如果你想在新加坡学习，有两所大学一定会在你的名单之首。新加坡国立大学（NUS）和南洋理工大学（NTU）在QS世界大学排名中一直位列全球前15名，并且通常在排名中极为接近。

今年，在2018年的排名中，南洋理工大学首次超过新加坡国立大学，成为排名最高的新加坡大学，但在对这两所大学进行比较时，值得深入挖掘一下。

*基于2017年QS世界大学各学科排名的广泛学科领域。

2018年QS世界大学排名

在连续几年排名仅落后于新加坡国立大学之后，南洋理工大学在2018年QS世界大学排名中首次超过了他们的对手大学。

仔细看看，两所大学在编制排名的指标上都表现得非常好，每项指标都排在全球前150名之内。新加坡国立大学在学术界和雇主中的声誉胜过南洋理工大学，在这两个方面都获得了第11名，而南洋理工大学则分别在全球排名第50和第38位。

然而，南洋理工大学在其余所有指标上都比新加坡国立大学强。在研究影响方面（每位教员的引用次数），南洋理工大学明显领先，在世界排名第57位，而新加坡国立大学则排名第128位。在学术人员与学生的比例方面，南洋理工大学也处于领先地位，排名第60位，而新加坡国立大学则是第81位。

最后，在评估校园内的国际多样性水平时，南洋理工大学因其大量的国际教职员工而获得第19名，而新加坡国立大学则是第27名--这仍然是一个非常值得尊敬的成绩。从每所大学的国际学生数量来看，南洋理工大学再次成为领导者，排名第108位，而新加坡国立大学在这一指标上排名第121位。因此，虽然这两所新加坡顶级大学都有一些改进的余地，但它们仍然是高度国际化的机构。

学科优势

如果你仍然不确定在新加坡国立大学与南洋理工大学的争论中，哪所大学值得你投票，那么看看QS世界大学学科排名可以帮助你提供一个更详细的观点。在2017年的排名中，新加坡国立大学在五个广泛的学科领域中的四个方面领先于南洋理工大学。有趣的是，两所大学在自然科学、社会科学与管理以及工程与技术方面都有共同的优势，尽管南洋理工大学在工程与技术领域击败了新加坡国立大学，在世界排名第四。

新加坡国立大学（NUS）在可能的46个科目中共有36个科目名列世界最佳，而南洋理工大学（NTU）则有31个科目名列世界最佳。

下表让你看到这两所新加坡顶尖大学在每个科目上的直接比较。

地点

在最新的QS最佳学生城市排名中，新加坡排名第14位，不幸的是，在《经济学人》的2017年全球生活成本调查中，新加坡也被列为最昂贵的生活城市。然而，如果将学费考虑在内，新加坡对学生来说稍微实惠一些，学费通常比你在美国等学习目的地的学费要低很多。

此外，许多学生会发现新加坡的高生活成本是值得的--这个城市以其繁荣和高质量的生活而闻名，犯罪和失业率低。对于那些希望沉浸在一个非常多样化的学习目的地的学生来说，这也是一个理想的选择，可以探索迷人的东方和西方文化。

新加坡国立大学位于城市的西南部，占地150公顷，毗邻肯特岭，而南洋理工大学的主校区毗邻新加坡西区的裕廊西镇，占地200公顷（490英亩），是城市中最大的大学校园。

学生社区

这两所新加坡顶级大学都是大型大学，新加坡国立大学约有38,596名学生，其中9,966人为研究生，而南洋理工大学有32,403名学生，其中8,091人为研究生。没有关于每所大学的国际学生人数的数据，但如上所述，这两所大学在QS世界大学排名中的这一指标都取得了相当高的分数。

学费

新加坡国立大学和南洋理工大学的学费取决于你的科目、你属于哪种收费类别（作为新加坡公民、永久居民或国际学生）以及你是否收到教育部的学费补助。这些助学金由新加坡教育部提供，国内和国际学生均可获得，可以帮助支付大部分的学费（全日制文凭或本科课程）。作为回报，国际学生必须同意在毕业后为一家新加坡公司工作至少三年（如果你学习医学或牙科，则为五或六年）。

如果没有领取教育部助学金，在新加坡国立大学就读的国际本科生，除医学、音乐和牙科外，大多数课程每年可望支付29,650-38,850新元（约21,500-28,130美元），其中医学学位每年的费用为146,750新元（约106,360美元）。领取教育部助学金的学生在某些科目上每年只需支付17,450新元（约12,650美元）。

在研究生阶段，新加坡国立大学文科和社会科学科目的非补贴年学费为32,900新元（约23,800美元）。政府补贴的年度费用为18,200美元（约13,200美元）。

在南洋理工大学，没有得到教育部学费补助的国际本科生，大多数课程每年需要支付31,780-36,650新元（约23,000-26,500美元）。如果你有学费补助，你将为大多数科目每年支付17,450-20,000新元（约12,650-14,500美元）。同样，医学是最昂贵的学位选择，每年的费用为72,100新元（约合52,250美元）（有补贴--不能申请无补贴项目）。在南洋理工大学的研究生阶段，获得学费补助的学生每年只需支付7,050新元（约5,100美元）的硕士学位。

财务援助

新加坡的这两所顶尖大学都提供各种资助机会，以帮助在那里学习更实惠，包括助学金、贷款和奖学金。首先看新加坡国立大学的财政援助，该校为国际本科生提供两项奖学金：东盟本科奖学金（the ASEAN Undergraduate Scholarship），该奖学金针对来自东盟成员国（不包括新加坡）的新生。适用的东盟成员国有文莱、柬埔寨、印度尼西亚、老挝、马来西亚、缅甸、菲律宾、泰国和越南。该奖学金包括学费，并提供生活费补助。

另一项奖学金，即科技本科奖学金（the Science & Technology Undergraduate Scholarship），是为来自亚洲任何国家的国际学生设立的，同样提供学费和生活津贴。在研究生阶段，新加坡国立大学的奖学金包括新加坡国立大学研究奖学金（the NUS Research Scholarship），该奖学金为优秀的研究生提供每月津贴和学费，以便他们在该大学进行研究并获得更高学位。

新加坡国立大学还提供贷款和助学金，助学金是根据申请人的评估需求水平发放的。该大学还实施了一项勤工助学计划（Work Study Assistance)，帮助学生通过兼职工作来补充经济来源。

在南洋理工大学，资助机会包括助学金、学费贷款（the Tuition Fee Loan）（适用于所有全日制本科生）和勤工助学计划，该计划允许你在校园内做兼职来补充你的财务。

南洋理工大学还提供东盟本科生奖学金(The ASEAN Undergraduate Scholarship)，以及南洋奖学金(the Nanyang Scholarship)，颁发给任何国籍的优秀本科新生。该奖学金将涵盖你的所有学费，并提供年度生活津贴、旅行补助、电脑津贴等。在研究生阶段，南洋理工大学向国际学生开放的奖学金包括南洋校长研究生奖学金（the Nanyang President's Graduate Scholarship），该奖学金旨在鼓励优秀学生在该校攻读博士学位，并提供学费、每月生活津贴等。该校还为未来的博士生提供南洋理工大学研究奖学金（the NTU Research Scholarship）。

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Seoul National University (SNU) is the best university in South Korea, according to the latest version of the QS World University Rankings®.

The university has fallen one place globally since last year’s ranking and is now the joint 36th best university in the world, but remains the best in the country despite this.

Of the six ranking indicators used to assess universities, SNU scored particularly highly for its reputation among academics, for which it is ranked 30th in the world.

This good ranking follows the strong performance of the university in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2017, where it is ranked in the top 20 in the world in eight different subjects, including chemistry, modern languages, chemical engineering and pharmacy & pharmacology.

This year’s World University Ranking features over 950 universities from 84 different countries. To read more about how it’s compiled, click here, or click here to see this year’s rankings in full.

The University of Cape Town is the best university in South Africa, according to the latest version of the QS World University Rankings®.

The university has been a non-mover globally since last year’s ranking and so is the 191st best university in the world, as well as being the best in the country.

Of the six ranking indicators used to assess universities, the University of Cape Town scored particularly highly for the number of citations produced per faculty member, for which it is ranked 36th in the world.

This good ranking follows the strong performance of the university in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2017, where it is ranked in the top 50 in the world for development studies and geography.

This year’s World University Ranking features over 950 universities from 84 different countries. To read more about how it’s compiled, click here, or click here to see this year’s rankings in full.

Lomonosov Moscow State University is the best university in Russia, according to the latest version of the QS World University Rankings®.

The university has risen 13 places globally since last year’s ranking and is now the joint 95th best university in the world, as well as being the best in the country.

Of the six ranking indicators used to assess universities, Lomonosov Moscow State University scored particularly highly for the ratio of students to faculty members, for which it is ranked 29th in the world.

This good ranking follows the strong performance of the university in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2017, where it is ranked in the top 50 in the world for six subjects, including linguistics, mathematics, modern languages and computer science & information systems.

This year’s World University Ranking features over 950 universities from 84 different countries. To read more about how it’s compiled, click here, or click here to see this year’s rankings in full.

The University of Porto is the best university in Portugal, according to the latest version of the QS World University Rankings®.

The university has risen 22 places globally since last year’s ranking and is now the joint 301st best university in the world, as well as being the best in the country.

Of the six ranking indicators used to assess universities, the University of Porto scored particularly highly for the number of citations produced per faculty member, for which it is ranked 208th in the world.

This good ranking follows the strong performance of the university in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2017, where it is ranked in the top 100 in the world for architecture, civil & structural engineering and sports-related subjects.

This year’s World University Ranking features over 950 universities from 84 different countries. To read more about how it’s compiled, click here, or click here to see this year’s rankings in full.

Institutions featured

This year’s table features 980 institutions, 959 of which qualify for an overall rank. 46 new institutions feature for the first time in the 2018 edition. To arrive at this final table, 4,388 institutions were considered.

Presentation changes

Institutions are presented in rank order to 400, then in groups of 10 to 500 (e.g. 401-410), in groups of 50 to 800 (extended from 700 last year) and then in a final 801-1000 range. It is not correct to surmise that institutions presented in the 701+ range in last year's ranking but the 801-1000 range this year, have necessarily dropped 100 places.

Methodological refinements

QS is constantly refining its data definitions and methods in order to provide the clearest and most reliable measure of university performance against our selected metrics. This year, in response to an extended list of universities and growing survey penetration amongst smaller employers, the weighting of employer responses has been adjusted to place greater emphasis on the viewpoint of domestic employers; and the period in which citations are accrued for research has been extended. You can find more details on these adjustments here. These adjustments will be comparatively minor for most institutions but may render year on year comparisons somewhat misleading.

Guidance for use

Universities are multi-faceted organisations and many of their strengths cannot be covered by any ranking. Selecting a university is a complex and influential decision and placing too much blind faith in the results of any ranking is likely to result in important factors to you being overlooked. Furthermore, the relative weighting of factors used to present the table is just one perspective on the relative importance of our indicators – and it’s not YOUR perspective. We recommend you use the rankings to shortlist, or inform your choices, but ensure you conduct your own thorough research too – particularly into aspects not covered by the ranking. If you want to build your own version of our ranking, or combine these results with subject performance, please download our app. For some independent advice on how best to make use of rankings consider downloading the IREG Guidelines for Stakeholders of Academic Rankings.

Notes

Chung-Ang University (South Korea) has been listed as unranked overall (from a position of 386 in the last edition) due to irregularities in survey returns posted on their behalf.

In advance of the publication of the QS World University Rankings 2018, during routine screening of our survey responses, we discovered a substantial number of anomalous responses lodged in favour of Chung-Ang University. We contacted the university to discover that they were as surprised as we were. To their great credit, they have cooperated fully with our investigation into the matter and with their help we have been able to identify that an unsanctioned undertaking to lodge a large number of false responses in favour of their university had originated from their campus. Whilst an increasingly sophisticated array of techniques are now routinely deployed to detect and eliminate such influences on our surveys, such attempts to manipulate the outcomes of our research – whether officially sanctioned or otherwise – cannot be tolerated.

As a result of these irregularities, Chung-Ang University has been listed as unranked in the QS World University Rankings 2018. Institutions in this category do not receive overall scores or ranks from QS. This institution will also be unranked in other rankings that draw on these survey data for the 2018 cycle. Assuming no further irregularities occur, they will be reinstated for the 2019 edition. This consequence has been arrived at in close consultation with our international academic advisory board.

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The QS World University Rankings® 2018 are here at last, and 45 German universities feature among the world’s best, including two new entries. Germany is an increasingly popular study destination, and 12 of the country’s universities are in the global top 200, showcasing the high quality of education available. Here’s a closer look at the top 10.

1. Technische Universität München

Down four places to rank 64^th in the world, Technische Universität München (TUM) nonetheless retains its position as the best in Germany for the third time in a row. TUM calls itself The Entrepreneurial University and aims to foster a supportive environment for budding entrepreneurs. Around 24% of TUM’s 40,124 students are international.

2. Ludwig-Maximilians - Universität München

Ranked 66^th in the world (up two places from last year), Ludwig-Maximilians - Universität München retains its position of the second highest-ranked university in Germany. Also located in Munich, the university is one of the oldest in the country, having been founded in 1472.

3. Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg

Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, also known as Heidelberg University, is up four places to rank 68^th in the world in 2018. Germany’s oldest university (established in 1386), the university has 30,787 students enrolled, including 5,793 international students.

4. KIT, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie

Ranked 107^th in the world, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, usually shortened to KIT, is located in the south-west city of Karlsruhe and considered particularly prestigious for its engineering and technology programs.

5. Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Consistently Berlin’s highest-ranked university, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin is ranked 120^th in the world and is considered particularly prestigious for arts and humanities subjects, achieving 35^th place in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2017 for this subject area.

6. Freie Universität Berlin

Also in the capital, Freie Universität Berlin is ranked joint 125^th this year alongside Belgium’s University of Ghent. The university was founded in 1948 and now enrolls around 31,500 students, of which 20% are international.

7. Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen

Up five places to rank 141^st in 2018, Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen is Germany’s largest technical university, with around 44,500 students enrolled. RWTH Aachen maintains close links to industry and is also the largest employer in the region.

8. Technische Universität Berlin

Also improving this year is Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin), which climbs 20 places to rank 144^th. Considered particularly strong for engineering subjects, TU Berlin is a member of the TU9, an alliance of the leading German Institutes of Technology.

9. Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen

Ranked joint 164^th in the world, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen is one of the oldest German universities, founded in 1477. Today it has around 28,300 students and is considered particularly prestigious for subjects such as theology, German studies and medicine.

10. Universität Freiburg

Officially called Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Universität Freiburg is ranked 171^st in the world in 2018. Established in 1457, the university has more than 24,000 students from over 100 countries, and has been associated with 19 Nobel laureates.

The remaining top 20 German universities are…

11. Georg-August-Universität Göttingen – ranked 181^st in the world.
12. Universität Hamburg – ranked 223^rd in the world.
13. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn – ranked 239^th in the world.
14. Universität Frankfurt am Main – ranked joint 254^th in the world.
15. Universität Stuttgart – ranked joint 259^th in the world.
16. Technische Universität Darmstadt – ranked joint 272^nd in the world.
17. Technische Universität Dresden – ranked joint 281^st in the world.
18. Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg – ranked joint 287^th in the world.
19. Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster – ranked joint 308^th in the world.
20. Universität Köln – ranked joint 331^st in the world, up 16 places from last year.

And the rest…

After the top 400 universities, the QS World University Rankings groups universities in ranges, from 401-410, continuing to 801-1000. Click here for more information.

21. Universität Jena – ranked joint 341^st in the world, up 22 places from last year.
22. Universität Ulm– ranked joint 357^th in the world.
23. Universität Konstanz– ranked 385^th in the world.
24. Universität Mannheim– ranked joint 388^th in the world.
25. Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz – ranked joint 398^th in the world.

=26. Leibniz Universität Hannover – ranked 401-410 in the world.

=26. Ruhr-Universität Bochum – ranked 401-410 in the world.

28. Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel – ranked 431-440 in the world.

=29. Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg – ranked 461-470 in the world.

=29. Universität Potsdam – new this year, ranked 461-470 in the world.

=31. Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg – ranked 481-490 in the world.

=31. Universität Bremen – ranked 481-490 in the world.

The following five universities are ranked in the 501-550 range, and are therefore joint 33^rd in Germany:

=33. Technische Universität Braunschweig – ranked 501-550 in the world.

=33. Universität des Saarlandes – ranked 501-550 in the world.

=33. Universität Hohenheim – new this year, ranked 501-550 in the world.

=33. Universität Leipzig – ranked 501-550 in the world.

=33. Universität Regensburg – ranked 501-550 in the world.

The next three universities are ranked 551-600 in the world, making them joint 38^th in Germany:

=38. Justus-liebig-Universität Gießen – ranked 551-600 in the world, up from 651-700 last year.

=38. Philipps-Universität Marburg – ranked 551-600 in the world.

=38. Universität Bayreuth – ranked 551-600 in the world.

The final five top universities in Germany are:

=41. Technische Universität Dortmund – ranked 601-650 in the world.

=41. Universität Duisburg-Essen – ranked 601-650 in the world.

=43. Universität Bielefeld – ranked 651-700 in the world.

=43. Universität Düsseldorf – ranked 651-700 in the world.

45. Universität Rostock– ranked 801-1000 in the world.

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The University of Auckland is the best university in New Zealand, according to the latest version of the QS World University Rankings®.

The university has fallen one place globally since last year’s ranking and is now the joint 82nd best university in the world, but it remains the best in the country despite this.

Of the six ranking indicators used to assess universities, the University of Auckland scored particularly highly for its reputation with academics, for which it is ranked 56th in the world.

This ranking follows the strong performance of the university in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2017, where it is ranked in the top 20 in the world for archaeology and education.

This year’s World University Ranking features over 950 universities from 84 different countries. To read more about how it’s compiled, click here, or click here to see this year’s rankings in full.

The Delft University of Technology is the best university in the Netherlands, according to the latest version of the QS World University Rankings®.

The university has risen eight places globally since last year’s ranking and is now the 54th best university in the world, as well as being the best in the country.

Of the six ranking indicators used to assess universities, the Delft University of Technology scored particularly highly for the number of citations produced per faculty member, for which it is ranked 36th in the world.

This good ranking follows the strong performance of the university in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2017, where it is ranked in the top 10 in the world for architecture and civil & structural engineering.

This year’s World University Ranking features over 950 universities from 84 different countries. To read more about how it’s compiled, click here, or click here to see this year’s rankings in full.

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) is the best university in Mexico, according to the latest version of the QS World University Rankings®.

The university has risen six places globally since last year’s ranking and is now the joint 122nd best university in the world, as well as being the best in the country.

Of the six ranking indicators used to assess universities, UNAM scored particularly highly for its reputation with employers, for which it is ranked 62nd in the world.

This good ranking follows the strong performance of the university in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2017, where it is ranked in the top 25 in the world for art & design, mineral & mining engineering and modern languages.

This year’s World University Ranking features over 950 universities from 84 different countries. To read more about how it’s compiled, click here, or click here to see this year’s rankings in full.