NTU falls 100 spots to 174
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Sep 17, 2010
NTU falls 100 spots to 174
NTU's ranking plunges in revamped Times Higher Education list
NTU's chief planning officer and registrar Chan Kwong Lok reiterated that because of the change in criteria, there was no basis of comparison between this year's and last year's rankings. -- ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM
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:
- Teaching: The learning environment.
- Citations: Research influence.
- Research: Volume, income and reputation.
- International mix of staff and students.
- Industry income: Amount of innovation.
It is not known how scores were assigned in the five areas.
Source:
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_579608.html -
Haix... Any ranking down next year and NTU will not be a prestigious school anymore.
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so all those import of chinese and indians didnt help?
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Should they have even been in 74th place at first?
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also means the dean may lose his job....
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well so many places given to foreigners and the locals have to either take private course or go overseas.....and yet the rankings slipped an astronomical 100 places.
This sounds like msia u know.....the bright 7As chinese students have to go overseas and do their medical courses because the places are reserved for the bumiputeras.
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This is probably a truer picture of what the world really thinks of NTU. I hope against hope that it prompts a real shake-up in the quality of education that we're paying for, but they're hiding behind the "different criteria" excuse again.
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I guess too many students from third world countries make the university become a university of third world standards... This is probably what happens....
Plagiarism... students buying photocopied textbooks from school bookshop (as exposed earlier in Straits Times). What would the international screening team rate if they see the school has no academic integrity?