Singapore's Nanyang Technological University crowned world’s best for AI: ShanghaiRanking

By Khanh Linh December 21, 2025 | 08:59 pm PT

Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has been ranked as the world’s top institution for artificial intelligence degrees in the 2025 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects by ShanghaiRanking.

NTU topped the ranking, which were released last month, with 289 points, closely followed by Tsinghua University in China.

Among the top 10 globally, three universities are based in Asia, with the remaining institutions in North America and Australia.

China dominates the ranking with 10 institutions, two in the top 10 and the remaining eight in positions 11 to 20.

The U.S. has four institutions listed, while Canada has three. Singapore, Australia, and the U.K. each have one representative in the top 20.

Rank	University	Country	Score
1	Nanyang Technological University	Singapore	289
2	Tsinghua University	China	284.7
3	University of Toronto	Canada	265.9
4	Zhejiang University	China	248.8
5	University of Alberta	Canada	246.2
6	Carnegie Mellon University	U.S.	241.3
7	University of California, Los Angeles	U.S.	237.5
8	University of Technology Sydney	Australia	235
9	University of Montreal	Canada	234.5
10	Stanford University	U.S.	228.9
11	Harbin Institute of Technology	China	225.6
12	Harvard University	U.S.	225.1
13	Peking University	China	219.5
14	Northwestern Polytechnical University	China	212.4
15	Huazhong University of Science and Technology	China	211.7
16	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	China	211.2
17	University of Oxford	U.K.	210.2
18	Southern University of Science and Technology	China	202.3
19	Shanghai Jiao Tong University	China	199.9
20	Beihang University	China	198.7

This year, the ShanghaiRanking assessed approximately 2,000 universities from 100 countries and regions, ranking 400 universities specifically for their AI programs.

These institutions had to publish at least 100 scientific papers in the field between 2020 and 2024.

The ranking methodology includes five main criteria: faculty quality, volume of outstanding research, research quality, research impact, and international collaboration.

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Singapore's Nanyang Technological University. Photo courtesy of NTU

The ShanghaiRanking, also known as the Academic Ranking of World Universities, was established by China's Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2003.

It is considered one of the three most prestigious university rankings worldwide, alongside Quacquarelli Symonds and Times Higher Education.