{"id":16448,"date":"2022-04-07T09:50:26","date_gmt":"2022-04-07T01:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/?p=16448"},"modified":"2022-04-07T12:58:58","modified_gmt":"2022-04-07T04:58:58","slug":"sixteen-nus-programmes-in-global-top-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/news\/2022\/04\/07\/sixteen-nus-programmes-in-global-top-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Sixteen NUS Programmes in Global Top 10"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\t<p><strong>IN BRIEF | 5 min read<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><strong><strong><strong>Programmes include those from Arts and Social Sciences, Computer Science, Design and Engineering and Science \u2013 demonstrating the University\u2019s strengths across its different colleges, faculties and schools, according to the latest Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings by Subject.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/li>\r\n<li><strong><strong><strong>FASS courses among the World&#8217;s Top 10 (in their respective subject areas) include Anthropology, Geography, Linguistics, Politics &amp; International Studies, and Sociology.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\t<figure id=\"attachment_16451\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16451\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/nnimage1-nusutowncropped-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16451\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>NUS\u2019 programmes in the areas of Arts and Social Sciences, Computer Science, Design and Engineering, and Science were placed top 10 in the 2022 rankings.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<p>Sixteen of the University\u2019s academic programmes have been placed in the top 10 worldwide, according to the latest Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings by Subject.<\/p>\r\n<p>These programmes include those from Arts and Social Sciences, Computer Science, Design and Engineering, and Science \u2013 demonstrating the University\u2019s strengths across its different colleges, faculties and schools.<\/p>\r\n<p>\u201cWe are delighted\u00a0that NUS continues to be among Asia\u2019s best universities. We are in the top 10 in 16 subject areas in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2022. NUS is also in the top 10 in two (of five) broad categories &#8211; Engineering\u00a0&amp; Technology and Social Sciences &amp; Management &#8211; in the same rankings,\u201d said NUS Senior Deputy President and Provost Professor Ho Teck Hua.<\/p>\r\n<p>\u201cThis is high international recognition of our world-leading faculty, talented students, staff and alumni, and will serve as strong encouragement for all of us at NUS.&#8221;<\/p>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_16452\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16452\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/infographic-igfinal-1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16452\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Sixteen NUS programmes were ranked world\u2019s top-10 in the 2022 QS World University Rankings by Subject.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<p>NUS takes pole position as Asia\u2019s best university, sharing the top spot with the University of Tokyo. Both universities have 37 programmes ranked in the top 50.<\/p>\r\n<p>The QS rankings provide independent comparative analysis of the performance of 15,200 individual university programmes at 1,543 universities across the world. The programmes are across 51 academic disciplines and five broad faculty areas.<\/p>\r\n<p>\u201cThe consistent improvements made by Singaporean institutions in our rankings result from a decade of investment and strategizing,\u201d said Mr Ben Sowter, Research Director at QS.<\/p>\r\n<p>He noted that NUS has the largest endowment of any university in Asia today. \u201cAdvantaged by this long-term preparation for their financial futures and by a relentlessly international outlook, Singaporean higher education is going from strength to strength,\u201d added Mr Sowter.<\/p>\r\n<strong>Education to prepare students for a post-pandemic world<br \/>\r\n<\/strong>Graduates are expected to be agile and adaptable in the post-pandemic world order. In training students to connect the dots across diverse disciplines, NUS has embarked on educational innovations centred on interdisciplinarity and experiential learning.\r\n<p>The establishment of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/chs.nus.edu.sg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">College of Humanities and Sciences<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">College of Design and Engineering<\/a>\u00a0has allowed NUS to deliver future-focused interdisciplinary education at scale, while offering students flexibility to pursue multiple pathways and specialisations. The result: an education that offers both breadth and depth.<\/p>\r\n<p>This will be reinforced with the inaugural intake at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nuscollege.nus.edu.sg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NUS College<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Singapore\u2019s first undergraduate honours college \u2013 in the new academic year. The college will welcome a diverse community of students from across 50 majors including Humanities and Sciences, Engineering, Environmental Studies, Business, Computer Science and Law. These undergraduates will come together to pursue experiential and interdisciplinary learning in an immersive residential environment.<\/p>\r\n<p><em>This article first appeared in<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/news.nus.edu.sg\/sixteen-nus-programmes-in-global-top-10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NUSNews<\/a><em> on 6 April 2022.<\/em><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These programmes include those from Arts and Social Sciences, Computer Science, Design and Engineering, and Science \u2013 demonstrating the University\u2019s strengths across its different colleges, faculties and schools, according to the latest Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings by Subject.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":16451,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-visible"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16448"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16448"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16463,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16448\/revisions\/16463"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}