The Nanyang Technological University (NTU) is a national research university based in Singapore. It is the second oldest autonomous university in Singapore and is considered to be one of the top universities in the world. NTU is consistently ranked within the top 80 universities in the world according to most rankings, and is currently ranked 12th globally in the QS World University Rankings as of June 2021. It has also been ranked 1st amongst young universities by the QS World University Rankings since 2015 as of April 2021