Asia’s top universities: Peking University takes top spot as Singapore's NUS slips to second place while NTU ranks fifth


SINGAPORE, Nov 8 (The Straits Times/ANN): The National University of Singapore (NUS) came in second in an annual ranking of institutions in the region, losing its place as Asia’s No. 1 university over the past four years.

China’s Peking University took the top spot in the latest Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) ranking of Asia’s universities released on Tuesday.

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