Top 175 young universities

The table shows the top 175 young universities* ranked by their fractional count in 2018 (FC 2018). Also listed are each university's article count of the year (AC 2018), the highest subject rank among young universities and its global rank among all academic institutions in 2018

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1	University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS)	China	1978	318.77	1,816	C1, E1, P1	19
2	Nanyang Technological University (NTU)	Singapore	1991	232.51	569	C2, E2, P2	34
3	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL)	Switzerland	1969	219.92	542	C3, L3, P3	37
4	Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)	South Korea	1971	155.09	319	C4, P4	63
5	Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)	China	1991	108.39	310	P5	98
6	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)	Saudi Arabia	2009	104.77	248	C5	108
7	Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech)	China	2012	89.22	271	C6	136
8	Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)	South Korea	1986	85.85	219	P6	143
9	University of Paris-Sud (UPSud)	France	1970	71.08	574	P9	184
10	Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)	South Korea	2009	68.88	161	P8	189
11	Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU)	United States of America (USA)	1981	55.48	151	B1	226
12	City University of Hong Kong (CityU)	China	1994	53.60	197	C10	234
13	Shenzhen University (SZU)	China	1983	52.48	179	C11	240
14	Paris Diderot University (Paris 7)	France	1970	50.46	516	E5	250
15	Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU)	Israel	1969	46.94	119	E11	268
16	Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI)	India	2005	42.31	157	P10	288
17	The University of Texas at Dallas (UT Dallas)	United States of America (USA)	1969	41.90	146	P15	291
18	University of Bremen (Uni Bremen)	Germany	1971	37.58	128	E3	312
19	Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)	Norway	1996	37.42	115	B13	313
20	Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune (IISER Pune)	India	2006	36.64	113	C14	318
21	University of Bayreuth (UBT)	Germany	1975	36.39	94	E7	321
22	ShanghaiTech University	China	2013	36.34	164	C15	322
23	Curtin University	Australia	1986	36.09	140	E4	324
24	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)	China	1994	34.63	116	P16	329
25	The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)	United States of America (USA)	1969	33.96	136	B4	332
26	Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal (IISER Bhopal)	India	2008	32.04	45	C12	343
27	Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)	South Korea	1993	31.00	67	C19	349
28	Linköping University (LiU)	Sweden	1975	30.08	104	P18	359
29	Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST)	Japan	2011	29.76	65	B17	361
30	Queensland University of Technology (QUT)	Australia	1989	27.85	117	C21	377
31	Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT University)	Australia	1992	27.70	98	E22	378
32	University of Wollongong (UOW)	Australia	1975	26.48	110	P20	384
33	Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA)	Italy	1978	25.61	88	P14	394
34	University of Milano-Bicocca (UNIMIB)	Italy	1998	24.91	169	E30	399
35	The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA)	United States of America (USA)	1969	24.57	64	C18	400
36	University of Technology Sydney (UTS)	Australia	1988	24.07	77	E29	406
37	Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)	Sweden	1977	23.76	95	E10	411
38	Institute of Science and Technology Austria (IST Austria)	Austria	2007	23.61	55	B9	416
39	Changzhou University (CZU)	China	1978	23.46	38	C16	422
40	Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR)	India	1989	23.42	34	C17	423
41	University of Potsdam	Germany	1991	23.31	140	E12	426
42	University of Oldenburg	Germany	1973	21.25	63	E25	450
43	Paris Descartes University (Paris 5)	France	1971	20.98	224	B10	451
44	Medical University of Vienna (MUW)	Austria	2004	20.93	116	B8	453
45	Bielefeld University	Germany	1969	20.88	49	C34	455
46	Griffith University	Australia	1971	20.69	88	E24	458
47	Yangzhou University (YZU)	China	1992	20.58	58	C30	459
48	Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata (IISER Kolkata)	India	2006	20.54	33	C27	460
49	Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT Guwahati)	India	1994	20.41	30	C20	462
50	Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST)	South Korea	2004	19.99	53	C31	464
51	University of Siegen	Germany	1972	19.69	94	P25	467
52	The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth)	United States of America (USA)	1972	19.67	120	B7	468
53	Tianjin University of Technology (TUT)	China	1979	18.70	56	C22	477
54	Ajou University (AJOU)	South Korea	1973	18.37	48	P42	482
55	University of Kaiserslautern (TU Kaiserslautern)	Germany	1970	17.95	51	L34	488
56	University of Macau (UM)	China	1981	17.58	67	C32	494
57	University of Rennes 1	France	1970	17.20	150	C45	507
58	The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (Sokendai)	Japan	1988	16.97	108	B22	511
59	University of Rome Tor Vergata	Italy	1982	16.66	140	P43	516
60	São Paulo State University (UNESP)	Brazil	1976	16.37	112	P28	520
61	James Cook University (JCU)	Australia	1970	16.23	63	E13	522
62	Pompeu Fabra University (UPF)	Spain	1990	15.98	98	B12	525
63	University of Hyderabad (UoH)	India	1974	15.86	22	C33	528
64	Florida International University (FIU)	United States of America (USA)	1972	15.73	121	E23	530
65	Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST)	Japan	1991	15.06	42	B35	547
66	Tokyo Metropolitan University (TMU)	Japan	2005	14.29	92	C40	564
67	Deakin University	Australia	1974	13.73	62	C47	572
68	Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV)	Spain	1971	13.60	56	C53	576
69	Federal University of ABC (UFABC)	Brazil	2005	13.35	100	P27	584
70	Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD)	Singapore	2009	13.18	35	P26	587
71	New University of Lisbon (UNL)	Portugal	1973	12.71	63	B39	597
72	University of Limerick (UL)	Ireland	1972	12.63	26	C36	601
73	University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)	France	1991	12.50	145	E17	604
74	Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC)	Spain	1971	12.26	70	P44	607
75	University of Crete (UOC)	Greece	1973	12.21	46	P67	609
76	National Institute of Scientific Research (INRS)	Canada	1969	12.13	56	E48	610
77	University of Paderborn (UPB)	Germany	1973	12.12	28	P39	612
78	University of Luxembourg	Luxembourg	2003	12.02	40	P40	616
79	University of Aveiro (UA)	Portugal	1973	11.99	49	E32	618
80	Maastricht University (UM)	Netherlands	1976	11.90	55	B29	620
81	The University of South Australia (UniSA)	Australia	1991	11.66	66	E38	626
82	National Sun Yat-Sen University (NSYSU)	Taiwan	1980	11.39	31	P58	629
83	University of Plymouth	United Kingdom (UK)	1992	11.35	38	E18	630
84	University of Augsburg	Germany	1970	11.26	42	P37	631
85	Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg (OVGU)	Germany	1993	11.24	46	B32	632
86	University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM)	Spain	1982	11.21	49	C44	634
87	University of Science and Technology (UST)	South Korea	2003	11.13	77	P62	636
88	University of Haifa (HU)	Israel	1972	11.03	43	B25	640
89	Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram (IISER TVM)	India	2008	10.99	15	C38	642
90	University of Girona (UdG)	Spain	1991	10.96	37	C43	643
91	University of Ulsan (UOU)	South Korea	1985	10.74	35	B52	649
92	University of California, Merced (UC Merced)	United States of America (USA)	2005	10.70	44	E44	651
93	George Mason University (GMU)	United States of America (USA)	1972	10.33	56	E28	661
94	Tarbiat Modares University (TMU)	Iran	1982	10.21	20	C46	664
95	Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali (IISER Mohali)	India	2007	10.07	20	B58	669
96	University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway (UiT)	Norway	1972	9.98	59	E37	674
97	Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech)	Russia	2011	9.85	64	P66	682
98	University of Osnabrück (Uni Osnabrück)	Germany	1974	9.78	26	B23	685
99	University of Roma Tre	Italy	1992	9.47	87	E39	693
100	Indian Institute of Technology Indore (IIT Indore)	India	2009	9.44	24	P57	698
101	Ningbo University (NBU)	China	1986	9.38	32	C67	702
102	Shanxi Normal University (SXNU)	China	1984	9.08	17	C70	710
103	Rovira i Virgili University (URV)	Spain	1991	9.08	40	C62	711
104	University of the Balearic Islands (UIB)	Spain	1978	8.76	32	E49	727
105	Wenzhou University (WZU)	China	1984	8.59	19	C49	735
106	University of Aalborg (AAU)	Denmark	1974	8.55	43	E54	737
107	Jaume I University (UJI)	Spain	1991	8.54	44	P61	740
108	University of Alcalá (UAH)	Spain	1977	8.30	35	C58	742
109	Technical University of Madrid (UPM)	Spain	1971	8.15	48	E59	744
110	USI Università della Svizzera Italiana	Switzerland	1996	7.98	28	B40	749
111	Huaibei Normal University	China	2010	7.97	11	C50	750
112	University of Cantabria (UC)	Spain	1972	7.95	97	E60	751
113	Swinburne University of Technology	Australia	1992	7.92	79	P46	754
114	Bilkent University	Turkey	1984	7.81	22	P48	762
115	University of Minho (UM)	Portugal	1973	7.72	92	E56	764
116	The Open University (OU)	United Kingdom (UK)	1969	7.68	34	E21	767
117	Southern Cross University (SCU)	Australia	1994	7.60	16	E16	773
118	Medical University of Innsbruck (MUI)	Austria	2004	7.38	35	B28	789
119	University of La Rioja (UR)	Spain	1992	6.85	17	C61	812
120	Andres Bello University (UNAB)	Chile	1988	6.76	41	P74	817
121	University of Eastern Finland (UEF)	Finland	2010	6.73	46	E47	819
122	Liaocheng University (LCU)	China	2002	6.72	20	C64	821
123	Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)	India	1969	6.65	13	B63	823
124	University of Kassel	Germany	1971	6.59	19	P79	826
125	Institut Polytechnique de Bordeaux (Bordeaux INP)	France	2009	6.50	40	C71	830
126	National Dong Hwa University (NDHU)	Taiwan	1994	6.49	13	C69	831
127	Shantou University (STU)	China	1981	6.48	26	C79	832
128	University of A Coruña (UDC)	Spain	1989	6.34	15	C63	840
129	University of Haute-Alsace (UHA)	France	1975	6.32	93	C65	843
130	University of Wuppertal	Germany	1972	6.28	71	P91	846
131	AgroParisTech	France	2007	6.26	59	B55	847
132	Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IIT Gandhinagar)	India	2008	6.18	16	E45	852
133	Western Sydney University	Australia	1989	6.13	39	B51	856
134	University of Calabria (UNICAL)	Italy	1972	6.13	75	P73	857
135	University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli	Italy	1991	6.06	23	E68	864
136	University of Alicante (UA)	Spain	1979	6.00	34	C80	867
137	National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE)	Russia	1992	5.90	49	P64	876
138	Jacobs University Bremen (IUB)	Germany	2001	5.90	16	B69	881
139	Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH)	Spain	1996	5.89	18	B46	882
140	University of Vigo (UVIGO)	Spain	1990	5.70	20	E87	892
141	University of Málaga (UMA)	Spain	1972	5.69	26	C88	895
142	Silesian University in Opava (SLU)	Czech Republic	1991	5.58	13	P51	903
143	Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology (VISTEC)	Thailand	2015	5.46	14	C84	914
144	University of Brescia (UNIBS)	Italy	1982	5.37	41	B93	917
145	Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IITH)	India	2008	5.35	16	P78	919
146	University of Valparaíso (UV)	Chile	1981	5.29	41	P72	921
147	Hamad bin Khalifa University (HBKU)	Qatar	2010	5.26	18	E95	922
148	Paris-Est Créteil University (UPEC)	France	1970	5.20	57	E40	926
149	Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)	Canada	1969	5.20	53	E80	927
150	Zhengzhou University of Light Industry (ZZULI)	China	1977	5.17	10	C87	930
151	University of Pau and Pays de l'Adour (UPPA)	France	1970	5.12	40	E53	934
152	National Chung Cheng University (CCU)	Taiwan	1989	5.08	12	E70	935
153	Suzhou University of Science and Technology	China	2001	4.98	17	E58	941
154	University of Cyprus	Cyprus	1989	4.98	69	C103	942
155	National Yang-Ming University (NYMU)	Taiwan	1975	4.92	28	B45	946
156	Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST)	Japan	1990	4.87	12	C93	953
157	University of Western Brittany (UBO)	France	1971	4.81	57	E55	960
158	University of Portsmouth	United Kingdom (UK)	1992	4.80	25	E66	964
159	Nanjing Forestry University (NFU)	China	1985	4.78	21	E85	965
160	University of South Bohemia	Czech Republic	1991	4.76	23	E43	968
161	Pablo de Olavide University (UPO)	Spain	1997	4.69	35	B71	972
162	University of Burgos (UBU)	Spain	1994	4.67	12	E88	973
163	Institut Mines-Télécom (IMT)	France	2012	4.67	73	E57	974
164	Shiv Nadar University (SNU)	India	2011	4.66	6	C97	975
165	University of Huddersfield	United Kingdom (UK)	1992	4.59	12	C91	979
166	Charles III University of Madrid (UC3M)	Spain	1989	4.59	33	P76	980
167	Dublin City University (DCU)	Ireland	1975	4.57	20	E108	983
168	Jianghan University	China	2001	4.56	22	E65	984
169	University of Stavanger (UiS)	Norway	2005	4.55	16	P71	985
170	Cranfield University	United Kingdom (UK)	1969	4.54	20	E31	986
171	University of Toulon (UTLN)	France	1979	4.54	43	P88	987
172	National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST)	Taiwan	1974	4.53	18	C95	988
173	University of Shizuoka	Japan	1987	4.50	8	C86	989
174	Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC)	United States of America (USA)	1969	4.49	15	B54	990
175	Koç University (KU)	Turkey	1993	4.49	23	P90	991

* Universities, including graduate universities, were selected as being young and under 50 if they were founded as an independent university in 1969 or later and were not formed by the merger or re-merger and/or re-naming of a university or universities older than 50. In addition, they had to be in the top 1000 academic institutions in Nature Index in 2018 to be selected.

** C: Chemistry; E: Earth & Environmental Sciences; B: Biological Sciences; P: Physical Sciences.

*** Because this table splits out IITs and IISERs from India into separate universities and because of some recent updating of data the academic rankings in this table do not match exactly with those in the annual tables released earlier in the year.

Top 175 young universities

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