I don't believe it! NUS is World No. 18th University?
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/041107/5/singapore115660.html
What a joke! :bsmilie: :bsmilie:
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/041107/5/singapore115660.html
What a joke! :bsmilie: :bsmilie:
engineermunn said:I don't believe it! NUS is World No. 18th University?
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/041107/5/singapore115660.html
What a joke! :bsmilie: :bsmilie:
engineermunn said:Singapore seems to be so hungry for all these kinds of top-of-the-world rankings... so 'hao lian' but actually it really means nothing. Do we have to stoop so low to get the attention of the world? tsk tsk tsk....
:nono:
mervlam said::nono:
Ever hear of plans for S'pore to be an Education Hub for the region? How to attract students to S'pore to study if we failed to get attention?
That's the purpose of World-Class Education in NUS and NTU.
Don't be so ignorant. :nono:
P.S. - No comments on the ranking though
engineermunn said:That's precisely my point - I think it is just a marketing ploy. THis is mainly to attract 'foreign' students.
IMO, NUS and NTU have got lots to learn from the overseas unis in many ways.
engineermunn said:There's no doubt that IIT is a good uni. But i do have my doubts on NUS being much better than other unis like Cornell, UPenn, Purdue, etc... THerefore I question the authenticity of the rankings.
Singapore seems to be so hungry for all these kinds of top-of-the-world rankings... so 'hao lian' but actually it really means nothing. Do we have to stoop so low to get the attention of the world? tsk tsk tsk....
:nono:
uris1982 said:Sorry engineermunn, But have you been to Cornell? UPenn? Purdue? I suppose you studied at NUS right? Ever heard that the grass is always greener on the other side? But have you ever been to the other side? I suppose such "doubts" are seriously hard to substantiate. Statistics are hard to justify. But frankly if you havent been there your statement carries little weight
engineermunn said::bsmilie:
Yo uris1982. In fact I graduated from Purdue and I did my Masters in NUS. I also did summer schools at Stanford and UC Berkeley. Does that mean that my statement carries alot more weight now? :bsmilie:
Whatever it is, having the privilege of comparing the few schools I've attended, NUS is really far from it. For one, the profs in NUS are not too willing to mentor , and always seem to be unavailable. Whereas other lecturers from the other unis automatically leave their contact numbers for all . Talk about quality......
engineermunn said:aiyoh.. i'm not berating the local unis, and I have no need to feel 'sour grapes' over it. I did have a place in the local unis.. So my conscience is clear on that part.
"So NUS is 18th for what exactly?" is my point also. It just amuses me... it's baffling isn't it? :think:
meng said:From Straits Times:
"The ranking then took into account the amount of cited research produced by faculty members as an indicator of intellectual vitality, the ratio of professors to students and a university's success in attracting foreign students and internationally renowned academics."