NTU has climbed one rank up to 20th this year in the THE Asia University Rankings 2021 recently released by Times Higher Education (THE). The five major performance indicators in the THE Asia University Rankings are the same as the THE World University Rankings but their weightings are slightly recalibrated. NTU has earned a record high score in four of the major performance indicators, Research (30%), Citation (30%), International Outlook (7.5%), and Industry Income (7.5%), since THE started the rankings in 2013.