{"id":19512,"date":"2026-03-28T16:10:32","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T08:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/mse\/?post_type=nus-news&p=19512"},"modified":"2026-03-28T16:29:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T08:29:04","slug":"materials-science-2026-ranking","status":"publish","type":"nus-news","link":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/mse\/news\/materials-science-2026-ranking\/","title":{"rendered":"Materials Science is one of the top subjects in NUS,\u00a0ranking 2nd\u00a0in the world and\u00a01st in Asia"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In the 2026 Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings (WUR) by Subject released on 25 March 2026, the National University of Singapore(NUS) has achieved its strongest performance to date, and Materials Science is one of the top subjects in NUS, <\/b>ranking 2nd <\/b>in the world <\/b>(significantly up from 6th in 2025) and 1st in Asia.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The latest rankings reflect NUS Materials Science and Engineering\u2019s excellence across key indicators, including academic reputation, employer recognition, research output, and citation impact.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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This achievement highlights the dedication of NUS Materials Science and Engineering\u2019s faculty, researchers, and students, as well as the department\u2019s commitment to fostering a dynamic and collaborative research ecosystem.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The QS WUR by Subject is an independent comparative analysis of academic offerings by universities worldwide. This year\u2019s edition evaluated more than 21,000 academic offerings from 1,912 institutions across 100 countries, spanning 55 academic disciplines and five broad subject areas.<\/p>\n

More on NUS rankings at:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>NUS leads Asia in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Rewatch CNA News on global university rankings:<\/strong> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gr-apn-gqL0<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Read more on The Straits Time:<\/strong> https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/parenting-education\/nus-tops-asian-universities-in-subject-rankings-again?ref=latest-headlines<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In the 2026 Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings (WUR) by Subject released on 25 March 2026, the National University of Singapore(NUS) has achieved its strongest performance to date, and Materials Science is one of the top subjects in NUS, ranking 2nd in the world (significantly up from 6th in 2025) and 1st in Asia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":19514,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"news_category":[36],"class_list":["post-19512","nus-news","type-nus-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news_category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/mse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/19512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/mse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/mse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/nus-news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/mse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/mse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/19512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19518,"href":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/mse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/19512\/revisions\/19518"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/mse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/mse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/mse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=19512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}