National Taiwan University (NTU) has been listed 68th in the world and 18th in Asia in the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings released on Tuesday.
Taiwan’s top university rose from 69th last year and was the only Taiwanese university in the world’s top 100, with an overall score of 68.7.
The rankings for next year were the largest — featuring 1,500 universities from 106 countries and territories across the globe, according to QS’ Web site.
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The rankings were calculated based on academic reputation, employment reputation, faculty-student ratio, citations per faculty, international faculty ratio and international student ratio, among other factors, it said.
NTU scored 93.4 for academic reputation, 92.1 for employer reputation, 99.9 for employment outcomes and 90 for sustainability. Its employment outcomes were 11th highest in the world and fourth highest in Asia.
The four best local universities after NTU were National Tsing Hua University (210th), National Cheng Kung University (215th), National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (219th) and National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (392nd).
Taiwan’s higher education institutions continue to have a good reputation in the job market and among employers domestically and internationally, QS senior vice president Ben Sowter said.
However, they still face challenges regarding research impact and international collaboration, he said.
The top 10 universities in the QS ranking were the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Imperial College London, the University of Oxford, Harvard University, the University of Cambridge, Stanford University, ETH Zurich, the National University of Singapore, University College London and the California Institute of Technology.
The QS rankings were first released in 2004 in conjunction with Times Higher Education before they parted ways in 2009 and began producing separate rankings.
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