NUS leading Asian institution in world university rankings

PETALING JAYA: Singapore’s two universities are in the top 15 of the QS World University Rankings 2015/16.

The National University of Singapore is confirmed as the leading Asian institution at No. 12 while Nanyang Technological University is in 13th place.

In comparison, Malaysia’s best institution is in the top 150 with another new entry ranked 701+.

However, Malaysian universities excelled in two of the five broad faculty areas table, with Universiti Malaya, Universiti Sains Malaysia and Universiti Teknologi Malaysia among the world’s Top 100 for Engineering and Technology and UM and USM among the Top 100 for Social Sciences and Management.

QS Intelligence Unit head of research Ben Sowter said UM, which is ranked 146th, is still Malaysia’s number one.

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