Here is the rankings of universities in the world published by the Times (Two universities in China, Peking University and Tsinghua University were on the top):
Note: Beijing University = Peking University
http://newshub.nus.edu.sg/headlines/0610/ranking_07oct06.htmNUS accorded World's Top 20 universities ranking
The National University of Singapore (NUS) has been ranked amongst the World's Top 20 and Top 3 universities in Asia in the QS World University Rankings 2006 conducted by the Times Higher Education Supplement (THES). In this annual ranking of the top 200 universities worldwide, NUS shared 2nd place in Asia and 19th spot overall with University of Tokyo.
Harvard University topped the poll in which only three Asian universities – Peking University, University of Tokyo and NUS – made it to the top 20.
The list of Top 20 universities is given in the table below:
World's Top 20 Universities
1 Harvard University 11 University of Chicago
2 University of Cambridge 12 Columbia University
3 University of Oxford 13 Duke University
4 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 14 Peking University
4 Yale University 15 Cornell University
6 Stanford University 16 Australian National University
7 California Institute of Technology 17 London School of Economics and Political Science
8 University of California, Berkeley 18 Ecole Normale Supérieure
9 Imperial College London 19 National University of Singapore
10 Princeton University 19 University of Tokyo
The criteria used for this year's rankings include research quality (peer review by 3,703 academics who were asked to identify up to 30 universities best for research within their own field of expertise, and citations per faculty); teaching quality; graduate employability (recruiter review by 736 employers world-wide); and international outlook (international-to-total faculty and international students-to-total students ratios).
Upon receiving the news, NUS President Professor Shih Choon Fong said, "We are encouraged and heartened to be ranked once again among the world's leading universities and one of Asia's top three. Our position within the top 20 this year is a recognition of NUS' global standing by the international community. In our continuing pursuit of excellence in education and research, NUS can contribute to Singapore's rising reputation and visibility in the global higher education landscape."
Rankings by Disciplines
NUS continues to be regarded highly in the major disciplines. It is among the world’s top 10 for Technology and Biomedicine, ranking 8th and 9th respectively. Amongst universities in Asia, NUS emerged second for Biomedicine and within the top three for Technology. The University made a significant leap in Science, jumping 12 spots from 34th last year to 22nd this year. Its ranking in Arts & Humanities also rose significantly from 56th last year to 22nd this year, taking second place in Asia. NUS is ranked 11th in the world and top in Asia for Social Sciences.
World's Top 20 Technology Universities
1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 11 Oxford University
2 University of California, Berkeley 12 ETH Zurich
3 Indian Institutes of Technology 13 Delft University of Technology
4 Imperial College London 14 Tsing Hua University
5 Stanford University 15 Nanyang Technological University
6 Cambridge University 16 Melbourne University
7 Tokyo University 17 Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
8 National University of Singapore 18 Tokyo Institute of Technology
9 California Institute of Technology 19 University of New South Wales
10 Carnegie Mellon University 20 Peking University
World's Top 20 Biomedicine Universities
1 Cambridge University 11 Yale University
2 Harvard University 12 Tokyo University
3 Oxford University 13 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
4 Imperial College London 14 Edinburgh University
5 Stanford University 14 University of California, San Diego
6 Johns Hopkins University 16 University College London
7 Melbourne University 17 Kyoto University
8 Peking University 18 University of Toronto
9 National University of Singapore 19 Monash University
10 University of California, Berkeley 20 Sydney University
World's Top 20 Social Science Universities
1 Oxford University 11 National University of Singapore
2 Harvard University 12 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
3 London School of Economics & Political Science 13 Princeton University
4 Cambridge University 14 Columbia University
5 University of California, Berkeley 15 Tokyo University
6 Australian National University 16 Monash University
7 Stanford University 17 Peking University
7 Yale University 17 University of Toronto
9 University of Chicago 19 Sydney University
10 Melbourne University 20 McGill University
World’s Top 25 Arts and Humanities Universities
1 Cambridge University 13 Edinburgh University
2 Oxford University 14 Columbia University
3 Harvard University 15 Stanford University
4 University of California, Berkeley 16 Paris IV – Sorbonne
5 Sydney University 17 University of Chicago
6 Australian National University 18 University of New South Wales
7 Melbourne University 19 London School of Economics and Political Science
8 Yale University 20 University of California, Los Angeles
9 Princeton University 21 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
10 Peking University 22 National University of Singapore
11 University of Toronto 23 King's College London
12 McGill University 24 Amsterdam University
25 Ecole Normale Superiere Paris
World's Top 25 Science Universities
1 Cambridge University 13 Kyoto University
2 Oxford University 14 Yale University
3 University of California, Berkeley 15 Cornell University
4 Harvard University 16 Australian National University
5 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 17 Ecole Normale Supérieure
6 Princeton University 18 University of Chicago
7 Stanford University 19 Lomonosov Moscow State University
8 California Institute of Technology 20 University of Toronto
9 Imperial College London 21 University of California, Los Angeles
10 Tokyo University 22 National University of Singapore
11 ETH Zurich 22 Pierre and Marie Curie University
12 Peking University 24 Ecole Polytechnique
25 Columbia University
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