NUS, SMU top Asia's economics schools

According to the 2012 Tilburg University top 100 Worldwide Economics Schools Research Ranking, SMU School of Economics (SOE) was ranked 65th while NUS ranked 60th in the list. The Tilburg University website showed that SMU rose 19 places from the 84th position while NUS slipped 7 places from its 53rd position in 2011 respectively.