No want to review overseas as NTU ranks 1st on the earth in 5 topics, debuts at no. 2 in AI – Vulcan Post

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Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University clinched no. 1 spot in 5 topics within the newest international college rankings printed yearly by US News — notably all of them being of immense significance to international innovation. Those topics are:

• 1. Condensed Matter Physics
• 1. Energy and Fuels
• 1. Materials Science
• 1. Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
• 1. Physical Chemistry

In addition it additionally made it to Top10 in seven extra topics, together with no. 2 in Artificial Intelligence — for the primary time included within the rating this 12 months:

• 2. Artificial Intelligence (New Subject)
• 2. Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• 2. Engineering
• 3. Chemistry
• 6. Chemical Engineering
• 6. Computer Science
• 10. Optics

Overall it got here in thirtieth on the earth, trailing NUS at twenty sixth (although boasting a bigger variety of prime spots in particular domains). General rankings have much less worth, although, than how a faculty is rated in every subject, since that’s what college students choose ultimately.

It’s value noting that NUS took third place in Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering – placing tiny Singapore’s two faculties among the many Top3 greatest on the earth. In addition to topics taught at NTU (that NUS additionally ranked in Top10 for), NUS got here in excessive for Polymer Science (4th), Pharmacology and Toxicology (sixth) and Physical Chemistry (tenth).

Strategic position of schooling in Singapore

It’s encouraging to see each of Singapore’s prime faculties rating excessive in cutting-edge, hard-skill heavy areas that humanity depends on for innovation — and the city-state itself for survival because it must hold attracting international funding with superior human capital.

Not solely are NTU and NUS capable of produce prime tier specialists of their fields out of the native pupil inhabitants however their very excessive positions ought to hold attracting international expertise that’s obligatory for Singapore to maintain its edge forward of worldwide competitors (which generally enjoys a a lot bigger home pool of candidates).

It is much more lucky given the rising competitors between China and the US, and the balancing position that the city-state can play in these tense relations.

It can strengthen its position bridge between the world’s two largest economies (notably within the face of Hong Kong’s demise) at a time when international capital is looking for larger diversification of funding in Asia, weaning itself off excessive dependence on China (however not prepared to desert it totally).

With Taiwan within the crosshairs of Beijing, Singapore might also additional increase its position as a semiconductor manufacturing hub.

Despite being only a tiny city-state it already accounts for 11 per cent of worldwide semiconductor market – a share that may solely develop given the geopolitical circumstances, cultural proximity of its Chinese-majority inhabitants and globally acknowledged experience of native universities.

There’s no must eye Harvard or MIT anymore – at the least not in relation to revolutionary engineering. It’s now time for the world to attempt to get into NTU (and NUS) for one of the best alternatives on the bleeding fringe of expertise.