Graduate employability: NUS ranks No. 10 in global poll

SINGAPORE — National University of Singapore (NUS) graduates have made the list of the world’s top 10 most employable, according to a global survey of recruiters.

NUS jumped six spots to be placed 10th in the latest Global University Employability Ranking, which measures how universities perform on graduate employability.

Now in its eight year, the survey is done annually by Emerging, a French human resource consultancy, and published by the Times Higher Education. 

NUS is the only Singapore university in the global top 10, and among Asia’s top two universities for employment.

“We are delighted that our graduates have been ranked top 10 globally by employers around the world. NUS strives to ensure that our graduates are well-prepared for the digital economy, with deep expertise in and across disciplines, core life skills as well as a growth mindset that will position them well for a world of disruption and change,” said NUS President Professor Tan Eng Chye.

He added that students at the university “have the advantage of customising their learning journeys from a comprehensive and holistic suite of educational pathways”.

These include initiatives that range from global study opportunities, residential living and learning experiences, to industry internships and immersion in entrepreneurial hubs in Asia and beyond.

Among other institutions in the top 10 are Harvard University and Stanford University in the United States and the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. The University of Tokyo — the only other Asian university in the top 10 — took the ninth place, one spot ahead of NUS.

The other Singapore university in the ranking — the Nanyang Technological University — jumped 18 spots to be ranked 73rd this year, an improvement from last year’s ranking of 91st spot.

The global annual survey was conducted with 7,000 recruiters and managing directors of international companies from 22 countries who had cast around 75,000 votes for universities they felt were the best for graduate employability.

Together they represent employers that have recruited more than 250,000 young graduates in the past 12 months.