NZ claims two places in list of dynamic young universities
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Thu May 01 2014 12:00:00 GMT+1200 (New Zealand Standard Time)
NZ claims two places in list of dynamic young universities
Thursday, 1 May 2014, 12:59 pm
Press Release: The Times Higher Education
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21.00 IN LONDON, UK (BST or GMT+1) ON WEDNESDAY 30 APRIL 2014
08:00 IN WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND (NZST) ON THURSDAY 1 MAY 2014
PUBLICATION OF THE THIRD ANNUAL ‘TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION 100 UNDER 50’ RANKING
- New Zealand claims two places in the hot list of the world’s dynamic young universities -
East Asian institutions continue to lead the 100 Under 50, with universities from South Korea, Hong Kong and Singapore claiming top-five positions
South Korea’s Postech tops the global ranking for the third year in a row, while domestic peer KAIST holds on to third place
Twenty-nine countries/regions are represented in the table of rising global higher education stars, providing unique insights into the nations poised to challenge traditional Anglo-American dominance
The UK and Australia jointly have the most representatives on this “horizon-scanning” list, with 14 institutions each (the UK down from 18 last year, Australia up from 13), while the US has only eight
India joins the 100 Under 50 for the first time
Eight nations are represented in the top 10, including Switzerland, the Netherlands, France, the UK and the US
Strong performers in the top 100 include Spain (seven representatives), France (six), Germany (six), Canada (five) and Taiwan (four)
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Hong Kong, Sweden, the Republic of Ireland and Portugal have three representatives each
Brazil has one top 100 institution, but there’s no room in the rankings for mainland China or Russia
Saudi Arabia and Iran also make the table
SEE BELOW FOR THE FOLLOWING:
• ANALYSIS AND KEY FACTS
• QUOTES FROM PHIL BATY, EDITOR, TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION RANKINGS
• FULL TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION 100 UNDER 50 RESULTS
• COUNTRY REPRESENTATION IN WORLD TOP 100
•
Times Higher Education magazine today publishes the Times Higher Education 100 Under 50 2014 – a bespoke evaluation of the world’s top 100 universities under 50 years of age, powered by data from Thomson Reuters.
The ranking looks to the future by examining a new breed of global universities – those that have managed to join the world elite in a matter of decades rather than centuries, and those with the potential to become the next generation’s Harvard or Oxford.
The list also shows us which nations could challenge the US and the UK as future higher education powerhouses.
The THE 100 Under 50 2014 uses the same comprehensive list of 13 performance indicators that underpin the prestigious THE World University Rankings, but employs a specially recalibrated methodology (developed in consultation with experts) to better capture the characteristics of young institutions.
For the third year in a row, the ranking is headed by South Korea’s Pohang University of Science and Technology (Postech), while its national rival, the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), holds on to the third spot it gained last year.
Switzerland’s École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne retains second position.
East Asia’s dominance at the top of the table increases this year. The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology stays in fourth, while Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University moves up to fifth from eighth.
The US’ top-ranked institution, the University of California, Irvine, falls to seventh.
The top 10 includes representatives from eight countries. The Netherlands’ Maastricht University holds on to sixth; France’s Université Paris-Sud advances to eighth spot (up from 10th), while Université Pierre et Marie Curie stays in ninth; and the final top 10 position is taken by the UK’s Lancaster University.
Unlike the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, which examine institutional performance irrespective of history and heritage, the 100 Under 50 is designed to be dynamic and forward-looking, so only universities founded in 1964 or later are listed. This means several institutions have fallen out of the list this year because of their 1963 foundation date, including the University of York (seventh last year), the Chinese University of Hong Kong (12th in 2013) and the University of East Anglia (16th).
The concentration of “plate-glass universities” established in the UK in the early 1960s has led to a steep decline in the country’s representation on the 100 Under 50 this year. It now has 14 institutions, compared with 18 last year and 20 in 2012. The highest placed is Lancaster University, which climbs from 14th to 10th, followed by the University of Warwick (up one place to 12th).
In terms of national strength, Australia now matches the UK, with 14 representatives in the table. Its top-ranked institution is the University of Newcastle, which jumps 12 places to 28th, overtaking in the process the Queensland University of Technology, which slips from joint 26th to joint 31st. Third spot is taken by the University of Wollongong (33rd, up from 43rd), followed by Macquarie University (up two places to joint 34th). The University of Western Sydney enters the table in joint 87th.
Australia’s representatives were founded over a more diverse time frame than their UK counterparts, with institutions established in the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and 1990s making the table. The youngest is the University of South Australia (joint 49th), created through a merger in 1991.
New Zealand has two representatives, both founded in 1964 (and therefore ineligible for next year’s ranking): the University of Waikato (up to joint 44th from 46th) and Massey University (down nine places to 90th).
While it dominates the traditional university rankings, the US has only eight institutions in the 100 Under 50 – the same number as last year.
The University of California, Irvine is best placed, although it has slipped from fifth in 2013 to seventh this year. UC Santa Cruz is static in 11th.
Overall, 29 countries or regions feature in the list, compared with 28 last year.
Asia again makes an impressive showing in the rankings, bolstered by India’s inclusion.
The top Asian nation in terms of numbers is Taiwan, which has four representatives (down from five), led by the National Sun Yat-Sen University in 40th.
Despite losing an institution (the Chinese University of Hong Kong) as a consequence of age, Hong Kong still has three top 100 institutions – all of them 30 or under, and all in the top 30. Its best performer, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (1991), retains fourth place. The City University of Hong Kong (1984) moves up one position to joint 17th, while Hong Kong Polytechnic University (1994) rises four places to 30th.
South Korea may have only two top 100 representatives, but it is a stand-out performer by virtue of their positions: Postech is first and KAIST third.
Singapore has only a single representative – Nanyang Technological University in fifth – but it is a similarly exciting prospect.
Bringing up the Asian rear is Japan, with a single player, albeit a top 50 performer: the University of Tsukuba, which creeps up from joint 49th to joint 44th.
South America has just one representative: Brazil’s State University of Campinas (1966), which falls from 28th to joint 37th.
The Times Higher Education 100 Under 50 is part of the portfolio of university ranking systems that has established THE as the world’s most respected and widely referenced provider of comparative university performance data.
Key facts
• There are 29 countries/regions in the list – one more than last year, with the addition of India
• Eight countries are represented in the top 10: South Korea, Switzerland, Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands, the US, France and the UK
• The youngest institution in the list is Austria’s Medical University of Vienna, which was founded in its current form in 2004
• Of the large developing “BRICS” economies, Russia and mainland China do not have a single university in the 100 Under 50, while India and Brazil have one each
• The US has only eight representatives in the table, compared with 46 in the World Reputation Rankings
• Seven universities in the top 100 were founded in 1964 (three from the UK, two from New Zealand and one from Australia and Canada), so will fall out of next year’s rankings as a result of age
Comments
Phil Baty, rankings editor, Times Higher Education, says:
New Zealand
“New Zealand has two institutions in the table, which is good news, but both will be 51 next year and therefore excluded from consideration. So the table should serve as a warning: it is full of younger and higher-placed institutions from strengthening economies that have focused resources on building world-class universities. New Zealand, take note: competition is only going to intensify as more nations and institutions join the race.”
General
“The academy’s traditional, ancient elite should be warned – many of the exciting young universities on this forward-looking list do not see their youth as a disadvantage in the global knowledge economy. While they may not have had centuries to accumulate wealth and cannot draw on generations of alumni and rich traditions of scholarship to drive their reputations, they are free from the burdens of history: free to be more agile, lean, flexible and risk-taking, giving them an advantage in a rapidly changing global marketplace; free to offer innovative teaching and focus their research on niche, high-impact areas.
“The Times Higher Education 100 Under 50 shows clearly that exciting new powers are emerging in the global academy and the old guard cannot afford to rest on their laurels.
“The data also prove that nations can in a matter of years, with the right support and vision, create world-class universities to compete with traditional institutions that have had many centuries to develop. The ancient seats of learning are vulnerable to new competitors as never before: the race for future dominance in higher education and research is wide open.”
Results tables
THE TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION 100 UNDER 50 2014: FULL TABLE
Copyright Times Higher Education 2014
If reproducing this table in whole or part, you MUST include a link to http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/
2014 rank
2013 rank
2013-14 World University Rankings
Founded
Institution
Country/region
1
1
60
1986
Pohang University of Science and Technology
South Korea
2
2
37
1968
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Switzerland
3
3
56
1971
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
South Korea
4
4
57
1991
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Hong Kong
5
8
76
1991
Nanyang Technological University
Singapore
6
6
=98
1976
Maastricht University
Netherlands
7
5
93
1965
University of California, Irvine
US
8
10
=114
1971
Université Paris-Sud
France
9
9
96
1971
Université Pierre et Marie Curie
France
10
14
137
1964
Lancaster University
UK
11
11
136
1965
University of California, Santa Cruz
US
12
13
141
1965
University of Warwick
UK
=13
19
=191
1965
University of Illinois at Chicago
US
=13
25
=164
1990
Pompeu Fabra University
Spain
15
15
=188
1969
University of Texas at Dallas
US
16
-
201-225
1967
Universität Ulm
Germany
=17
18
201-225
1984
City University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
=17
17
=178
1970
Université Paris Diderot – Paris 7
France
19
=23
201-225
1966
University of Calgary
Canada
20
=20
226-250
1966
Universität Konstanz
Germany
21
=23
226-250
1998
University of Milan-Bicocca
Italy
22
=29
251-275
1964
University of Essex
UK
23
22
226-250
1968
Autonomous University of Barcelona
Spain
=24
=26
226-250
1965
Simon Fraser University
Canada
=24
33
251-275
1977
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Sweden
26
32
251-275
1970
Université Montpellier 2
France
27
47
251-275
1966
Sharif University of Technology
Iran
28
=40
251-275
1965
University of Newcastle
Australia
29
44
251-275
1966
Brunel University
UK
30
=34
251-275
1994
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hong Kong
=31
39
226-250
1984
Bilkent University
Turkey
=31
26
276-300
1989
Queensland University of Technology
Australia
33
43
276-300
1975
University of Wollongong
Australia
=34
=34
276-300
1966
University of Bath
UK
=34
36
276-300
1964
Macquarie University
Australia
36
=49
251-275
2004
Medical University of Vienna
Austria
=37
38
276-300
1966
University of Southern Denmark
Denmark
=37
28
301-350
1966
State University of Campinas
Brazil
39
=29
301-350
1965
Umeå University
Sweden
40
37
301-350
1980
National Sun Yat-Sen University
Taiwan
41
31
276-300
1993
Koç University
Turkey
=42
=53
276-300
1992
Plymouth University
UK
=42
45
351-400
1974
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
Taiwan
=44
=49
301-350
1973
University of Tsukuba
Japan
=44
46
301-350
1964
University of Waikato
New Zealand
46
51
301-350
1975
Linköping University
Sweden
47
83
301-350
1988
University of Technology, Sydney
Australia
48
=53
301-350
1973
University of Crete
Greece
=49
=40
301-350
1975
Universität Bayreuth
Germany
=49
48
301-350
1991
University of South Australia
Australia
51
=40
301-350
1969
Universität Bielefeld
Germany
52
63
301-350
1966
Heriot-Watt University
UK
53
=61
301-350
1969
University of Eastern Finland
Finland
54
=57
301-350
1971
Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
France
55
=71
301-350
1974
Aalborg University
Denmark
56
=61
351-400
1967
University of Stirling
UK
57
59
351-400
1972
George Mason University
US
58
52
301-350
1968
Autonomous University of Madrid
Spain
59
=66
301-350
1974
Deakin University
Australia
=60
75
301-350
1992
University of Hertfordshire
UK
=60
=57
301-350
1973
Murdoch University
Australia
=60
-
351-400
1965
Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Germany
63
=71
351-400
1966
University of Surrey
UK
64
56
351-400
1968
University of Tromsø
Norway
65
60
351-400
1966
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
US
66
-
351-400
1991
University of Rovira i Virgili
Spain
=67
69
351-400
2003
Universität Duisburg-Essen
Germany
=67
74
351-400
1997
National University of Ireland, Maynooth
Republic of Ireland
69
=77
351-400
1989
Charles Darwin University
Australia
70
64
351-400
1966
Johannes Kepler Universität Linz
Austria
=71
68
351-400
1967
King Abdulaziz University
Saudi Arabia
=71
65
351-400
1966
Loughborough University
UK
=73
=84
-
1965
Florida International University
US
=73
55
351-400
1964
University of Guelph
Canada
75
76
351-400
1973
University of Minho
Portugal
76
=77
351-400
1989
University of Vigo
Spain
77
80
351-400
1968
Polytechnic University of Valencia
Spain
78
79
-
1964
University of Strathclyde
UK
79
=66
-
1973
Aveiro University
Portugal
80
97
-
1965
University of Kent
UK
81
96
-
1966
Aston University
UK
=82
87
-
1987
Curtin University of Technology
Australia
=82
=71
-
1966
Flinders University
Australia
=84
86
-
1971
Griffith University
Australia
=84
-
-
1969
Université du Québec à Montréal
Canada
86
82
-
1968
Université Paris Dauphine
France
=87
-
-
1994
Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati
India
=87
92
-
1973
New University of Lisbon
Portugal
=87
-
-
1989
University of Western Sydney
Australia
90
81
-
1964
Massey University
New Zealand
91
70
-
1969
University of Texas at San Antonio
US
=92
=84
-
1989
Dublin City University
Republic of Ireland
=92
-
-
1977
Isfahan University of Technology
Iran
94
-
-
1992
Dublin Institute of Technology
Republic of Ireland
95
=99
-
1971
Polytechnic University of Catalonia
Spain
=96
-
-
1974
Concordia University
Canada
=96
98
-
1975
National Yang-Ming University
Taiwan
98
93
-
1965
Tampere University of Technology
Finland
99
-
-
2001
Asia University, Taiwan
Taiwan
=100
=88
-
1967
La Trobe University
Australia
=100
-
-
1992
University of Rome III
Italy
THE TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION 100 UNDER 50 2014: STATE OF THE NATIONS – NUMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM EACH COUNTRY IN THE TOP 100
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If reproducing this table in whole or part, you MUST include a link to http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/
Country/region
Number of institutions in the 100 Under 50 2014
Top-ranked institution
Rank
UK
14
Lancaster University
10
Australia
14
University of Newcastle
28
US
8
University of California, Irvine
7
Spain
7
Pompeu Fabra University
=13
France
6
Université Paris-Sud
8
Germany
6
Universität Ulm
16
Canada
5
University of Calgary
=19
Taiwan
4
National Sun Yat-Sen University
40
Hong Kong
3
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
4
Sweden
3
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
=24
Republic of Ireland
3
National University of Ireland, Maynooth
=67
Portugal
3
University of Minho
75
South Korea
2
Pohang University of Science and Technology
1
Italy
2
University of Milan-Bicocca
21
Iran
2
Sharif University of Technology
27
Turkey
2
Bilkent University
=31
Austria
2
Medical University of Vienna
36
Denmark
2
University of Southern Denmark
=37
New Zealand
2
University of Waikato
=44
Finland
2
University of Eastern Finland
53
Switzerland
1
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
2
Singapore
1
Nanyang Technological University
5
Netherlands
1
Maastricht University
6
Brazil
1
State University of Campinas
=37
Japan
1
University of Tsukuba
=44
Greece
1
University of Crete
48
Norway
1
University of Tromsø
64
Saudi Arabia
1
King Abdulaziz University
=71
India
1
Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati
=87
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Notes to editors
Methodology key facts
• Foundation dates: if an institution was purpose-built as a university, in general the foundation date shall be the year it was founded. If the institution has changed status from another type of body, the foundation date in general shall be taken to be the year the institution was given degree-awarding powers
• Fifty million citations analysed and compared with the world average from the same field
• World’s largest academic reputation survey (10,500 academics)
• Thirteen indicators across five areas – research, teaching, knowledge transfer and international activity – were taken into account. They are:
•
Industry income – innovation
1. Research income from industry/academic staff
Teaching – the learning environment
2. Reputation survey – teaching
3. Staff-to-student ratio
4. PhDs awarded/undergraduate degrees awarded
5. PhDs awarded/academic staff
6. Institutional income/academic staff
Citations – research influence
7. Citation impact (normalised average citations per paper)
Research – volume, income and reputation
8. Reputation survey – research
9. Research income/academic staff
10. Scholarly papers/(academic and research staff)
International outlook – staff, students and research
11. International students/total students
12. International academic staff/total academic staff
13. Scholarly papers with one or more international co-authors/total scholarly papers
Terminology and intellectual property
• The full description of the tables is the “Times Higher Education 100 Under 50 2014”
• Data for the ranking were provided by Thomson Reuters from its Global Institutional Profiles project, an ongoing multistage process to collect and validate factual data about academic institutional performance across a variety of aspects and multiple disciplines. http://science.thomsonreuters.com/globalprofilesproject/
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