SMU entered the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) rankings for Asian universities for the first time in 60th place. NUS has kept the top spot while NTU moved up one place to third. This week, NUS and NTU have seized the top two spots in another Asia's best universities list. NUS took first place, while NTU was placed second with Peking University in the London-based Times Higher Education Magazine rankings for Asia.