NTU beats NUS, Harvard & Oxford to rank third globally in AI

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Whereas I’ve already reported on the QS Prime College rating, I needed to revisit one explicit element that’s particularly related in as we speak’s job market: synthetic intelligence (AI) and Singapore’s place in it, beginning with increased schooling.

Nationwide College of Singapore could also be ranked increased than NTU general—eighth globally vs. twelfth—however in some topics, the latter got here out on prime. And one in all them is Information Science & Synthetic Intelligence.

It got here in fifth general (vs. NUS’ seventh) and third in Tutorial Repute and H-index scores—the measures of pure educational efficiency.

I’ve determined to separate this desk from the final rating to deal with the important academic scores, as the primary lists bear in mind different metrics, reminiscent of Employer Repute, which value NTU a couple of factors as it’s, maybe, not as robust a model as a few of its rivals.

Each “repute” metrics are sourced by QS from surveys of 1000’s of lecturers and employers who’re requested to provide their views on the significance and excellence of labor of a selected college.

In the meantime, the H-index is used to measure each the standard and amount of its analysis output (that’s the variety of papers and the variety of citations of these papers).

As you’ll be able to see, NTU is available in third behind MIT and Carnegie Mellon (which is taken into account the birthplace of AI). You could possibly hardly hope for the next rank given the direct rivals. In the meantime, NUS drops to ninth when it comes to educational repute within the topic, though it nonetheless ranks fifth when it comes to sheer output.

NUS affords a greater profession—a minimum of early on

Each NUS and NTU have made actual strides in Information Science & AI prior to now two years, rising from positions exterior of the Prime 10 to close the highest. Nonetheless, NUS enjoys a considerably higher model than NTU, and it appears to indicate in Graduate Employment Surveys, which measure the job market efficiency of their graduates.

Whereas NUS has solely simply launched the Bachelor of Computing in Synthetic Intelligence course, so we’re going to have to attend for 4 full years to see the employment outcomes, we are able to use knowledge from associated levels to gauge the distinction between the 2.

Employment charges and salaries of graduates by bachelor’s levels (inside six months of commencement):

Worldwide rankings in Pc Science are 4th for NUS and sixth for NTU, so the hole between them, once more, isn’t enormous. And when it comes to educational efficiency, they’re fairly evenly matched.

And but, graduates from NUS not solely take pleasure in a lot increased employment charges (particularly for everlasting roles after commencement) however are additionally, on common, paid S$1,000 extra every month (the wage figures exclude employer CPF, bonuses, and so forth., and are primarily based solely on the essential gross wage).

It stands to motive, then, that the state of affairs for AI graduates could also be fairly related, even if NTU has been working its bachelor’s course since 2018—except it lastly will get the popularity it deserves in line with the QS rating and closes the hole with its older sibling.

Six-figure salaries for AI engineers in Singapore

Whereas we don’t have particular knowledge on employment outcomes of graduates of every respective college additional down their careers (as it will be onerous to do for AI given how it’s nonetheless rising rapidly), it appears truthful to imagine that the significance of the diploma wanes with time, changed with precise job expertise.

And engineers in Machine Studying, Synthetic Intelligence or Information Science can anticipate wonderful pay in Singapore.

In accordance with Certainly, the common primary wage for an AI/ML Engineer in Singapore is round S$83,000 per 12 months, much like what Glassdoor studies. Morgan McKinley has it at S$90,000 to S$170,000, going as much as S$240,000 for extra skilled and senior candidates.

One other bit of fine information is the findings from Stanford’s AI Index Report, which present that there must be no scarcity of jobs for AI professionals in Singapore, because it leads the world within the proportion of AI-related job listings.

Roughly one in 30 affords is on the lookout for candidates with AI expertise:

So, which must you select? A barely extra mature and academically revered NTU? Or the brand new course at NUS, which is more likely to provide a greater profession begin when it comes to employment and cash?

It in the end will depend on your targets. In case your ardour is analysis or science, then the tutorial repute would possibly sway you in direction of the college with the higher output. However for those who see your self working within the non-public sector, then it’s probably that the variations between them will not be sufficient to be an enormous deal within the office, and the NUS badge would possibly provide you with a greater head begin.

Then once more, each colleges are so intently matched that it could be pointless to nitpick. We are able to solely want NTU improves recognition amongst employers, in order that its graduates can take pleasure in an equal begin with their friends from NUS.

Academically, each are wonderful selections, recognised among the many best possible on this planet.

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