Top research institutions in Singapore
National University of Singapore ranks first in Singapore on research quality in 2022–2025 (#18 worldwide), followed by Nanyang Technological University and Agency for Science, Technology and Research.
Ranked by research quality, 2022–2025
| # | Institution | World rank | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | National University of SingaporeUniversity · Singapore | #18 | 29.6% | 19,836 | #1 |
| 2 | Nanyang Technological UniversityUniversity · Singapore | #27 | 32.2% | 16,520 | #2 |
| 3 | Agency for Science, Technology and ResearchGovernment institution · Singapore | #311 | 29.3% | 3,040 | #3 |
| 4 | Singapore University of Technology and DesignUniversity · Singapore | #956 | 30.3% | 1,912 | #5 |
| 5 | Institute of Materials Research and EngineeringResearch facility · Singapore | #1,182 | 34.0% | 637 | #4 |
| 6 | National University Health SystemUniversity · Singapore | #1,585 | 28.0% | 1,340 | #12 |
| 7 | Duke-NUS Medical SchoolUniversity · Singapore | #1,633 | 26.1% | 1,482 | #7 |
| 8 | Singapore Management UniversityUniversity · Singapore | #1,972 | 29.4% | 2,207 | #9 |
| 9 | Institute of High Performance ComputingResearch facility · Singapore | #1,994 | 30.7% | 624 | #6 |
| 10 | Centre for Quantum TechnologiesResearch facility · Singapore | #2,361 | 23.9% | 207 | #10 |
| 11 | National University HospitalHospital / health system · Singapore | #2,388 | 18.2% | 1,380 | #19 |
| 12 | Institute of Molecular and Cell BiologyResearch facility · Singapore | #2,786 | 38.6% | 220 | #13 |
| 13 | Singapore General HospitalHospital / health system · Singapore | #2,999 | 14.3% | 1,677 | #17 |
| 14 | Chemical Synthesis LabResearch facility · Singapore | #3,275 | 22.5% | 297 | #14 |
| 15 | Singapore Immunology NetworkResearch facility · Singapore | #3,783 | 32.3% | 96 | #8 |
| 16 | Singapore Institute of TechnologyUniversity · Singapore | #4,382 | 19.2% | 943 | #31 |
| 17 | National University Cancer Institute, SingaporeUniversity · Singapore | #4,478 | 23.5% | 332 | #25 |
| 18 | National Cancer Centre SingaporeHospital / health system · Singapore | #4,619 | 17.9% | 496 | #24 |
| 19 | SingHealthHospital / health system · Singapore | #4,800 | 24.2% | 442 | #40 |
| 20 | SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical CentreHospital / health system · Singapore | #4,825 | 25.2% | 248 | #47 |
| 21 | Institute of MicroelectronicsResearch facility · Singapore | #5,168 | 10.4% | 391 | #21 |
| 22 | Tan Tock Seng HospitalHospital / health system · Singapore | #5,260 | 12.8% | 945 | #26 |
| 23 | Singapore University of Social SciencesUniversity · Singapore | #5,601 | 25.9% | 725 | #34 |
| 24 | Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences EngineeringResearch facility · Singapore | #6,234 | 34.1% | 133 | #29 |
| 25 | Earth Observatory of SingaporeResearch facility · Singapore | #6,269 | 37.6% | 156 | #35 |
| 26 | The Cambridge Centre for Advanced Research and Education in SingaporeResearch facility · Singapore | #6,433 | 36.7% | 79 | #49 |
| 27 | Genome Institute of SingaporeResearch facility · Singapore | #6,512 | 31.3% | 120 | #22 |
| 28 | Institute for Infocomm ResearchResearch facility · Singapore | #7,143 | 25.6% | 493 | #11 |
| 29 | National Heart Centre SingaporeHospital / health system · Singapore | #7,222 | 19.9% | 305 | #48 |
| 30 | AstraZeneca (Singapore)Company · Singapore | #7,492 | 22.9% | 177 | #43 |
| 31 | Singapore Institute for Clinical SciencesResearch facility · Singapore | #7,512 | 32.2% | 126 | #37 |
| 32 | Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and TechnologyUniversity · Singapore | #7,580 | 31.4% | 156 | #15 |
| 33 | Khoo Teck Puat HospitalHospital / health system · Singapore | #7,668 | 12.8% | 331 | #61 |
| 34 | KK Women's and Children's HospitalHospital / health system · Singapore | #7,959 | 9.5% | 892 | #42 |
| 35 | James Cook University SingaporeUniversity · Singapore | #7,962 | 35.4% | 323 | #64 |
| 36 | Singapore Eye Research InstituteResearch facility · Singapore | #8,052 | 29.6% | 279 | #38 |
| 37 | National Neuroscience InstituteHospital / health system · Singapore | #8,307 | 16.1% | 257 | #36 |
| 38 | Yale-NUS CollegeUniversity · Singapore | #8,628 | 27.3% | 182 | #32 |
| 39 | National Centre for Infectious DiseasesHospital / health system · Singapore | #8,674 | 22.4% | 133 | #58 |
| 40 | Singapore Institute of Manufacturing TechnologyResearch facility · Singapore | #8,840 | 24.1% | 231 | #20 |
| 41 | National University Heart Centre SingaporeHospital / health system · Singapore | #9,036 | 22.9% | 258 | #54 |
| 42 | Temasek Life Sciences LaboratoryResearch facility · Singapore | #9,104 | 37.0% | 132 | #28 |
| 43 | Singapore National Eye CenterHospital / health system · Singapore | #9,160 | 28.4% | 261 | #55 |
| 44 | Alexandra HospitalHospital / health system · Singapore | #9,235 | 10.5% | 304 | #60 |
| 45 | Clinical Nutrition Research CentreResearch facility · Singapore | #10,165 | 41.8% | 79 | #50 |
| 46 | Ng Teng Fong General HospitalHospital / health system · Singapore | #10,687 | 17.2% | 226 | #72 |
| 47 | Bioinformatics InstituteResearch facility · Singapore | #10,697 | 22.1% | 126 | #46 |
| 48 | Singapore-HUJ Alliance for Research and EnterpriseNonprofit · Singapore | #10,922 | 36.7% | 106 | #53 |
| 49 | Changi General HospitalHospital / health system · Singapore | #11,279 | 8.5% | 603 | #57 |
| 50 | National Skin CentreHospital / health system · Singapore | #11,337 | 15.2% | 159 | #67 |
| 51 | National Dental Centre of SingaporeHospital / health system · Singapore | #11,467 | 20.3% | 123 | #74 |
| 52 | GlobalFoundries (Singapore)Company · Singapore | #11,505 | 6.4% | 158 | #66 |
| 53 | Sengkang General HospitalHospital / health system · Singapore | #12,048 | 8.9% | 450 | #77 |
| 54 | Ministry of HealthGovernment institution · Singapore | #12,509 | 17.8% | 178 | #65 |
| 55 | Bioprocessing Technology InstituteResearch facility · Singapore | #12,815 | 34.3% | 61 | #62 |
| 56 | SingHealth PolyclinicsHospital / health system · Singapore | #14,652 | 24.7% | 129 | #94 |
| 57 | ISEAS - Yusof Ishak InstituteResearch facility · Singapore | #15,506 | 26.8% | 68 | #100 |
| 58 | University of Wales Institute CardiffUniversity · Singapore | #15,973 | 11.8% | 70 | #45 |
| 59 | Nanyang PolytechnicUniversity · Singapore | #16,100 | 21.6% | 96 | #59 |
| 60 | Singapore Maritime InstituteResearch facility · Singapore | #16,345 | 7.0% | 900 | #79 |
| 61 | Raffles InstitutionUniversity · Singapore | #16,423 | 14.8% | 112 | #82 |
| 62 | Institute of Mental HealthHospital / health system · Singapore | #16,671 | 25.3% | 201 | #69 |
| 63 | Republic PolytechnicUniversity · Singapore | #16,726 | 11.5% | 152 | #63 |
| 64 | Newcastle University SingaporeUniversity · Singapore | #16,792 | 18.2% | 141 | #80 |
| 65 | Institute of Technical EducationUniversity · Singapore | #17,237 | 8.7% | 248 | #85 |
| 66 | National Parks BoardGovernment institution · Singapore | #18,881 | 12.3% | 207 | #87 |
| 67 | Temasek PolytechnicUniversity · Singapore | #19,070 | 18.0% | 92 | #71 |
| 68 | East Asia ResearchInstitution · Singapore | #19,141 | 18.0% | 132 | #86 |
| 69 | Geriatric Education and Research InstituteResearch facility · Singapore | #19,669 | 24.6% | 60 | #105 |
| 70 | Creative Technology (Singapore)Company · Singapore | #20,276 | 12.7% | 128 | #106 |
| 71 | MOH HoldingsHospital / health system · Singapore | #21,115 | 18.7% | 60 | #104 |
| 72 | INSEADUniversity · Singapore | #21,148 | 27.4% | 109 | #56 |
| 73 | Singapore PolytechnicUniversity · Singapore | #21,597 | 15.6% | 91 | #39 |
| 74 | A*STAR Graduate AcademyUniversity · Singapore | #22,175 | 10.1% | 100 | #70 |
| 75 | Woodlands Health CampusHospital / health system · Singapore | #22,634 | 10.6% | 147 | #118 |
| 76 | Health Sciences AuthorityGovernment institution · Singapore | #22,938 | 8.4% | 89 | #91 |
| 77 | Technology Centre for Offshore and Marine, SingaporeResearch facility · Singapore | #23,053 | 18.2% | 74 | #119 |
| 78 | Hwa Chong InstitutionUniversity · Singapore | #24,521 | 8.9% | 88 | #122 |
| 79 | Wipro (Singapore)Company · Singapore | #24,872 | 8.1% | 94 | #117 |
| 80 | Gleneagles HospitalHospital / health system · Singapore | #25,067 | 7.7% | 94 | #88 |
| 81 | Mount Elizabeth HospitalHospital / health system · Singapore | #26,121 | 8.6% | 61 | #114 |
| 82 | United World College of South East AsiaUniversity · Singapore | #26,545 | 2.3% | 66 | — |
| 83 | LASALLE College of the ArtsUniversity · Singapore | #26,721 | 12.5% | 69 | #110 |
| 84 | Academy of MedicineUniversity · Singapore | #27,140 | 7.8% | 68 | #108 |
Institutions above the volume floor, ranked within Singapore on the quality composite for 2022–2025; research measures only, not teaching. The tick on each rate track is the world’s rate in this record, 16.5% — teal above it, red below; bars are scaled to the largest institution on this page.
Size against quality inside Singapore
The upper left is the interesting corner: institutions that publish less than the national giants and land more of it in the world top 10%.
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One dot per institution in the table above.