National University of Singapore (NUS)

National University of Singapore (NUS) is down one place to rank second in Asia in 2018, but nonetheless receives the highest score in the entire ranking for employer reputation, and is only one place behind NTU for citations per faculty member. NUS was founded in 1905 as the King Edward VII College of Medicine and today has around 38,600 students, almost 10,000 of whom are studying at postgraduate level. NUS is featured among the world’s best for 36 subjects, including positions in the top 10 for chemical and civil engineering, chemistry, materials science, architecture and statistics.