This is the first time NUS topped all Asian universities in the QS World University Rankings.
Globally, NUS was placed 24th this year, moving up a spot from lastyear when it was second to Hong Kong University of Science andTechnology (HKUST) as Asia 's highest-ranking university.
The Nanyang Technological University (NTU), also of Singapore ,jumped six places to become seventh in the region and 41st in the world.
The QS World University Rankingsevaluates more than 3,000 universities in the world, including over 300in Asia , based on academic reputation, employer reputation, citationsper faculty, faculty student ratio, and proportions of internationalstudents and international faculty.
QS Headof Research Ben Sowter said that at some point in the next ten years,NUS will enter the top 20 and that NTU's rise as a Top 50 universityglobally was achieved "in less than 25 years", becoming "the mostdynamic of world universities and going from strength to strength".-VNA