NUS and NTU move up in global university ranking

The National University of Singapore (NUS) and the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have moved up in an annual ranking of universities' reputations published by London-based publication Times Higher Education.

The weekly publication, which provides information to leading business intelligence firm Thomson Reuters for its own university rankings, ranked NUS at 23rd place, from 27th last year.

NTU was placed in the 81th to 90th range - beyond the 50th position, universities are ranked in groups of ten. Last year, it was ranked in the 91st to 100th range.

Responding to the rise in rankings, NTU president Bertil Andersson said that having two universities in the global top 100 is laudable.

NUS president Tan Chorh Chuan said that the ranking is a strong endorsement of NUS' continued efforts in educational innovation.

The ranking has 100 places, and is based on international academic opinion, drawn from a global opinion poll from senior academics. The poll this year drew 17,554 responses.

While American universities continue to dominate the top 100 - with 44 institutions in the list - Asian universities are beginning to creep up the list, especially the Chinese, according to Times Higher Education.

Universities from China have moved up the rankings, with Tsinghua University moving up from 35th to 30th, and Peking University up from 43rd to 38th.

In Asia, Japan's universities performed the best, with five institutions in the list.

American universities Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the United Kingdom's Cambridge University continued their reign at the top, claiming the first, second and third spot respectively.

But many universities in the States also fell in this year's reputation rankings, which Times Higher Education attributed to their widely publicised public funding cuts. For instance, University of California San Diego and UC Davis fell six places each to 36th and 44th place respectively.

Finland, reputed for its higher education, dropped out of the list this year.

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