Nanyang Technological University
NTU’s rapid rise in world university rankings has continued and its status as a leading global university has been confirmed in a number of measures, both in general global rankings and also as measured through impacts and citations in terms of research.
These rankings are not only due to the increased impact of NTU research but also reflect the major changes that NTU has undertaken across the board, including revamping of its teaching methods embracing the best of new technologies, its continued international character and its major societal contributions through its partnerships with major companies, its innovation progress and new initiatives within Singapore’s society at large. In 2015, NTU has improved its scores in research citations, academic and employer reputation and faculty-to-student ratio. It also scored well for its internationally diverse faculty and student communities. Quacquarelli Symonds(QS) World University Rankings (QS-WUR) provided the most significant change to NTU rankings resulting from a change in the way in which citations were treated with a normalisation between the different major disciplinary areas. This normalisations reduced the impact from the biomedical field.
NTU would have seen a substantial advancement in its rankings anyway without this change but under the new methodology, NTU received an all-time high ranking of 13 in the World ahead of many more well-established institutions.
