Summarized from ST
27 March 2015

Nanyang Technological University (NTU) is the world’s fastest rising young university, according to the Times Higher Education magazine.

Maastricht University in the Netherlands was second, moving up 96 places in the rankings to 101st position since 2011, and Britain’s University of Warwick was third, moving up 54 places to 103rd position.

The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology was next, followed by Spain’s Pompeu Fabra University, Switzerland’s Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne and, finally, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

Times said all seven “rising stars” displayed strong scores in three areas, which the magazine termed the “holy trinity” of qualities that universities need to harness to set them on the road to success. The first area is citation impact – how much a university’s research papers are being referenced by other academics. The second is income from industry – how much companies are working with academics and applying their research to the real world. The third is international outlook – a measure of how many international students and staff a university attracts, and how much it is collaborating on international research papers with other institutions.

The secrets of their success will be discussed in detail at a summit to be held by the magazine in Dublin next month.

NTU president Bertil Andersson said the ranking reflected the university’s improvements in the last four years, in all areas from teaching to research.

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