NTU in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027: Rank History 2010-11 to 2027

NTU Times Higher Education ranking history, 2010-11 to 2027

NTU's climb is the steepest line on THE's Singapore table. It was 174th in 2010-11 and 169th a year later, then entered the top 100 in 2012-13 (86th). It reached =48th in the 2020 edition, 30th in 2025 and is 28th now. Click a column heading to sort the table.

Source: THE World University Rankings tables for each edition, for example the 2027 table . “=” marks a tied rank.

NTU pillar scores and pillar ranks in THE, 2025 to 2027

THE's five pillars for 2027 are Teaching, Research Environment, Research Quality, Industry and International Outlook (17 indicators in total). NTU's score rose in four of the five between 2026 and 2027: Teaching 65.8 to 69.4, Research Environment 78.1 to 82.2, Research Quality 95.2 to 95.6 and International Outlook 93.6 to 93.9. Industry stayed at 100.0.

Source: THE World University Rankings tables for 2025 , 2026 and 2027 ; pillar definitions on the THE 2027 methodology page .

In pillar rank the biggest moves were Teaching (60th to 46th) and Research Quality (40th to 27th). Industry has the best pillar rank (18th, from 17th) and International Outlook the lowest (56th). The NTU release says the largest gains were in “teaching reputation and research reputation”, and THE's results article says NTU's advance was “driven by strong increases in reputation.” Reputation scores are not shown separately on the public table, so we cannot break the pillar scores down further.

How NTU's THE rank compares with NUS

On the same 2027 table NTU is 28th and NUS 15th; NUS was 17th and NTU =31 a year ago. NTU scores higher than NUS on Research Quality (95.6 vs 95.4) and International Outlook (93.9 vs 93.3), level on Industry (100.0 vs 100.0), and lower on Teaching (69.4 vs 80.9) and Research Environment (82.2 vs 95.3). For a course-by-course view see NUS vs NTU vs SMU: which fits you, and for the other side of this table read the NUS world ranking history in THE.

NTU student statistics in THE's profile

For 2027 THE lists NTU with 26,817 students, 17.1 students per staff member, 34% international students and a 46 F : 54 M gender split. The international share was 29% in 2025 and 31% in 2026. THE did not publish these fields in our extracted data before 2015-16.

Source: THE edition tables and the THE NTU profile . Figures are as reported by THE.

What NTU and THE said about the 2027 result

Source: NTU Singapore news release, 30 Sep 2026 .

“In this year’s Times Higher Education ranking, NTU improved in teaching, research environment, research quality and international outlook, while maintaining its full score for industry knowledge transfer. The largest gains were in teaching reputation and research reputation.”

“South-east Asia has continued its upwards trend, led by Singapore’s NUS. Nanyang Technological University, Singapore also jumped from joint 31st to 28th place. Both advances were driven by strong increases in reputation.”

“This year’s rankings include 2,297 institutions across 118 countries and territories.”

THE's results article also says south-east Asia “has continued its upwards trend, led by Singapore’s NUS.” On the 2027 table NTU is 5th among the Asian universities we tracked; see our THE Asia University Rankings post for that separate table.

What the THE result means for a Singapore student

THE's table does not change how admission to NTU works; entry is decided by your results and the course-specific requirements. Use the A-Level university admission calculator to see where your results fit.

What the table shows is NTU's profile on THE's measures; the pillar section above has the scores and pillar ranks. THE ranks whole institutions, so it cannot tell you how strong one programme is.

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