Nanyang Technological University is a Singapore-based top Asian and global university that currently occupies the 26th and 32nd positions in the current QS and THE Rankings. Moreover, the US News Rankings has placed it at #30 in its current rankings. According to CWUR, NTU ranks #2 among the top Singaporean universities, whereas it ranks at one of the top 5 positions across Asia in both the QS and THE Rankings.

One of the major reasons behind the strong reputation of Nanyang Technological University is its well-structured academic programs. Some of the top-ranked courses of the institution include “Mechanical Engineering”, “Physical Chemistry”, “Neuroscience and Nanotechnology”, “Communication”, etc. Furthermore, Times Higher Education has crowned NTU as the best young university across the globe.

Nanyang Technological University Rankings: World Ranking Trends

The previous years’ global ranking trends of Nanyang Technological University according to some of the top ranking bodies are given as follows:-

Ranking Body 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
QS Rankings #11 #13 #12 #19 #26
US News Rankings #43 #38 #33 #30
CWUR #130 #140 #136 #133
THE Rankings #48 #47 #46 #36 #32
Shanghai Rankings #81 #88 #93

Nanyang Technological University Rankings: Engineering

The US News places Nanyang Technological University at #2 for its excellent engineering programs. In addition to this, the “Mechanical Engineering ” program is ranked #2 in the current Shanghai Rankings. More such rankings of engineering programs at Nanyang Technological University are presented in the following table:-

Ranking Body Program Ranking 2024 Ranking 2023 Ranking 2022 Ranking 2021

THE Rankings

Engineering and Technology #13 #13 #15 #15
Computer Science and Engineering #20 #14 #15 #18

QS World Subject Rankings

Computer Science and Information Systems #11 #11 #12
Mechanical Engineering #11 #7 #5
Electrical and Electronic Engineering #9 #4 #4
Engineering and Technology #14 #4 #4
Civil and Structural Engineering #9 #8 #7
Chemical Engineering #10 #7 #6

Shanghai Rankings

Nanoscience and Nanotechnology #3 #2 #1
Transportation Science and Technology #8 #15 #8
Computer Science and Engineering #7 #8 #8
Biomedical Engineering #22 #23 #32
Transportation Science and Engineering #8 #15 #8
Telecommunication Engineering #8 #15 #6
Mechanical Engineering #2 #7 #32
Automation and Control #5 #5 #5
Energy Science and Engineering #13 #3 #2
Chemical Engineering #31 #19 #16
Civil Engineering #24 #13 #13
Electrical and Electronic Engineering #7 #8 #8
Instrument Science and Technology #13 #10 #6

Nanyang Technological University Rankings: Natural Science

Several natural science courses have topped the US News Rankings, including “Condensed Matter Physics”, “Physical Chemistry”, etc. Here’s how similar Natural Science courses at Nanyang Technological University have performed in the leading ranking lists over the past couple of years:-

Ranking Body Program Ranking 2024 Ranking 2023 Ranking 2022 Ranking 2021

Shanghai Rankings

Earth Sciences #101-150 #101-150 #101-150
Geography #51-75 #151-200 #151-200
Physics #76-100 #101-150 #101-150
Atmospheric Sciences #301-400 #301-400 #301-400
Ecology #151-200 #151-200 #201-300
Chemistry #16 #12 #11
Mathematics #301-400 #301-400 #301-400
Oceanography #151-200 #151-200 #151-200

QS World Subject Rankings

Biological Sciences #44 #31 #33
Natural Sciences #46 #13 #14
Geophysics #51-100 #51-100 #51-100
Physics and Astronomy #22 #22 #20
Chemistry #11 #7 #8
Environmental Sciences #15 #14 #13
Earth and Marine Sciences #51-100 #51-100 #51-100

THE Rankings

Psychology #101-125 #86 #73 #101-125
Life Sciences #46 #47 #64 #58
Physical Sciences #26 #27 #35 #40

Nanyang Technological University Rankings: Medical Science

Nanyang Technological University caters to a wide variety of courses in the field of medical sciences. Some of those medicine programs at NTU have been ranked as follows:-

Ranking Body Program Ranking 2024 Ranking 2023 Ranking 2022 Ranking 2021
QS World Subject Rankings Medicine #101 #93 #89

Shanghai Rankings

Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences #101-150 #101-150 #101-150
Medical Technology #201-300 #201-300 #201-300
Clinical Medicine #201-300 #151-200 #201-300
Public Health #101-150 #201-300 #301-400
THE Rankings Clinical, pre-clinical, and health #100 #89 #126-150 #101-125

Nanyang Technological University Rankings: Business

The “Business and Management Studies” program of Nanyang Technological University just levels up in the QS World Subject Rankings and reaches the 21st position from the previously held position #20. The following table shows how this and more such business programs of NTU have performed in global academic rankings:-

Ranking Body Program Ranking 2024 Ranking 2023 Ranking 2022 Ranking 2021

QS World Subject Rankings

Business and Management Studies #21 #20 #20
Marketing #16
Economics and Econometrics #49 #41 #45
Accounting and Finance #21 #22 #25
THE Rankings Business and Economics #38 #45 #49 #58

Shanghai Rankings

Management #44 #49 #48
Economics #201-300 #201-300 #101-150
Finance #51-75 #47 #37
Business Administration #151-200 #51-75 #51-75

Nanyang Technological University Rankings: Humanities Courses

The “Communication and Media Studies” program has maintained a spot in the top 10 positions in both Shanghai Rankings and QS World Subject Rankings for the third consecutive year. The following table demonstrates the current rankings of humanities courses of Nanyang Technological University along with the previous year ranking trends:-

Ranking Body Program Ranking 2024 Ranking 2023 Ranking 2022 Ranking 2021

Shanghai Rankings

Hospitality and Tourism Management #151-200 #151-200 #201-300
Education #76-100 #42 #51-75
Political Sciences #151-200 #151-200 #201-300
Communication #8 #6 #5
Sociology #151-200 #151-200
Library and Information Sciences #27 #41 #43

QS World Subject Rankings

Linguistics #35 #29 #31
Law and Legal Studies #100 #94 #101-150
Communication and Media Studies #6 #5 #6
Hospitality and Leisure Management #26 #32 #27
Arts and Design #39 #36 #43
Education and Training #11 #11 #9
Library and Information Management #19 #18 #18
Social Sciences and Management #35 #11 #17
Social Policy and Administration #101-130 #51-100 #51-100
Politics #35 #30 #31
Linguistics #35 #29 #31
Philosophy #101-150 #101-150 #101-150

THE Rankings

Education #14 #26 #36 #37
Social Sciences #49 #53 #63 #52
Arts and Humanities #101-125 #101-125 #101-125 #126-150

Nanyang Technological University: US News Subject Rankings

The US News has evaluated the degree programs offered by Nanyang Technological University and, hence, placed 12 out of them in one of the top 10 positions, such as:-

Subject Rankings 2022-23
Arts and Humanities #73
Electrical and Electronic Engineering #2
Ecology #61
Chemical Engineering #6
Engineering #2
Civil Engineering #17
Economics and business #88
Computer Science #6
Chemistry #3
Geosciences #109
Social Sciences and Public Health #97
Artificial Intelligence #2
Public, Environmental, and Occupational Health #226
Physics #74
Physical Chemistry #1
Condensed Matter Physics #1
Energy and Fuels #1
Materials Sciences #1
Neuroscience and Nanotechnology #1
Optics #10

Nanyang Technological University Rankings: Miscellaneous

According to QS WUR, Nanyang Technological University is the second best university in Asia. More such interesting rankings based on various parameters are given as follows:-

Ranking Body Parameter Ranking 2022-23

QS WUR

Asian University Ranking #5
South East Asian University Ranking #2
QS WUR By Subject #101-150

US News

Best Global Universities #30
Best Global Universities in Asia #3

THE World University Rankings

World University Rankings #32
World Reputation Rankings 2022 #40
Young University Rankings #1
Asia University Rankings #5

CWUR

National Rank #2
Employability Rank #843
Research Rank #66

As per the ‘Financial Times Global MBA’ rankings, the

Nanyang Business School resides among the top 40 b-schools. Moreover, the university occupies the 12th position in the ‘THE Most International University Rankings’.