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</TR><!-- headline one : end --><!-- Author --><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Amelia Tan
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The National University of Singapore (NUS, left) is ranked 10th, while the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) was placed 14th. --ST PHOTO: ALPHONSUS CHERN
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"-->SINGAPORE's two biggest universities have made it to the top 14 league in the first ranking of Asian universities done by the compilers of the Times Higher Education (THE)- QS World University Rankings.
The National University of Singapore (NUS) is ranked 10th, while the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) was placed 14th by QS Quacquarelli Symonds Ltd, which compiled the rankings.
<TABLE width=200 align=left valign="top"><TBODY><TR><TD class=padr8><!-- Vodcast --><!-- Background Story --><STYLE type=text/css> #related .quote {background-color:#E7F7FF; padding:8px;margin:0px 0px 5px 0px;} #related .quote .headline {font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:10px;font-weight:bold; border-bottom:3px double #007BFF; color:#036; text-transform:uppercase; padding-bottom:5px;} #related .quote .text {font-size:11px;color:#036;padding:5px 0px;} </STYLE>Top Asian universities in the QS.com Asian University Rankings:
1.University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2.The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>Universities in Hong Kong did particularly well. The University of Hong Kong topped the list, followed by the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and the Hong Kong Universiy of Science and Technology in fourth place.
Nunzio Quacquarelli, managing director of QS , said: 'The results of the QS.com Asian University Rankings focus on regionally relevant measures of excellence, with the top performing universities distinguished not only by quality, but also by high productivity of research, compared to their regional peers.'
He added : 'Singapore's universities have performed particularly well, with strong faculty to student ratio results. These results, combined with those of the Times Higher Education - QS World University Rankings, place Singapore's universities on the world scale for quality higher education.' NUS was placed 30th and NTU 77th in last year's rankings.
</TR><!-- headline one : start --><TR>NUS, NTU in top 14 <!--10 min-->
</TR><!-- headline one : end --><!-- Author --><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Amelia Tan
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The National University of Singapore (NUS, left) is ranked 10th, while the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) was placed 14th. --ST PHOTO: ALPHONSUS CHERN
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"-->SINGAPORE's two biggest universities have made it to the top 14 league in the first ranking of Asian universities done by the compilers of the Times Higher Education (THE)- QS World University Rankings.
The National University of Singapore (NUS) is ranked 10th, while the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) was placed 14th by QS Quacquarelli Symonds Ltd, which compiled the rankings.
<TABLE width=200 align=left valign="top"><TBODY><TR><TD class=padr8><!-- Vodcast --><!-- Background Story --><STYLE type=text/css> #related .quote {background-color:#E7F7FF; padding:8px;margin:0px 0px 5px 0px;} #related .quote .headline {font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:10px;font-weight:bold; border-bottom:3px double #007BFF; color:#036; text-transform:uppercase; padding-bottom:5px;} #related .quote .text {font-size:11px;color:#036;padding:5px 0px;} </STYLE>Top Asian universities in the QS.com Asian University Rankings:
1.University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2.The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>Universities in Hong Kong did particularly well. The University of Hong Kong topped the list, followed by the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and the Hong Kong Universiy of Science and Technology in fourth place.
Nunzio Quacquarelli, managing director of QS , said: 'The results of the QS.com Asian University Rankings focus on regionally relevant measures of excellence, with the top performing universities distinguished not only by quality, but also by high productivity of research, compared to their regional peers.'
He added : 'Singapore's universities have performed particularly well, with strong faculty to student ratio results. These results, combined with those of the Times Higher Education - QS World University Rankings, place Singapore's universities on the world scale for quality higher education.' NUS was placed 30th and NTU 77th in last year's rankings.
