THE Young University Rankings 2018: top 50 Generation X and Generation Y universities

<��Ƶ class="standfirst">We consider the minnows of global higher education �C Generation X and Generation Y universities

June 6, 2018

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Generation X universities (founded between 1968 and 1985)

Generation X Rank 2018	Generation X Rank 2017	Young University Rank 2018	Young University Rank 2017	World University Rank 2018	Institution	Country/region	Year founded	Teaching	Research	Citations	Industry income	International outlook	Overall score
1	1	2	1	38	?cole Polytechnique F��d��rale de Lausanne	Switzerland	1969	59.7	68.8	94.2	76	98.7	76.1
2	3	5	6	103	Maastricht University	Netherlands	1976	45.8	65.9	79.9	87.6	96.7	66.9
3	2	6	5	95	Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)	South Korea	1971	62.6	68.2	70.4	100	35.6	65.5
4	4	7	7	119	City University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong	1984	48.3	63.8	79.4	65.9	84.4	65.4
5	NR	10	NR	168	University of Alabama at Birmingham	United States	1969	51.2	47.2	95.1	67.6	34.6	62.3
6	8	13	18	147	Autonomous University of Barcelona	Spain	1968	48.8	43	89.5	42.1	60.1	59.9
7	6	14	12	123	Pierre and Marie Curie University	France	1971	53.3	40.6	85.7	31.8	66.6	59.7
8	9	21	19	181	Paris-Sud University	France	1971	47.2	38.7	86.8	32.3	63.5	57.4
9	12	25	23	201�C250	Aalborg University	Denmark	1974	33	49	84.2	46.5	70.7	56.3
10	NR	27	NR	201�C250	University of Passau	Germany	1978	39.8	35.2	92.7	40.8	49	55
11	21	28	38	201�C250	James Cook University	Australia	1970	29.5	38.9	89.1	42.9	73.9	53.9
12	11	29	22	251�C300	Bielefeld University	Germany	1969	45.9	58.6	58.6	54.5	46.3	53.8
13	15	30	29	251�C300	University of Bayreuth	Germany	1975	43.5	48.6	67.8	62.7	54.7	53.7
14	10	31	21	201�C250	University of Texas at Dallas	United States	1969	31.7	38.4	89.8	41.5	57.7	53.3
15	16	32	30	251�C300	University of Wollongong	Australia	1975	37	46.4	67.1	47.7	88.1	53
16	50	33	92	196	Paris-Sorbonne University �C Paris 4	France	1971	45.8	35.2	77.1	32.1	57.9	52.6
17	22	34	41	251�C300	University of Bremen	Germany	1971	45.7	49.4	63.2	45.7	52.1	52.5
18	17	35	31	201�C250	Paris Diderot University �C Paris 7	France	1970	34.3	29.7	89.7	32.6	67.7	52
19	20	36	36	251�C300	Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences	Sweden	1977	37.4	37.3	79.3	98.1	42.5	51.8
20	19	37	35	251�C300	Griffith University	Australia	1971	29	41.3	77.7	40.7	82	51.5
21	24	39	45	301�C350	Technical University of Dortmund	Germany	1968	45.1	45	64	45.5	42	50.5
22	28	43	54	301�C350	University of Eastern Finland	Finland	1969	31.8	37	79.1	36.2	49.3	49
23	NR	47	50	251�C300	Aix-Marseille University	France	1970	48.6	25.6	70	34.4	60.7	48.6
24	23	50	43	301�C350	Deakin University	Australia	1974	29.1	37.3	72	36.2	77.7	48.3
25	26	51	47	301�C350	George Mason University	United States	1972	35.1	36	76	33.2	40.8	48
25	18	51	33	301�C350	Rush University	United States	1972	46.7	17.9	88.2	41.3	14.8	48
27	NR	55	NR	301�C350	Babol Noshirvani University of Technology	Iran	1970	33.1	18.3	99.1	56.1	15.5	47.7
28	31	57	59	401�C500	National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (Taiwan Tech)	Taiwan	1974	37.6	60.5	39.9	85.1	36	46.2
29	36	60	67	351�C400	University of Macau	Macao	1981	28.3	39.2	56.7	42	98.7	45.7
30	30	62	58	351�C400	University of Crete	Greece	1973	25.1	24.8	85.9	37.4	47.1	45.2
31	NR	67	NR	401�C500	Hamburg University of Technology	Germany	1978	44.8	32.8	51.6	87.9	48.9	44.6
32	40	69	71	351�C400	University of Salerno	Italy	1968	25	22.8	87.8	39.4	33.5	44.2
33	37	72	68	401�C500	University of Siegen	Germany	1972	32.5	36.7	61.2	39.6	52.4	44
34	35	73	66	351�C400	Autonomous University of Madrid	Spain	1968	37.7	34.8	58.4	34.9	49	43.8
34	32	73	60	351�C400	Link?ping University	Sweden	1975	29.4	18.7	78.4	41.9	63.1	43.8
34	37	73	68	401�C500	Murdoch University	Australia	1973	26.3	34.5	58.9	41.5	91.5	43.8
34	37	73	68	401�C500	University of Texas at San Antonio	United States	1969	24.1	26.4	84.2	32.4	34.2	43.8
38	33	82	62	401�C500	University of Kaiserslautern	Germany	1970	44.5	32.9	48.7	73.2	48.5	43.3
39	41	84	73	401�C500	Hasselt University	Belgium	1973	31.4	40.1	53.9	48.3	57.2	43.1
40	NR	87	101�C150	401�C500	Qatar University	Qatar	1973	26.1	26.9	60.7	46.1	99.8	42.7
41	44	88	81	401�C500	Verona University	Italy	1982	30.2	17	79.8	36.8	42	42.2
42	27	90	51	401�C500	University of Calabria	Italy	1972	22.2	37.4	69.2	32.6	34.3	42
43	42	91	76	401�C500	Bilkent University	Turkey	1984	28	26.8	67.1	42.8	55.6	41.8
44	50	92	92	401�C500	University of Rome II �C Tor Vergata	Italy	1982	32	20.5	71.9	38.5	43.3	41.5
45	NR	94	94	401�C500	University of Bergamo	Italy	1968	26.3	29.2	69.6	41.5	34.3	41.2
45	46	94	85	401�C500	Claude Bernard University Lyon 1	France	1971	28.6	23.3	68.9	37.1	53.3	41.2
45	43	94	79	401�C500	University of Tsukuba	Japan	1973	45.1	44.3	34.1	47	39.9	41.2
48	NR	97	101�C150	401�C500	Roskilde University	Denmark	1972	26	43.2	52.1	35	49.6	41
49	48	99	89	401�C500	Florida International University	United States	1972	36.5	27.9	59.2	35.6	37.4	40.8
Note: ��Generation?X�� are those institutions founded between 1968 and 1985.							?	?	?	?	?	?	?

Generation Y universities (founded between 1986 and 1999)

Generation Y Rank 2018	Generation Y Rank 2017	Young University Rank 2018	Young University Rank 2017	World University Rank 2018	Institution	Country/region	Year founded	Teaching	Research	Citations	Industry income	International outlook	Overall score
1	1	1	2	44	Hong Kong University of Science and Technology	Hong Kong	1991	58.2	78.5	93.1	58.1	83.4	76.7
2	2	3	3	52	Nanyang Technological University	Singapore	1991	52.4	74.1	90.7	94	95.9	74.7
3	3	8	4	137	Pohang University of Science and Technology	South Korea	1986	58.1	65.3	76.4	99.8	34.3	65
4	4	9	9	155	Scuola Superiore Sant��Anna	Italy	1987	53.9	52.3	88	87.8	48.3	64.1
5	6	11	17	140	Pompeu Fabra University	Spain	1990	40.3	49.9	97.1	40	62.3	61.9
6	5	16	15	201�C250	University of Technology, Sydney	Australia	1988	37.8	58	71.7	51	94.2	58.6
7	NR	17	NR	201�C250	University of Potsdam	Germany	1991	44.9	58.3	74.3	42.2	55	58.4
8	7	18	20	182	Hong Kong Polytechnic University	Hong Kong	1994	43.4	59.5	67.7	45.8	79.9	58.3
9	8	20	24	201�C250	Queensland University of Technology	Australia	1989	38	56.1	73	63.2	79.1	57.6
10	NR	23	NR	201�C250	Vita-Salute San Raffaele University	Italy	1996	44.6	33.3	96.3	32.8	45.7	56.5
11	10	26	32	201�C250	University of South Australia	Australia	1991	41.4	53	63.3	81.6	91.8	56.2
12	12	40	36	301�C350	Ko? University	Turkey	1993	32.7	46.2	65.2	84.3	53.8	49.4
13	9	41	26	351�C400	Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology	South Korea	1993	50.3	59.1	40.9	66.8	34.4	49.3
14	15	43	44	351�C400	Sabanc? University	Turkey	1996	30.1	52.1	62.1	87.8	46.6	49
15	14	53	42	301�C350	Free University of Bozen-Bolzano	Italy	1997	29.2	21.5	88.6	32.1	68.9	47.8
15	19	53	56	301�C350	Victoria University	Australia	1990	31.3	33.6	73.4	39.5	71.1	47.8
17	30	58	91	351�C400	University of Canberra	Australia	1990	29.7	36.3	68	33.6	65.9	46
18	24	62	76	351�C400	?rebro University	Sweden	1999	24.5	29.1	83.3	33.1	44.4	45.2
19	17	64	52	401�C500	University of Cyprus	Cyprus	1989	27.1	36.4	63.1	48.1	76.8	44.9
20	20	65	61	401�C500	Swinburne University of Technology	Australia	1992	32.9	35.7	59	36.1	74.2	44.8
20	NR	65	NR	351�C400	Universit�� de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines	France	1991	24.3	22.3	85.5	33.9	58.1	44.8
22	28	68	84	351�C400	Curtin University	Australia	1987	27.7	32.4	60.6	39.5	94.4	44.3
23	18	69	55	401�C500	University of Milan-Bicocca	Italy	1998	36.3	23.4	73.3	43.1	43.6	44.2
24	26	71	79	401�C500	Western Sydney University	Australia	1989	24.6	37.6	62.3	37.1	77.8	44.1
25	24	78	76	401�C500	University of Rovira i Virgili	Spain	1991	29.2	25	76.4	34.5	47.7	43.6
26	22	80	74	401�C500	Dublin City University	Republic of Ireland	1989	35.8	41	44.2	48.5	78.5	43.4
26	16	80	49	401�C500	Maynooth University	Republic of Ireland	1997	30.4	40.5	51	36.3	78.1	43.4
28	31	84	96	351�C400	Higher School of Economics	Russian Federation	1992	34.8	34	61.6	39.4	40.5	43.1
29	21	86	65	401�C500	Plymouth University	United Kingdom	1992	27	27.5	68.6	32.3	68.3	42.9
30	NR	89	NR	401�C500	Reykjav��k University	Iceland	1998	19.6	23.9	79.1	33.7	60.1	42.1
31	34	98	101�C150	401�C500	Southern Cross University	Australia	1994	30.9	35.1	52.6	41	57.7	40.9
32	29	100	87	401�C500	RMIT University	Australia	1992	29.1	27.5	53.3	38.4	87.1	40.4
33�C48	34	101�C150	101�C150	501�C600	Australian Catholic University	Australia	1991	21.6	28.7	59.5	35.3	45	33.2�C40.0
33�C48	34	101�C150	101�C150	501�C600	Bond University	Australia	1989	25.5	34.7	37.6	34.6	88.9	33.2�C40.0
33�C48	NR	101�C150	90	501�C600	Central Queensland University	Australia	1992	37	14.7	58.9	34.3	61.2	33.2�C40.0
33�C48	34	101�C150	101�C150	501�C600	Edith Cowan University	Australia	1991	26.5	30.2	52.2	36.4	77.4	33.2�C40.0
33�C48	34	101�C150	101�C150	501�C600	University of Hertfordshire	United Kingdom	1992	23.7	16.9	54	32.6	79	33.2�C40.0
33�C48	34	101�C150	101�C150	601�C800	Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati	India	1994	32.2	27.2	46.4	36.1	15.1	33.2�C40.0
33�C48	50	101�C150	151�C200	401�C500	Jordan University of Science and Technology	Jordan	1986	19.3	10.2	79.4	34.3	64.1	33.2�C40.0
33�C48	34	101�C150	101�C150	501�C600	Liverpool John Moores University	United Kingdom	1992	23.3	21.2	62.7	32.7	66.8	33.2�C40.0
33�C48	34	101�C150	101�C150	401�C500	Middlesex University	United Kingdom	1992	25.6	22.1	61.2	32.1	87	33.2�C40.0
33�C48	NR	101�C150	101�C150	501�C600	Northumbria University	United Kingdom	1992	24.2	21.8	50.3	32.4	65.1	33.2�C40.0
33�C48	34	101�C150	101�C150	601�C800	Otto von Guericke University of Magdeburg	Germany	1993	30.4	18.5	47.3	41.6	52.9	33.2�C40.0
33�C48	34	101�C150	101�C150	401�C500	Oxford Brookes University	United Kingdom	1992	33	30.5	40.3	32.2	75.3	33.2�C40.0
33�C48	32	101�C150	98	501�C600	University of Portsmouth	United Kingdom	1992	24.5	20.4	57.1	32.1	83.1	33.2�C40.0
33�C48	27	101�C150	81	401�C500	University of Rome III	Italy	1992	32.9	12.8	67.3	37.4	38.4	33.2�C40.0
33�C48	34	101�C150	101�C150	501�C600	University of the Sunshine Coast	Australia	1996	22.6	31.1	46.5	34.4	63.3	33.2�C40.0
33�C48	34	101�C150	101�C150	601�C800	Tezpur University	India	1994	41.8	39.1	36.6	31.9	13.2	33.2�C40.0
Note: ��Generation?Y�� are those institutions founded between 1986 and 1999.						?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?

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