World's Top 100 Universities (Under 50)

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What makes up a great alma mater when you look back and reflect upon your time in an institute of higher learning? Great institutes of higher education need not necessarily be revered as such because they have been in existence since time immemorial or because their brick and mortar structures were scarred by the seasonal winds of a hundred years. In the 20th century itself, a number of great universities which came into existence not any longer than 50 years ago have established themselves as a global powerhouse when it comes to institutes for higher learning.

These young universities, generally known as the Golden Age universities were founded on or after 1966. Being unbound by tradition has given these universities the leeway to build their own history and has given them room to innovate and discover. The composite scores which are a factor of citations, industry income, international outlook, research, and teaching are among the highest in the world. Having relatively little to no history has allowed these universities to break free from convention.

One such example is that universities like these take a more interdisciplinary approach towards learning instead of the theory oriented learning practices at the older universities. Another distinct advantage of this practice is that the coursework and syllabus is built to meet the ever-changing demands of the industry today as opposed to the rigid structures of the syllabus and coursework at the older universities. For example; the UC San Diego, whose model is built on education around issues rather than education around discipline. These young universities also benefit from having had enough time to build a little history while still being comparatively novel and young by world standards. The huge increase in college-age population and the number of people going to college coupled with the government’s precedence over any other consideration in favour of higher education and the enormous amount of investments has resulted in the expansion of higher education around the globe.

Given below is the latest ranking for year 2017 of the top 100 universities that are less 50 years old, according to Times Higher Education. The list is decided based on composite scores which are calculated after taking factors such as citations, industry income, international outlook, research, and teaching into account.

The ranking provides a new outlook by examining the new breed of global universities – those that have managed to join the world’s best in a matter of decades rather than centuries, and have the potential to become future global leaders.

Young University Rankings

Rank	Name	No. of FTE students	No. of students per staff member	International students	Female:Male Ratio
1	École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne	9,750	11.2	54%	27:73
2	Hong Kong University of Science and Technology	11,960	27.3	38%	N/A
3	Nanyang Technological University, Singapore	25,278	16.1	32%	49:51
4	Pohang University of Science and Technology	3,017	10.0	4%	22:78
5	Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)	9,327	9.5	9%	20:80
6	Maastricht University	16,030	18.3	47%	58:42
7	City University of Hong Kong	9,871	11.6	30%	52:48
8	Ulm University	10,370	27.3	12%	47:53
=9	Karlsruhe Institute of Technology	25,948	24.5	17%	27:73
=9	Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna	679	13.1	13%	38:62
11	University of Luxembourg	5,219	17.2	55%	51:49
12	Pierre and Marie Curie University	28,473	8.0	17%	48:52
=13	University of Antwerp	16,445	35.8	15%	54:46
=13	University of Duisburg-Essen	41,002	53.0	12%	49:51
15	University of Technology, Sydney	25,069	44.0	35%	52:48
16	University of Dundee	11,266	14.7	24%	61:39
17	Pompeu Fabra University	10,791	20.1	12%	59:41
18	Autonomous University of Barcelona	31,095	12.4	11%	59:41
19	Paris-Sud University	26,642	14.1	17%	55:45
20	Hong Kong Polytechnic University	21,907	25.6	25%	54:46
21	University of Texas at Dallas	17,825	25.0	25%	44:56
22	Bielefeld University	22,279	69.6	8%	57:43
23	Aalborg University	19,286	17.4	15%	48:52
24	Queensland University of Technology	34,398	36.3	17%	54:46
25	King Abdulaziz University	37,178	8.3	21%	55:45
26	Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology	1,575	10.7	7%	23:77
27	Aalto University	12,653	20.1	20%	34:66
28	Paris Descartes University	32,978	24.4	15%	63:37
29	University of Bayreuth	12,709	37.8	7%	46:54
30	University of Wollongong	16,581	25.5	24%	50:50
31	Paris Diderot University – Paris 7	27,836	14.8	17%	63:37
32	University of South Australia	19,996	29.6	33%	57:43
33	Rush University	1,987	2.2	3%	71:29
34	Charles Darwin University	6,096	21.3	25%	66:34
35	Griffith University	31,031	22.3	20%	56:44
=36	Koç University	4,793	14.6	9%	52:48
=36	Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences	3,838	4.6	4%	68:32
38	James Cook University	12,004	22.9	13%	63:37
39	Central European University	1,298	5.8	77%	51:49
40	CentraleSupélec	4,130	11.4	32%	22:78
41	University of Bremen	18,904	34.8	11%	50:50
42	Free University of Bozen-Bolzano	2,813	4.1	16%	67:33
43	Deakin University	34,968	31.1	17%	59:41
44	Sabancı University	2,999	17.7	8%	39:61
45	TU Dortmund University	30,998	100.3	10%	46:54
46	University of Stirling	8,028	15.1	20%	61:39
=47	University of Bordeaux	52,169	19.5	12%	58:42
=47	George Mason University	27,337	17.4	8%	54:46
49	Maynooth University	7,850	28.8	12%	55:45
50	Aix-Marseille University	74,345	19.6	13%	60:40
51	University of Calabria	30,219	36.4	3%	59:41
=52	University of Cyprus	7,025	22.5	8%	69:31
=52	Grenoble Alpes University	37,815	16.3	15%	53:47
54	University of Eastern Finland	11,098	17.7	6%	63:37
55	University of Milan-Bicocca	32,892	65.8	6%	62:38
=56	La Trobe University	22,422	29.6	25%	63:37
=56	Victoria University	15,270	32.5	22%	55:45
58	University of Crete	14,518	26.7	4%	62:38
59	National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (Taiwan Tech)	8,070	19.0	11%	31:69
60	Linköping University	18,966	8.2	11%	51:49
61	Swinburne University of Technology	13,606	26.4	27%	39:61
62	University of Kaiserslautern	14,226	53.7	15%	37:63
63	Montpellier University	39,313	19.7	14%	54:46
64	Toyota Technological Institute	505	11.2	3%	7:93
65	Plymouth University	18,508	19.3	14%	52:48
66	Autonomous University of Madrid	26,969	12.4	16%	60:40
67	University of Macau	8,981	14.6	33%	58:42
=68	Murdoch University	16,391	33.2	45%	59:41
=68	University of Siegen	19,139	54.4	11%	50:50
=68	University of Texas at San Antonio	25,870	21.4	7%	48:52
71	University of Salerno	37,862	56.3	1%	61:39
72	Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées	93,250	23.3	19%	54:46
73	Hasselt University	4,913	16.8	10%	46:54
=74	Dublin City University	8,856	24.9	18%	50:50
=74	Veltech University	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
=76	Bilkent University	9,761	14.1	4%	46:54
=76	Örebro University	8,698	15.9	2%	61:39
=76	University of Rovira i Virgili	12,637	13.0	10%	60:40
=79	University of Tsukuba	16,271	12.6	17%	38:62
=79	Western Sydney University	30,734	28.6	13%	57:43
=81	University of Aveiro	10,641	17.7	9%	51:49
=81	University of Rome III	35,290	59.0	4%	59:41
=81	Verona University	24,390	18.7	6%	64:36
84	Curtin University	31,353	18.4	36%	53:47
85	Claude Bernard University Lyon 1	35,944	17.2	8%	50:50
86	UiT The Arctic University of Norway	12,180	12.0	12%	60:40
87	RMIT University	30,795	17.3	26%	47:53
88	Cyprus University of Technology	3,012	18.9	6%	57:43
89	Florida International University	33,983	25.8	7%	56:44
90	Central Queensland University	12,300	26.6	28%	57:43
91	University of Canberra	11,287	31.0	28%	53:47
=92	Paris-Sorbonne University – Paris 4	21,488	27.9	19%	70:30
=92	University of Rome II – Tor Vergata	31,393	18.4	6%	51:49
94	University of Bergamo	15,849	49.2	6%	63:37
95	University of Brescia	14,616	26.4	7%	46:54
96	Higher School of Economics	16,170	9.1	5%	N/A
97	Université du Québec à Montréal	28,830	26.1	19%	61:39
=98	Atılım University	6,394	27.2	8%	N/A
=98	University of Portsmouth	18,949	16.4	25%	45:55
100	Tokyo Metropolitan University	9,294	9.6	4%	35:65

Reference: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2017/young-university-rankings#!/page/0/length/25/sort_by/rank/sort_order/asc/cols/scores

About Avik Mallick

Avik Mallick is a content writer and curator, who has an affinity for reading. In a former life, he was a trainee at a manufacturing industry. A writer by day and a reader by night, he is a lover of literary works of any kind. When not within the confines of a four-wall enclosure, head buried in a book, he likes to devote all of his energies to playing football, cooking, listening, and criticising music.

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