NUS ranked 18
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my friend never thought much about NUS until she went to Waseda after graduate to do Japanese, she was pleasantly surprised how well she was respected by her classmates from like Tokyo U, Taiwan U, Qinhua U...... because she came from NUS!!. And, being able to converse fluently in English and Chinese added on to the respect from the international community.Originally posted by gasband:I never studied in a local uni because like you all, I think that it is not as good as some think it is BUT I noticed that sometimes there is some unfair bashing of our local uni too...it may not be so good, but it is not that bad afterall.
How valuable is your uni depends on how you value it.
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Originally posted by vito_corleone:
I disagree to a certain extent - NUS is known for law and medicine . Law has a reputation for mooting. Only those two , nothing else.
that's probably one of the biggest jokes i've ever heard man. ask anybody outside of s'pore about NUS most probably they'll tell you you "singa whatt? is that in china?" singapore is apparently insignificant in the eyes of the world. despite the fact that we claim to be a "developed" first world country, the world ranks us as a "developing" country alongside countries like turkey. we think our education system is good but singapore dosen't rank well in terms of global standards of education. if singapore were that good we wouldn't have lost 20,000 people to perth and thousands more elsewhere. have you ever seen a singapore-born billionaire? nope. i think that explains well enough singapore's failure to succeed in the world of economics, finance and business. have you ever heard of an australian or canadian wanting to leave his country because the "quality of life was not good enough?" i haven't. singapore disses countries like china with and india with a "superior" mentality, but don't forget, we need them but they don't need us. so what if we come up tops in international maths competitions? almost any country can crush us anytime. we think that our standards are higher than US school standards, but they before we even became independent they already made aircraft carriers, built 50 storey tall buildings and sent craft into space. did u even know that cambridge has a special S maths paper not offered in singapore because the standard is too high for us?
just in case you start flooding me with curses and stuff, i am singaporean and no, this post is not to insult s'poreans, but to serve as a wake-up call. [b]"we're not that good afterall"[/b]
You cannot compare Singapore to USA - USA has a much longer history than Singapore. They are technologically advanced, because during the start of WW2 while europe was busy with hitler , USA took the chance to jump ahead. Even before the world wars, americans were curious about alot of things - they came from immigration stock - they experimented , learnt etc.
Singapore has her own achievements too - like her rapid progression to developed nation. My aussie lecturer complimented her on her "equal if not better technology" but just lament the fact that the people who have it didn't really make use of it. Our people are just not taught to think outside the box much. -
"Why teach the rabble to think too much if one day minds might be used against us?"..This could have come from anyone up there in the ivory towers..
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Oh no,not the ranking again!I have always read the newspaper about Singapore ranking No.1 blah blah blah,but ironically many ppl are trying to run out of here!Originally posted by NeonTetra:NUS ranks 18 in British survey of 200 universities
By Sandra Davie
THE National University of Singapore has beaten several reputable institutions, including Cornell and Columbia in the United States, in a Times of London ranking of the world's 200 best universities.
NUS, placed No 18, was one of only the three Asian universities that made the top 20. The other two are Tokyo University and Beijing University.
American institutions took seven of the top 10 positions, with Harvard University garnering the No 1 spot.
Nanyang Technological University came in at No 50, ahead of Britain's Warwick and Bristol universities, and Australia's RMIT University, Macquarie and Curtin, all popular with Singapore students heading overseas.
The four-year-old Singapore Management University which specialises in business was not included, as single-subject institutions were left out.
The survey, published on Thursday, was a first by the British newspaper.
Some 1,300 academics in 88 countries participated in the survey which asked them to name the best institutions in fields they were knowledgeable about.
The ranking then took into account the amount of cited research produced by faculty members, the ratio of professors to students and a university's success in attracting foreign students and internationally renowned academics. -
muahahah ok!Originally posted by RSP:No No No...thats not a stereotype. Its a fact.
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not so bad doesn't equate to being GREAT. they way some ppl say it, makes it sound like the local uni's are "GREAAAAAAAT!!!" as Tony from the kellogs frosties comercial would say.Originally posted by gasband:I never studied in a local uni because like you all, I think that it is not as good as some think it is BUT I noticed that sometimes there is some unfair bashing of our local uni too...it may not be so good, but it is not that bad afterall. -
Originally posted by laurence82:Must remind everyone that the topic starter now studies at NUS.