After being Asia’s top university for 3 years running, the National University of Singapore (NUS) has lost that title to Tsinghua University, marking the first time that a university from China has claimed the top position in the region.
Released on Wednesday (Sep 26), the 2018-2019 Times Higher Education World Rankings — which lists the best universities globally — showed that NUS dropped by one spot to 23rd place. Dominating the higher ranks are universities from the United Kingdom and the United States.
NUS first made its mark as the best university in Asia in the 2015-2016 ranking, beating out the University of Tokyo to be the only Asian university in the global top 30 at 26th place.
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NUS loses title as Asia’s top university to China’s Tsinghua University
The National University of Singapore (NUS) dropped by one spot to the 23rd position in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2019, losing its Asia’s top university accolade to China’s Tsinghua University. In the previous rankings, NUS was tied in the 22nd spot with the University of Toronto in the annual list and was ranked as the top Asian university for three years in the row. Tsinghua University claimed from the 30th position to the 22nd position, owing to the improvements to its teaching environment, according to Times Higher Education magazine.
Editorial director of the Times ranking, Phil Baty, said that NUS remains as one of the most innovative and dynamic universities in the world. “NUS has outstanding scores across all of Times Higher Education’s core metrics, but it has one of the highest scores of all universities in the elite world top 30 for international outlook, demonstrating that NUS is a magnet for global talent, and a highly sought-after research partner for universities across the world,” he added.
The new rankings also showed strong competition from China, with seven Chinese universities featuring in the top 200 this year, and several moving up in the rankings. Meanwhile, universities from the United Kingdom and the United States continue to dominate the list.
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World University Rankings 2019
This year’s list of the best universities in the world is led by the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge for the second year in a row.
Yale University is the only newcomer to the top 10, joining at eighth place, up from 12th. Meanwhile, Switzerland’s ETH Zurich has fallen out of this elite group, dropping from joint 10th to 11th place.
Tsinghua University is now the top university in Asia, after rising eight places to 22nd, becoming the first Chinese institution to lead the continent under the current methodology (since 2011). China as a whole has increased its standing, driven by improvements in citation impact.
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NUS loses "top university in Asia" title, drops one spot in Times ranking
National University of Singapore (NUS) has lost the title of "Asia's top university" to China's Tsinghua University after three years of being in the first place.
This is also the first time that a university from China has claimed the top position in Asia, according to reports.
The 2018-2019 Times Higher Education World Rankings was released on Wednesday, September 26. The ranking lists the best universities globally. This year, NUS dropped by one spot to 23rd place. The higher ranks are dominated by universities from the United Kingdom and the United States.
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NUS falls one place in university rankings and loses its title as Asia's No. 1
The National University of Singapore (NUS) slid one place to the 23rd position in the latest Times Higher Education World University Rankings released on Wed (Sep 26), and has lost its Asia's top university accolade to China's Tsinghua University.
Last year, NUS tied for 22nd place with the University of Toronto in the annual list and was ranked as the top Asian university for the third year running. It was also the only one from Asia in the world's top 25 universities list.
Up 8 places at No. 22, Tsinghua University beat Beijing's Peking University to become China's top university. Peking University was down 4 places to 31st.
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