NANYANG Technological University (NTU) has tumbled 101 places in
a revamped ranking of the world's top 200 universities.
It has plunged from 73rd to 174th place in this year's edition
of the widely viewed Times Higher Education (THE) World University
Rankings, published yesterday.
The listings are based on a new method which THE adopted
starting with this year's rankings. Where it used to give more
weight to academics' subjective views of the universities, this
time it tapped a group of more than 50 international higher
education experts.
The National University of Singapore (NUS) came in at 34th
place, down four places from 30th last year; Singapore Management
University (SMU) was unranked because it is considered a
specialised university.
The annual survey assessed institutions - all full universities
offering a range of disciplines - in five broad areas:
It is not known how scores were assigned in the five
areas.
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