02 Nanyang Technological University

Nanyang Technological University ( NTU ) is the secondlargest and second-ranked university in Singapore . US News and World Report ranks the school at # 49 worldwide . It was founded as Nanyang University under British colonial rule . The university has 33,000 students total , and 8,000 of them are graduate students . Most of the employees are involved in research full-time , though there are 1,775 members of the faculty employed . NTU ’ s regional research reputation is # 24 . However , US News and World Report ranks the institution highly worldwide in the technical disciplines , ranking in the top five in its major areas of focus , including a top-ranked materials science program . It is also ranked in the top-five for its chemistry , engineering and computer science courses . MAY 2019