked as Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (176-200) appears in the table for the first time, while Indian Institute of Technology Bombay climbs two ranking bands to 126-150th and Indian Institute of Science climbs into the top 100 (91-100 band).
Brazil is South America’s only representative in the table and sees both its ranked universities improve as University of São Paulo (81-90) and University of Campinas (151-175) climb the table.
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