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 |