The QS 2024 World University Rankings name seven Taiwan universities in the world’s top 500.
National Taiwan University (NTU) was key winner, rising from last year’s position of 77th to 69th. NTU also did well in two new measures that were introduced this year – the strength of international research networks and graduate employability.
Besides NTU, the world’s top 500 universities in Taiwan were National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU) at 217th, National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) at 228th, National Tsing Hua University (NTHU) at 233rd, National Taiwan University of Science & Technology (Taiwan Tech.) at 387th, National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU) and National Taipei University of Technology (Taipei Tech.) both at 431st.
This year QS added three new criteria that appear to have assisted some universities towards their historically high results. These are a measure of sustainability (both as practiced and as taught by the university), as well as graduate employability and a measure of international research collaboration.
In Asia, the top 5 universities in terms of "graduate employability" were National University of Singapore, Seoul National University, University of Tokyo, National Taiwan University, and University of Hong Kong. National Taiwan University ranks 12th in the world for its graduate employability, just behind the University of Tokyo, which ranks 11th in the world.
