THE Young University Rankings 2019: adjust your picture

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THE Young University Rankings 2019: adjust your picture

The look of success can be fresh-faced as well as weathered and time-worn, Phil Baty writes

六月 26, 2019

Phil Baty

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**Browse the?THE?Young University Rankings 2019 results**

We all know what a world-class university looks like, right?

They are old, having had at least a couple of centuries on which to build a formidable reputation. They are rich, having accumulated property, wealth and generous philanthropic gifts from generations of alumni and admirers. They sit in the heart of great cities, woven into the infrastructure and the architecture.

Well, we are wrong, wrong and wrong again, according to the compelling evidence from the 2019 edition of the Times 中国A片 Young University Rankings – featuring universities aged 50 years and under – and our related analyses of “Golden Age” institutions founded after 1945 and the post-2000 “millennials”.

Ranked in first place in the THE Young University Rankings is The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. HKUST was created from scratch in 1991, less than 30 years ago. That it was founded some eight decades after the University of Hong Kong did not stop HKUST overtaking its neighbour in the 2019 THE Asia University Rankings, or making it into the overall world top 50 against much older institutions in the 2019 THE World University Rankings.

As for affluence, consider the University of Alabama at Birmingham, which is ranked 12th in the world among the under-50s. Despite reporting total assets of $4.8 billion (?3.8 billion) for 2016-17 – some 10 times smaller than Stanford University’s equivalent figure – its relative lack of wealth has not stopped it making the global top 200 in the overall World University Rankings.

And where are great institutions found? Those we cover hail from a gloriously diverse range of places: from HKUST’s picturesque hillside site in Clear Water Bay, 30 minutes from Hong Kong’s centre, to Northumbria University, in the heart of Newcastle in the north east of the UK.

This analysis of young universities challenges our preconceptions of what a “great” university is. The data help us to understand those institutions that have broken traditional moulds and excelled despite a relative lack of wealth, heritage and reputation. The analysis also helps us to identify the next generation of rising star institutions poised to challenge the old guard.

THE?is delighted to bring forward these insights to help us navigate the dynamic and changing world of global 中国A片.?

Phil Baty is chief knowledge officer at?Times 中国A片.

Countries/regions represented in Young University Rankings

Country/region ? ?	Number of institutions in top 300	Top institution	Rank
United Kingdom	34	Brighton and Sussex Medical School	36
France	24	Paris Sciences et Lettres – PSL Research University Paris	4
Australia	22	University of Technology Sydney	13
Spain	22	Pompeu Fabra University	11
India	21	Indian Institute of Technology Indore	68
Turkey	14	Sabanc? University	48
Iran	13	Babol Noshirvani University of Technology	66
Taiwan	13	National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (Taiwan Tech)	93
Egypt	12	Beni-Suef University	151–200
Italy	12	Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies – Pisa	7
Germany	11	University of Duisburg-Essen	14
Japan	11	Tokyo Metropolitan University	101–150
Brazil	10	Federal University of Pelotas	201–250
?	?	S?o Paulo State University (UNESP)	201–250
Malaysia	10	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	101–150
?	?	Universiti Teknologi Petronas	101–150
?	?	Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR)	101–150
Portugal	8	University of Aveiro	101–150
?	?	NOVA University of Lisbon	101–150
South Korea	8	Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)	6
Chile	7	University of Desarrollo	101–150
?	?	Diego Portales University	101–150
United States	7	University of Alabama at Birmingham	12
Algeria	6	University of Béja?a	201–250
China	6	Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech)	55
Pakistan	6	COMSATS University Islamabad	151–200
Republic of Ireland	4	Maynooth University	50
United Arab Emirates	4	Khalifa University	38
Canada	3	Concordia University	101–150
Czech Republic	3	University of Ostrava	251–300
?	?	Tomas Bata University in Zlín	251–300
?	?	University of West Bohemia	251–300
Finland	3	Aalto University	18
Greece	3	University of Crete	76
Hong Kong	3	The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology	1
Jordan	3	Jordan University of Science and Technology	91
Morocco	3	Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University	201–250
Saudi Arabia	3	Alfaisal University	43
South Africa	3	University of KwaZulu-Natal	85
Sweden	3	Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences	36
Tunisia	3	University of Sfax	251–300
?	?	University of Tunis El Manar	251–300
Austria	2	Medical University of Graz	30
Belgium	2	University of Antwerp	22
Cyprus	2	Cyprus University of Technology	63
Denmark	2	Aalborg University	18
Israel	2	Ben-Gurion University of the Negev	101–150
?	?	University of Haifa	101–150
Russian Federation	2	Higher School of Economics	60
Thailand	2	Suranaree University of Technology	201–250
Note: excludes countries with only one ranked institution