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05 November 2004
NUS
among World's Top 20 Universities
NUS has been rated 18th in a new global ranking of universities
by The Times of London, a highly influential national newspaper.
Published in The Times Higher Education Supplement (The Times
Higher) on 5 November 2004, the World University Rankings lists
the top 200 universities around the world. The table below shows
the top 20.
In
the Top League of the World University Rankings |
| 1 |
Harvard University (US) |
11 |
London School of Economics (UK) |
| 2 |
University of California, Berkeley (US) |
12 |
Tokyo University (Japan) |
| 3 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US) |
13 |
University of Chicago (US) |
| 4 |
California Institute of Technology (US) |
14 |
Imperial College London (UK) |
| 5 |
Oxford University (UK) |
15 |
University of Texas at Austin (US) |
| 6 |
Cambridge University (UK) |
16 |
Australian National University (Australia) |
| 7 |
Stanford University (US) |
17 |
Beijing University (China)
|
| 8 |
Yale University (US) |
18 |
National University of Singapore (Singapore) |
| 9 |
Princeton University (US) |
19 |
Columbia University (US)
|
| 10 |
ETH Zurich (Switzerland) |
20 |
University of California, San Francisco (US) |
The league table is based on a survey of 1,300 academics in 88
countries across 5 continents. The respondents were asked to name
the best universities in their academic fields of expertise. Other
objective criteria used in the ranking were the amount of cited
research produced by faculty members (used as an indicator of intellectual
vitality), the faculty-to-student ratio, a university's success
in attracting foreign students and internationally renowned academics
in the global education market.
Responding to the news, NUS President Professor Shih Choon Fong
said: "I am delighted with this global endorsement of NUS!
At the end of October, the Singapore Straits Times published
data showing NUS
as the university of choice amongst Singapore's JC students.
Now, it is the turn of the academics worldwide to submit their assessment.
NUS' ranking among the world's top universities affirms its goal
of being a leading global university."
A The Times of London news report on the global ranking
quoted John O'Leary, The Times Higher's Editor, as saying:
"Leading universities increasingly define themselves in terms
of international competition. By taking account of the views of
academics from across five continents and using the most up-to-date
statistics, our ranking gives an informed picture of the world’s
top universities."
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