100 Under 50 rank | World University Rankings 2011-2012 position | Institution | Country | Year founded | Tea
ching | Res
earch | Citat
ions | Income
from Industry | Interna
tional
mix | Overall score |
1 | 53 | Pohang University of Science and Technology | Republic of Korea | 1986 | 65.9 | 66.8 | 92.3 | 100.0 | 25.0 | 71.8 |
2 | 46 | École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne | Switzerland | 1968 | 55.9 | 40.9 | 95.3 | 46.7 | 98.9 | 66.2 |
3 | 62 | Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | Hong Kong | 1991 | 51.4 | 62.6 | 71.0 | 59.0 | 80.1 | 63.0 |
4 | 86 | University of California, Irvine | US | 1965 | 42.2 | 51.5 | 93.5 | 45.6 | 36.3 | 60.0 |
5 | 94 | Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology | Republic of Korea | 1971 | 71.3 | 61.3 | 47.1 | 100.0 | 29.3 | 58.6 |
6 | 84 | Université Pierre et Marie Curie | France | 1971 | 61.6 | 26.3 | 81.1 | 26.2 | 66.7 | 56.3 |
7 | 110 | University of California, Santa Cruz | US | 1965 | 31.6 | 45.4 | 99.9 | 29.5 | 29.8 | 56.0 |
8 | 121 | University of
York | UK | 1963 | 43.1 | 50.1 | 71.6 | 33.9 | 72.7 | 55.7 |
9 | 131 | Lancaster
University | UK | 1964 | 38.2 | 43.2 | 75.4 | 27.5 | 78.6 | 53.6 |
10 | 145 | University of East
Anglia | UK | 1963 | 32.2 | 32.7 | 85.6 | 28.0 | 68.5 | 51.0 |
11 | 167 | University of Illinois at Chicago | US | 1965 | 59.9 | 49.1 | 43.3 | 38.6 | 27.2 | 48.7 |
12 | 151 | Chinese University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 1963 | 47.4 | 56.2 | 37.8 | 36.4 | 69.5 | 48.5 |
13 | 157 | University of
Warwick | UK | 1965 | 42.1 | 49.3 | 45.0 | 31.3 | 85.5 | 48.1 |
14 | 194 | Universität Konstanz | Germany | 1966 | 36.3 | 39.6 | 62.8 | 49.9 | 63.7 | 47.7 |
15 | 169 | Université Paris Diderot–Paris 7 | France | 1970 | 28.0 | 20.0 | 88.9 | – | 70.7 | 46.8 |
16 | 169 | Nanyang Technological University | Singapore | 1991 | 40.4 | 52.3 | 34.5 | 44.4 | 89.8 | 46.0 |
17 | 186 | Pompeu Fabra University | Spain | 1990 | 28.1 | 19.8 | 87.6 | 37.6 | 54.3 | 45.7 |
18 | 193 | City University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 1984 | 32.5 | 42.2 | 57.4 | 50.1 | 61.6 | 45.5 |
19 | 197 | Maastricht University | Netherlands | 1976 | 33.8 | 38.8 | 53.9 | – | 86.4 | 44.9 |
20 | 201-225 | University of Essex | UK | 1965 | 38.5 | 48.6 | 37.0 | 28.3 | 90.1 | 44.7 |
21 | 201-225 | University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey | US | 1970 | 62.7 | 19.8 | 55.6 | 34.3 | 31.0 | 44.6 |
22 | 201-225 | Universität Ulm | Germany | 1967 | 53.0 | 26.2 | 46.7 | 69.8 | 50.8 | 43.3 |
23 | 201-225 | Umeå University | Sweden | 1965 | 25.2 | 40.4 | 59.4 | 26.3 | 52.0 | 42.1 |
24 | 201-225 | Autonomous University of Barcelona | Spain | 1968 | 35.9 | 30.8 | 57.9 | 37.0 | 45.9 | 41.7 |
25 | 226-250 | University of Milan-Bicocca | Italy | 1998 | 29.9 | 17.6 | 78.3 | 35.6 | 33.2 | 41.1 |
26 | 251-275 | Ruhr-Universität Bochum | Germany | 1962 | 44.2 | 38.9 | 36.0 | 59.7 | 46.6 | 40.7 |
27 | 226-250 | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences | Sweden | 1977 | 36.2 | 30.2 | 49.8 | 100.0 | 43.5 | 40.6 |
28 | 226-250 | University of Calgary | Canada | 1966 | 38.0 | 43.0 | 39.7 | 39.5 | 42.7 | 40.4 |
29 | 251-275 | University of Texas at Dallas | US | 1969 | 28.2 | 50.3 | 44.2 | 31.1 | 35.9 | 40.3 |
30 | 226-250 | Simon Fraser University | Canada | 1965 | 22.0 | 41.1 | 53.0 | 37.6 | 56.8 | 40.0 |
30 | 251-275 | National Sun Yat-Sen University | Taiwan | 1980 | 32.4 | 44.9 | 48.5 | 42.1 | 16.0 | 40.0 |
32 | 201-225 | Bilkent University | Turkey | 1984 | 29.9 | 24.3 | 60.8 | 29.4 | 48.5 | 38.9 |
33 | 226-250 | Macquarie University | Australia | 1964 | 25.1 | 29.9 | 46.5 | 42.3 | 93.0 | 38.5 |
33 | 251-275 | University of Wollongong | Australia | 1975 | 26.9 | 32.2 | 43.5 | 40.4 | 88.7 | 38.5 |
35 | 251-275 | Brunel University | UK | 1966 | 22.3 | 29.0 | 51.7 | 30.0 | 89.9 | 38.4 |
36 | 251-275 | University of Southern Denmark | Denmark | 1998 | 26.2 | 17.6 | 58.0 | 67.9 | 73.7 | 37.8 |
37 | 251-275 | University of Bath | UK | 1966 | 31.3 | 30.4 | 39.9 | 38.9 | 80.6 | 37.5 |
37 | 276-300 | University of Trento | Italy | 1962 | 28.6 | 28.3 | 51.5 | 51.0 | 49.7 | 37.5 |
39 | 251-275 | University of Tsukuba | Japan | 1973 | 43.9 | 29.0 | 41.4 | 32.0 | 27.2 | 37.1 |
40 | 276-300 | Queensland University of Technology | Australia | 1989 | 25.7 | 37.5 | 35.5 | 62.5 | 76.7 | 37.0 |
41 | 251-275 | Johannes Kepler Universität Linz | Austria | 1966 | 24.1 | 15.5 | 62.8 | 73.4 | 56.6 | 36.8 |
42 | 251-275 | Universität Bielefeld | Germany | 1969 | 23.9 | 22.5 | 61.6 | 28.6 | 45.2 | 36.5 |
43 | 276-300 | University of Tromsø | Norway | 1968 | 30.4 | 18.8 | 53.0 | 32.8 | 63.5 | 36.2 |
44 | 276-300 | State University of Campinas | Brazil | 1966 | 59.6 | 36.4 | 15.2 | 43.2 | 19.1 | 35.9 |
45 | 276-300 | University of Newcastle | Australia | 1965 | 22.2 | 36.8 | 35.8 | 64.8 | 76.3 | 35.8 |
46 | 251-275 | Hong Kong Polytechnic University | Hong Kong | 1994 | 31.2 | 42.8 | 22.2 | 72.8 | 62.5 | 35.4 |
46 | 276-300 | Université Montpellier 2 | France | 1970 | 30.7 | 9.6 | 62.3 | 24.9 | 52.9 | 35.4 |
48 | 301-350 | Charles Darwin University | Australia | 1989 | 21.7 | 29.0 | 52.6 | 31.3 | 46.7 | 35.3 |
49 | 276-300 | Autonomous University of Madrid | Spain | 1968 | 32.2 | 23.9 | 47.5 | 32.5 | 39.7 | 34.9 |
50 | 276-300 | University of Crete | Greece | 1973 | 16.9 | 18.0 | 66.7 | 33.2 | 42.6 | 34.5 |
50 | 276-300 | University of Guelph | Canada | 1964 | 26.0 | 38.0 | 38.6 | 48.9 | 33.3 | 34.5 |
50 | 301-350 | University of Stirling | UK | 1967 | 22.2 | 31.2 | 42.0 | 26.6 | 69.5 | 34.5 |
53 | 276-300 | University of Texas at San Antonio | US | 1969 | 17.1 | 19.5 | 70.3 | 25.3 | 22.6 | 34.4 |
54 | 301-350 | University of Eastern Finland | Finland | 1969 | 29.4 | 22.8 | 51.1 | 30.2 | 33.5 | 34.3 |
55 | 301-350 | National Taiwan University of Science and Technology | Taiwan | 1974 | 31.1 | 53.6 | 19.4 | 42.9 | 15.6 | 33.5 |
56 | 301-350 | University of Surrey | UK | 1966 | 40.5 | 34.1 | 12.4 | 46.9 | 81.5 | 33.4 |
57 | 301-350 | George Mason University | US | 1972 | 36.0 | 23.3 | 42.6 | 25.1 | 23.8 | 33.0 |
58 | 301-350 | University of Waikato | New Zealand | 1964 | 17.0 | 19.4 | 47.8 | 24.5 | 87.0 | 32.4 |
59 | 301-350 | Linköping University | Sweden | 1975 | 23.8 | 26.3 | 42.8 | 31.8 | 48.6 | 32.3 |
60 | 301-350 | Plymouth University | UK | 1992 | 15.7 | 19.3 | 58.1 | 25.8 | 49.0 | 32.2 |
61 | 301-350 | Keele University | UK | 1962 | 22.6 | 25.8 | 39.8 | 28.1 | 62.6 | 31.9 |
62 | 301-350 | University of Hertfordshire | UK | 1992 | 15.9 | 10.9 | 55.5 | 27.1 | 76.5 | 31.1 |
63 | 301-350 | University of Maryland, Baltimore County | US | 1966 | 22.0 | 20.6 | 52.8 | 29.9 | 18.6 | 30.8 |
64 | 351-400 | National University of Ireland, Maynooth | Republic of Ireland | 1997 | 30.3 | 26.9 | 22.1 | 27.1 | 74.8 | 30.1 |
65 | 351-400 | University of South Australia | Australia | 1991 | 26.8 | 25.6 | 19.4 | 87.7 | 81.8 | 29.9 |
66 | 301-350 | Aveiro University | Portugal | 1973 | 21.3 | 22.2 | 40.9 | 34.7 | 48.4 | 29.8 |
67 | 301-350 | Aalborg University | Denmark | 1974 | 22.8 | 27.2 | 27.1 | 36.4 | 75.3 | 29.7 |
68 | 301-350 | Sharif University of Technology | Iran | 1966 | 30.0 | 37.2 | 19.3 | 93.1 | 12.7 | 29.2 |
69 | 351-400 | Loughborough University | UK | 1966 | 32.0 | 31.8 | 9.2 | 39.4 | 66.7 | 27.9 |
70 | 351-400 | Yuan Ze University | Taiwan | 1989 | 14.2 | 14.3 | 58.3 | 29.2 | 12.8 | 27.8 |
71 | 351-400 | University of Strathclyde | UK | 1964 | 30.4 | 24.1 | 19.3 | 33.1 | 63.0 | 27.7 |
72 | 351-400 | Heriot-WattUniversity | UK | 1966 | 27.2 | 21.8 | 18.8 | 41.1 | 82.6 | 27.6 |
72 | 351-400 | Liverpool John Moores University | UK | 1992 | 15.4 | 12.7 | 48.4 | 26.9 | 52.6 | 27.6 |
74 | 351-400 | Polytechnic University of Valencia | Spain | 1971 | 24.4 | 11.9 | 45.3 | 36.6 | 23.6 | 27.1 |
75 | 351-400 | Curtin University | Australia | 1987 | 19.7 | 14.8 | 28.7 | 31.3 | 91.4 | 26.6 |
75 | 351-400 | Université Paris 13 | France | 1970 | 16.2 | 16.0 | 39.4 | 24.2 | 59.9 | 26.6 |
77 | 351-400 | Massey University | New Zealand | 1964 | 20.3 | 22.1 | 24.5 | – | 77.8 | 26.4 |
78 | 351-400 | Deakin University | Australia | 1974 | 21.7 | 22.8 | 26.2 | 27.9 | 56.3 | 26.1 |
78 | 351-400 | Flinders University | Australia | 1966 | 21.9 | 26.8 | 20.3 | 36.2 | 59.9 | 26.1 |
80 | 351-400 | University of Kent | UK | 1965 | 19.4 | 25.1 | 19.1 | 26.5 | 82.5 | 25.9 |
81 | 351-400 | Griffith University | Australia | 1971 | 19.4 | 21.6 | 20.3 | 30.7 | 79.0 | 25.1 |
81 | 351-400 | La Trobe University | Australia | 1967 | 22.9 | 26.8 | 13.6 | 28.9 | 71.3 | 25.1 |
83 | 351-400 | Aston University | UK | 1966 | 19.8 | 28.2 | 11.7 | 26.8 | 84.5 | 24.9 |
84 | – | Florida International University | US | 1965 | 28.7 | 25.3 | 18.2 | 31.0 | 30.2 | 24.7 |
85 | 351-400 | New University of Lisbon | Portugal | 1973 | 23.0 | 15.5 | 28.3 | 38.3 | 48.3 | 24.6 |
86 | 351-400 | Polytechnic University of Catalonia | Spain | 1971 | 27.4 | 14.7 | 23.3 | 44.6 | 42.0 | 23.9 |
86 | – | Dublin City University | Republic of Ireland | 1989 | 20.5 | 18.3 | 18.4 | 42.0 | 75.7 | 23.9 |
88 | – | University of Technology, Sydney | Australia | 1988 | 20.9 | 16.8 | 18.7 | 28.5 | 77.2 | 23.4 |
89 | – | Feng Chia University | Taiwan | 1980 | 12.7 | 17.7 | 41.4 | 33.5 | 12.8 | 23.3 |
90 | – | City University London | UK | 1966 | 23.1 | 24.1 | 7.0 | 27.2 | 78.8 | 22.9 |
91 | – | Concordia University | Canada | 1974 | 20.7 | 19.1 | 14.2 | 27.7 | 76.3 | 22.6 |
92 | – | University of Bradford | UK | 1966 | 22.4 | 21.3 | 8.4 | 31.4 | 80.0 | 22.4 |
93 | – | RMIT University | Australia | 1992 | 21.4 | 15.5 | 12.3 | 31.6 | 87.4 | 22.1 |
94 | – | King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals | Saudi Arabia | 1963 | 31.2 | 14.7 | 6.6 | 57.8 | 60.9 | 21.8 |
95 | – | National Yang-Ming University | Taiwan | 1975 | 35.4 | 22.4 | 8.7 | 26.9 | 14.7 | 21.7 |
96 | – | Mansoura University | Egypt | 1972 | 12.3 | 7.5 | 42.3 | 24.6 | 23.7 | 21.0 |
97 | – | University of Limerick | Republic of Ireland | 1972 | 21.2 | 22.2 | 4.8 | 32.8 | 67.2 | 20.3 |
98 | – | National University of Malaysia | Malaysia | 1970 | 23.2 | 13.8 | 14.2 | 26.1 | 53.1 | 20.0 |
99 | – | São Paulo State University | Brazil | 1976 | 30.0 | 20.6 | 8.0 | 44.4 | 15.8 | 19.9 |
100 | – | Edith Cowan University | Australia | 1991 | 15.4 | 13.9 | 11.6 | 26.7 | 91.8 | 19.8 |