["< sod > separately, the [ [ academic ranking of world universities ] ] published by the shanghai ranking consultancy that ranks universities'research performance and places a high weightage on the number of nobel prizes and fields medals won by a university ’ s alumni and faculty placed ntu in the range of 101 - 150th worldwide and 2nd in singapore. however, this ranking methodology has proven to be inherently biased against young universities like ntu. < ref > http : / / www. hey. ntu. edu. sg / issue24 / features _ 02. html < / ref > as of may 2015, microsoft academic search website ranks ntu's overall engineering as the 8th in the world for the last 5 years, according to the number publications and h - index criteria. < ref > { { cite web | url = http : / / academic. research. microsoft. com / ranklist? entitytype = 7 & topdomainid = 8 & subdomainid = 0 & last = 10 & orderby = 6 & continentid = 0 / | title = microsoft academic research - top organizations in engineering - } } < / ref > < eod > < sod > separately, the [ [ academic ranking of world universities ] ] published by the shanghai ranking consultancy that ranks universities'research performance and places a high weightage on the number of nobel prizes and fields medals won by a university ’ s alumni and faculty placed ntu in the range of 101 - 150th worldwide and 2nd in singapore. nevertheless, the alternate [ [ academic ranking of world universities ] ] that excludes the weightage on noble prices and field medals actually places ntu at 151 - 200. < ref > http : / / www. shanghairanking. com / alternative _ ranking _ excluding _ award _ factor / excluding _ award _ factor2014. html < / ref > despite this, ntu's president have concluded that the ranking methodology has proven this to be inherently biased against young universities like ntu due to the inclusion of award factor. < ref > http : / / www. hey. ntu. edu. sg / issue24 / features _ 02. html < / ref > as of may 2015, microsoft academic search website ranks ntu's overall engineering as the 8th in the world for the last 5 years, according to the number publications and h - index criteria. < ref > { { cite web | url = http : / / academic. research. microsoft. com / ranklist? entitytype = 7 & topdomainid = 8 & subdomainid = 0 & last = 10 & orderby = 6 & continentid = 0 / | title = microsoft academic research - top organizations in engineering - } } < / ref > < eod >"]