image: NTU Singapore has risen three places to rank 30th globally in this year’s US News & World Report’s global university rankings, and has topped the charts in five subjects: : Condensed Matter Physics, Energy and Fuels, Materials Science, Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, and Physical Chemistry. view more
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Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has risen three places to rank 30th globally in this year’s US News & World Report’s global university rankings, and has topped the charts in five subjects.
To date, NTU has climbed 95 places from the 125th spot since the US News & World Report rankings started in 2014. In the last five years, the University has risen 19 places from the 49th spot.
NTU is ranked first globally in five subjects: Condensed Matter Physics, Energy and Fuels, Materials Science, Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, and Physical Chemistry (see table below).
It has twelve subjects in the global top 10, including Electrical and Electronic Engineering (2nd), Engineering (2nd), Chemistry (3rd), Chemical Engineering (6th), Computer Science (6th), and Optics (10th). NTU also ranked 2nd in Artificial Intelligence, a new subject added to the rankings this year.
Other subjects that NTU did well in were Civil Engineering (17th), Polymer Science (22nd), Mechanical Engineering (29th), Environment and Ecology (61st), Arts and Humanities (73rd), Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology (73rd), Physics (74th), Economics & Business (88th) and Social Sciences and Public Health (97th).
NTU debuted 24th in Water Resources and 29th in Education and Educational Research, the other new subjects added to this year’s rankings.
NTU President Professor Subra Suresh said: “NTU’s climb into the top 30 of the US News & World Report's rankings this year affirms its status as a leading global university that pursues excellence in education and research. This marks the fifth consecutive year that the University has been placed in the ranking’s global top 50. NTU’s strong performance in this closely-watched global ranking highlights the hard work and dedication of our faculty and staff in ensuring the world-class quality of the University’s research, teaching and international collaboration.”
This latest achievement follows NTU's climb up ten spots to the 36th place in this year's Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings announced earlier this month.
The US News & World Report’s global university rankings were calculated using 13 indicators and weights that measure global research performance.
NTU saw improvements in Citation Impact, International Collaboration – Relative to Country, and percentage of Highly Cited Papers (in both the Top 10 per cent and Top 1 per cent).
The University also performed well for global research reputation, total citations, and books published.
This year’s Best Global Universities ranked 2,000 institutions worldwide.
More information on the US News Best Global Universities rankings is available at: www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/rankings.
Table: NTU Singapore is ranked in the global top 10 for 12 subjects
|
S/N |
Subject Name |
2022 Rank |
2021 Rank |
|
1 |
Condensed Matter Physics |
1 |
1 |
|
2 |
Energy and Fuels |
1 |
2 |
|
3 |
Materials Science |
1 |
1 |
|
4 |
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology |
1 |
1 |
|
5 |
Physical Chemistry |
1 |
1 |
|
6 |
Artificial Intelligence (New Subject) |
2 |
- |
|
7 |
Electrical and Electronic Engineering |
2 |
2 |
|
8 |
Engineering |
2 |
2 |
|
9 |
Chemistry |
3 |
3 |
|
10 |
Chemical Engineering |
6 |
5 |
|
11 |
Computer Science |
6 |
4 |
|
12 |
Optics |
10 |
9 |
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Corporate Communications Office
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Email: lester.hio@ntu.edu.sg
About Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
A research-intensive public university, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has 33,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students in the Engineering, Business, Science, Medicine, Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences, and Graduate colleges.
NTU is also home to world-renowned autonomous institutes – the National Institute of Education, S Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Earth Observatory of Singapore, and Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering – and various leading research centres such as the Nanyang Environment & Water Research Institute (NEWRI) and Energy Research Institute @ NTU (ERI@N).
Under the NTU Smart Campus vision, the University harnesses the power of digital technology and tech-enabled solutions to support better learning and living experiences, the discovery of new knowledge, and the sustainability of resources.
Ranked amongst the world’s top universities, the University’s main campus is also frequently listed among the world’s most beautiful. Known for its sustainability, over 95% of its building projects are certified Green Mark Platinum. Apart from its main campus, NTU also has a medical campus in Novena, Singapore’s healthcare district.
For more information, visit www.ntu.edu.sg