THE Young University Rankings 2018: Millennial universities

The best of those universities founded since the year 2000

六月 6, 2018

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Paris Sciences & Lettres – PSL University has been named the world’s top university founded in the 21st century in a new Times Higher Education table.

The French university, which was founded in 2010 after a merger of nine institutions, takes the number one spot in a THE list of the top Millennial universities – institutions founded since the year 2000. As well as achieving the top overall score, it also receives the highest scores for teaching environment and research environment among its peers.

The table, which was compiled for the second time this year, is a subset of the THE Young University Rankings, which lists the best universities that are 50 years old or younger.

PSL ranks fourth in this broader league table. It did not feature in the list last year as 2018 is the first rankings cycle that PSL, rather than its individual components, has been ranked.

The University of Luxembourg, which has the highest international outlook in the table, and the University of Antwerp hold on to second and third place, respectively, in the Millennials list.

France is the most-represented country with nine institutions, followed by the UK with three.

The UK’s top representative, Brighton and Sussex Medical School at 11th place in the Millennials list, receives the top citation impact score, which is a measure of a university’s research influence.

Meanwhile, Khalifa University of Science and Technology in the United Arab Emirates, which is 12th overall, leads the knowledge transfer indicator, which calculates the amount of industry income institutions receive per member of academic staff.

Overall, 36 universities from 23 countries feature in the list.

The Young University Rankings and its composite tables are based on the same 13 performance indicators as the THE World University Rankings, but the weightings have been adjusted to give less weight to reputation.

Millennial universities

Millennial Rank 2018	Millennial 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	NR	4	NR	72	Paris Sciences & Lettres – PSL University	France	2010	58.5	57.5	85	48.2	76.7	67.3
2	2	12	11	179	University of Luxembourg	Luxembourg	2003	34.9	46.9	91.9	39.6	99.8	60.6
3	3	15	13	201–250	University of Antwerp	Belgium	2003	43.5	56.2	73.3	75.9	66.3	58.7
4	3	19	13	201–250	University of Duisburg-Essen	Germany	2003	42.5	42.9	88.8	73.8	52.7	58
5	5	22	27	190	Aalto University	Finland	2010	44	45	79.5	52.5	72.5	57.3
6	NR	24	NR	201–250	Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology	South Korea	2009	29.8	44.9	95.9	66	47.9	56.4
7	NR	38	NR	251–300	Medical University of Vienna	Austria	2004	39.9	16.9	90.2	36.6	84.1	51.3
8	NR	41	NR	301–350	Medical University of Graz	Austria	2004	32.4	23.6	85.8	46.9	74.8	49.3
9	NR	43	34	301–350	Charles Darwin University	Australia	2003	23.8	27.7	88	38.8	82.2	49
10	9	46	52	301–350	Grenoble Alpes University	France	2016	39.1	31	74.9	33.8	60.7	48.9
11	NR	47	NR	301–350	Brighton and Sussex Medical School	United Kingdom	2002	25	19.4	97	31.7	72	48.6
12	NR	49	NR	301–350	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	United Arab Emirates	2007	31.2	27.4	71.4	84.5	97.9	48.4
13	7	56	47	301–350	University of Bordeaux	France	2014	38.4	28.2	75.2	34.8	54.3	47.5
14	12	59	88	351–400	Cyprus University of Technology	Cyprus	2004	23.7	20.5	88.6	33	69.9	45.9
15	10	61	63	351–400	Montpellier University	France	2015	43.8	20.8	68.7	35.2	58.7	45.3
16	NR	73	NR	351–400	University of Côte d’Azur	France	2015	33.2	19.2	70.4	36.7	81.1	43.8
17	11	78	72	351–400	Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées	France	2014	34.1	27.5	65.4	35.6	61.4	43.6
18	NR	83	NR	401–500	University of KwaZulu-Natal	South Africa	2004	32.1	44	49.8	41.2	59.3	43.2
19	6	93	40	401–500	CentraleSupélec	France	2015	33.4	23.3	56.7	45	82.5	41.3
20–30	18	101–150	151–200	501–600	Alfaisal University	Saudi Arabia	2002	21.3	40.8	39.3	54.3	97.4	25.7–40.0
20–30	14	101–150	101–150	401–500	Auckland University of Technology	New Zealand	2000	24.6	19.6	60.5	33.5	96.1	25.7–40.0
20–30	NR	101–150	NR	601–800	Beni-Suef University	Egypt	2005	24.5	9.6	63.2	31.8	43.3	25.7–40.0
20–30	18	151–200	151–200	601–800	Federal University of ABC (UFABC)	Brazil	2006	38.3	17.8	29.3	34.5	32.8	25.7–40.0
20–30	14	101–150	101–150	501–600	Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté (UBFC)	France	2015	30.4	17.7	55.6	35.7	50.6	25.7–40.0
20–30	18	101–150	151–200	601–800	University of Johannesburg	South Africa	2005	24.5	33.7	36.3	42.7	55.6	25.7–40.0
20–30	NR	101–150	NR	501–600	University of Lorraine	France	2012	28.2	15.1	60.7	37.8	58	25.7–40.0
20–30	NR	151–200	NR	601–800	University of South Wales	United Kingdom	2013	21.9	13.3	38.5	32.3	61.1	25.7–40.0
20–30	13	101–150	100	501–600	Tokyo Metropolitan University	Japan	2005	28.8	18.3	57.8	34	24.8	25.7–40.0
20–30	14	101–150	101–150	501–600	Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR)	Malaysia	2002	20.4	11.6	71.3	32.5	30.8	25.7–40.0
20–30	18	101–150	151–200	501–600	University of the West of Scotland	United Kingdom	2007	19.7	16.1	68.2	32.4	61.4	25.7–40.0
31+	NR	201–250	NR	801–1,000	Amrita University	India	2003	28.4	13.5	17	52.5	47	19.9–25.0
31+	18	201–250	151–200	801–1,000	Asia University, Taiwan	Taiwan	2001	21	30.5	19.8	51.4	23.9	19.9–25.0
31+	NR	201–250	NR	801–1,000	National Taipei University	Taiwan	2000	22.4	9.7	27.2	33.8	22.8	19.9–25.0
31+	NR	201–250	NR	801–1,000	TOBB University of Economics and Technology	Turkey	2003	20.7	15.2	31.1	32.4	26.9	19.9–25.0
31+	NR	201–250	NR	801–1,000	Tomas Bata University in Zlín	Czech Republic	2001	23.8	19.4	13.4	33.6	33.6	19.9–25.0
31+	NR	201–250	NR	801–1,000	Wuhan University of Technology	China	2000	24.3	15.3	22.9	54.8	19	19.9–25.0