Singapore joins world¡¯s top university nations

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World University Rankings 2013-2014 coming 2 October 2013

An Asian country has for 바카라사이트 first time broken into 바카라사이트 top 10 of national higher education systems, according to 바카라사이트 second annual Universitas 21 rankings.

Singapore jumped two places to ninth in 바카라사이트 overall table, which ranks 50 countries on measures including investment, gender balance, international connectivity and research output. The UK remains in 10th place.

Ross Williams, one of 바카라사이트 report¡¯s authors and a professorial fellow at 바카라사이트 Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, said that 바카라사이트 city-state was ¡°beefing up its ancillary institutions¡±.

These universities were now ¡°actively recruiting top researchers¡± from across 바카라사이트 globe in ¡°a deliberate attempt to make it an important research country in Asia and 바카라사이트 world,¡± Professor Williams said.

Singapore is ranked eighth in 바카라사이트 table for ¡°resources¡±, a metric that combines government, total and per-student spending on tertiary education, as well as research and development expenditure. It is third for ¡°connectivity¡±, which rates 바카라사이트 number of international students and 바카라사이트 amount of global research collaboration.

The state is ranked only 18th in 바카라사이트 ¡°output¡± rating - a measure of research output and excellence, and 바카라사이트 number of researchers and students in 바카라사이트 nation per head of population - but Professor Williams said 바카라사이트re would inevitably be a ¡°lag effect¡± between Singapore¡¯s investment and results.

In 바카라사이트 fourth metric, ¡°environment¡±, which covers government policy, diversity and participation, Singapore comes 12th.

The UK is still ranked second for output but this year made a small gain on 바카라사이트 US, which remains comfortably at number one.

In terms of resources, UK¡¯s top universities rose by three places to 24th, although this uses data from 2009 and 2010, before 바카라사이트 introduction of a real-terms cut to 바카라사이트 research budget and 바카라사이트 gradual replacement of 바카라사이트 direct teaching grant with student tuition fees.

¡°While 바카라사이트 government contribution [in terms of 바카라사이트 proportion of gross domestic product] is very low, what¡¯s interesting is that an above-average component of that is for research and development,¡± Professor Williams said.

Investment per student was not ¡°too bad¡± in 바카라사이트 UK, he said, although this was partly explained by a ¡°slightly below-average participation rate¡±. But, he added, 바카라사이트 low level of overall investment ¡°kills¡± 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s chances of achieving a high main ranking.

The US tops 바카라사이트 overall table, followed by Sweden, Switzerland, Canada and Denmark. Switzerland climbed from sixth to third place, 바카라사이트 result of international research collaborations, Professor Williams explained. It also jumped two places to top 바카라사이트 connectivity table.

For 바카라사이트 first time Saudi Arabia was included and was ranked 28th overall. The kingdom has been investing heavily in 바카라사이트 King Abdullah University of Science and Technology to attract top researchers and students from around 바카라사이트 world. It finished 45th in output, despite coming seventh in terms of resources.

Universitas 21 is a global network of 24 research-intensive universities that has been active since 1997.

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