What is your definition of “3rd rate” university? If you are using a ranking similar to the “QS World University Rankings” where NUS and NTU ranks very high, then I guess its not very accurate to determine the graduate’s capabilities/skillsets.
The ‘QS World University Rankings’ ranks university based on 5 criteria:
Academic Reputation: 40%
(“expert opinion” of over 130,000 individuals, essentially a voting process which will always bring some biasness)

Employer Reputation: 10%
(again voting, and in a small country like SG where NUS and NTU is has been around for the longest time it only makes sense to vote them)

Faculty/Student Ratio: 20%
(hmmm really…. hard to measure accurately, don’t really indicate capability of graduating students)

Citations per faculty: 20%
(hmm… The process includes taking the total number of citations received by all papers produced by a university across a five-year period by the number of faculty members at that institution. A metric that can be easily controlled by the institution themselves)

International Faculty Ratio /International Student Ratio :10%
(again, doesn’t add value to the output and capability of graduating students)


So, doesn’t make sense to determine a university ‘true” rank/rate by this kind of ranking system. It really gives an inaccurate judgement to the universities and the students graduating from them.


Anyways at HTX it seems like the senior management from the “1st rated universities” are now choosing “3rd rated” university graduates with less experience to be a higher rank, in this case XT7. So maybe in your 3 years there, your university has become the very “3rd rated university” instead….ahaha…jkjk.

I guess if really unhappy at the job, best to find something that fits you better., good luck next year after your PB to find a better job for you!