QS World University Rankings(R) 2010: Singapore Universities Show Strong Performance in Engineering and Technology

Top 300 in Five Broad Subject Areas, and QS Top 500 Universities, Released Today on https://www.topuniversities.com

LONDON, September 15, 2010 -

    - 2 Singapore universities in top 100 for engineering & technology;
      National University of Singapore (NUS) ranked 9= in the world

    - National University of Singapore (NUS) top ranked Singapore university
      in all five subject areas

    - 50 countries represented in the overall Top 500; 2 Singaporean
      universities in QS Top 500

QS World University Rankings(R) subject tables are based on an academic
survey completed by 15,050 academics, including 700 university leaders, who
were asked to identify the universities producing the best research in their
own field of knowledge and within their region of expertise. The overall
rankings also take into account employer reputation, research strength and
teaching and international commitment.

Paul Thurman, a leading statistician and professor at Columbia University
says: "The benefit of the academic peer review is it allows comparison of
universities at a multi-disciplinary level or by single disciplines, based on
the expertise identified by the respondent. The QS rankings methodology is
conservative and robust… and the overall results are certainly
statistically valid."

    Top five universities in Singapore by broad subject area

    Arts & Humanities                              Global
    Top 2 Institutions                              Rank

    National University of Singapore (NUS)           23
    Nanyang Technological University (NTU)          125

    Engineering & Technology                       Global
    Top 2 Institutions                              Rank

    National University of Singapore (NUS)           9=
    Nanyang Technological University (NTU)          36=

    Life Sciences & Medicine                       Global
    Top 2 Institutions                              Rank

    National University of Singapore (NUS)           13
    Nanyang Technological University (NTU)          174=

    Natural Sciences                               Global
    Top 2 Institutions                              Rank

    National University of Singapore (NUS)          25=
    Nanyang Technological University (NTU)          143=

    Social Sciences & Management                   Global
    Top 3 Institutions                              Rank

    National University of Singapore (NUS)           16
    Nanyang Technological University (NTU)           60
    Singapore Management University                 237=

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Nunzio Quacquarelli, managing director of QS says: "The growing number of
countries represented in the Top 500 demonstrates the highly competitive
environment of global higher education, as well as the increasing number of
options for over 3 million students who study overseas every year."

The countries most widely represented in QS Top 500 and Top 300 by
subject area, are: USA, UK, Germany, Japan, Australia, France and Canada.
These countries also attract the most incoming international students
according to the OECD's Education at a Glance, published on September 8,
2010.

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