THE Young University Rankings 2019: millennial universities

France tops list of universities founded since the year 2000

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June 25, 2019

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June 26, 2019

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France is home to the world’s top two universities founded in the 21st century, according to the latest 51�Թ� data.

Paris Sciences et Lettres – PSL Research University Paris, which was founded in 2010 after a merger of nine institutions, is number one for the second consecutive year in a THE list of the top “millennial” universities – institutions founded since the year 2000. As well as achieving the top overall score, PSL receives the highest scores for teaching environment and research environment among its peers.

Sorbonne University, which was established by a merger of Paris-Sorbonne University, Pierre and Marie Curie University and other smaller institutions in 2018, is now second in the table.

France is also the most-represented country in the list with 14 institutions, up from nine last year, followed by India with nine.

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

The rest of the top five is completed by Germany’s University of Duisburg-Essen in third (up from fourth), the University of Luxembourg in fourth (down from second), and Finland’s Aalto University, which remains in fifth.

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Overall, 64 universities from 29 countries/regions feature in the list.

The THE Young University Rankings 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 2019	Millennial Rank 2018	Young University Rank 2019	Young University Rank 2018	World University Rank 2019	Institution	Country/region	Year founded	Teaching	Research	Citation impact	Industry income	International outlook	Overall score
1	1	4	4	41	Paris Sciences et Lettres – PSL Research University Paris	France	2010	73.6	69.7	82.2	49.8	78.3	74.8
2	NR	9	NR	73	Sorbonne University	France	2018	63.2	54.1	80.6	39.0	67.3	65.4
3	4	14	19	=190	University of Duisburg-Essen	Germany	2003	45.3	45.5	91.9	71.2	58.9	61.0
4	2	17	12	201–250	University of Luxembourg	Luxembourg	2003	38.7	44.5	87.7	42.8	99.7	59.8
5	5	=18	22	=181	Aalto University	Finland	2010	46.2	47.6	79.6	49.6	78.4	59.1
6	6	=20	24	201–250	Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology	South Korea	2009	31.6	50.3	96.3	70.1	49.7	58.9
7	3	22	15	201–250	University of Antwerp	Belgium	2003	44.5	53.3	75.2	74.5	67.9	58.8
8	8	30	=41	201–250	Medical University of Graz	Austria	2004	40.0	35.9	89.0	63.3	73.2	56.5
9	7	32	38	201–250	Medical University of Vienna	Austria	2004	41.2	30.1	90.5	49.7	78.8	55.7
10	11	=36	=47	251–300	Brighton and Sussex Medical School	United Kingdom	2002	27.9	28.3	100.0	34.0	74.2	53.3
11	12	38	49	301–350	Khalifa University	United Arab Emirates	2007	33.7	43.2	65.3	100.0	96.4	52.4
12	20-30	43	101–150	301–350	Alfaisal University	Saudi Arabia	2002	25.4	34.2	78.1	53.6	98.7	50.1
13	10	44	46	301–350	Grenoble Alpes University	France	2016	39.0	34.7	75.1	35.6	59.4	50.0
14	20-30	51	101–150	301–350	Auckland University of Technology	New Zealand	2000	21.5	23.1	91.4	35.6	96.0	48.9
15	15	=52	61	301–350	Montpellier University	France	2015	45.7	25.7	73.0	37.0	60.3	48.8
=16	NR	=55	=47	301–350	Aix-Marseille University	France	2012	49.2	27.0	68.4	37.4	58.7	48.7
=16	NR	=55	NR	301–350	Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech)	China	2012	28.5	26.2	89.0	37.5	61.9	48.7
18	NR	59	NR	351–400	IMT Atlantique	France	2017	42.1	32.6	59.8	90.4	75.6	48.3
19	NR	=60	NR	351–400	University of California, Merced	United States	2005	21.0	29.9	96.4	37.8	40.1	48.1
20	14	=63	59	301–350	Cyprus University of Technology	Cyprus	2004	21.0	22.4	95.5	35.3	70.6	47.8
21	NR	68	NR	351–400	Indian Institute of Technology Indore	India	2009	33.0	29.9	86.5	34.0	18.2	47.0
22	16	=74	=73	351–400	University of Côte d’Azur	France	2015	34.0	21.8	74.5	38.8	82.4	46.2
=23	17	=83	=78	301–350	Federal University of Toulouse �Ѿ��徱-�ʲ��é��é��	France	2014	33.2	31.7	64.5	37.4	72.1	45.2
=23	NR	=83	NR	401–500	JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research	India	2008	49.2	11.2	80.8	35.1	25.7	45.2
25	18	=85	83	401–500	University of KwaZulu-Natal	South Africa	2004	31.2	41.0	60.9	38.3	55.9	45.1
26	13	=87	56	401–500	University of Bordeaux	France	2014	37.9	27.7	66.8	36.5	56.9	44.9
27	19	96	93	401–500	��Գٰ��𳧳ܱ�é��	France	2015	38.6	26.4	53.9	65.6	83.8	43.6
=28	20-30	101–150	101–150	501–600	Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté (UBFC)	France	2015	28.4	19.4	61.5	38.9	50.4	35.9–43.1
=28	9	101–150	=43	501–600	Charles Darwin University	Australia	2003	25.7	39.3	49.6	44.4	80.8	35.9–43.1
=28	NR	101–150	NR	601–800	Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune	India	2006	35.2	21.5	59.7	34.3	19.5	35.9–43.1
=28	NR	101–150	NR	501–600	King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences	Saudi Arabia	2005	41.0	10.9	62.1	35.2	65.9	35.9–43.1
=28	20-30	101–150	101–150	601–800	University of Lorraine	France	2012	25.9	17.5	59.6	39.6	60.1	35.9–43.1
=28	20-30	101–150	101–150	401–500	Tokyo Metropolitan University	Japan	2005	27.3	22.4	76.3	37.3	25.3	35.9–43.1
=28	20-30	101–150	101–150	501–600	Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR)	Malaysia	2002	17.3	13.1	80.5	35.7	30.4	35.9–43.1
=28	20-30	101–150	101–150	401–500	University of the West of Scotland	United Kingdom	2007	17.5	18.2	79.1	37.0	69.9	35.9–43.1
=36	20-30	151–200	101–150	601–800	Beni-Suef University	Egypt	2005	19.8	10.5	64.3	34.0	43.3	30.4–35.8
=36	NR	151–200	NR	601–800	University of Clermont Auvergne	France	2017	18.6	11.7	60.1	34.9	59.9	30.4–35.8
=36	NR	151–200	NR	601–800	Covenant University	Nigeria	2002	33.7	20.3	36.9	50.6	28.1	30.4–35.8
=36	NR	151–200	NR	601–800	Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar	India	2008	24.8	15.1	64.8	35.6	17.4	30.4–35.8
=36	NR	151–200	NR	601–800	Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad	India	2008	34.6	26.7	44.6	39.6	16.8	30.4–35.8
=36	20-30	151–200	101–150	601–800	University of Johannesburg	South Africa	2005	24.2	37.5	36.9	40.2	60.4	30.4–35.8
=36	NR	151–200	NR	601–800	Kafrelsheikh University	Egypt	2006	14.7	10.9	63.8	38.2	46.3	30.4–35.8
=36	NR	151–200	NR	601–800	Shiraz University of Technology	Iran	2004	28.7	27.9	46.6	43.5	15.2	30.4–35.8
=44	31+	201–250	201–250	601–800	Amrita University	India	2003	29.6	15.8	39.8	48.2	46.8	24.9–30.3
=44	31+	201–250	201–250	801–1000	Asia University, Taiwan	Taiwan	2001	18.1	32.6	19.4	77.3	26.3	24.9–30.3
=44	NR	201–250	NR	801–1000	Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata	India	2006	39.2	16.4	26.4	35.9	17.0	24.9–30.3
=44	NR	201–250	NR	801–1000	Normandy University	France	2015	20.2	16.6	40.8	35.8	52.4	24.9–30.3
=48	NR	251–300	NR	801–1000	Fayoum University	Egypt	2005	18.2	10.7	30.5	34.0	39.4	19.7–24.8
=48	20-30	251–300	151–200	801–1000	Federal University of ABC (UFABC)	Brazil	2006	19.2	18.2	26.8	39.3	33.6	19.7–24.8
=48	20-30	251–300	151–200	801–1000	University of South Wales	United Kingdom	2013	19.7	14.1	28.5	34.5	62.2	19.7–24.8
=48	31+	251–300	201–250	1001+	TOBB University of Economics and Technology	Turkey	2003	20.2	16.2	27.1	34.7	25.4	19.7–24.8
=48	31+	251–300	201–250	1001+	Tomas Bata University in Zlín	Czech Republic	2001	19.5	23.5	14.4	35.7	37.4	19.7–24.8
=48	NR	251–300	NR	801–1000	Tshwane University of Technology	South Africa	2004	17.2	14.6	36.9	38.2	40.2	19.7–24.8
=48	NR	251–300	NR	1001+	University of Tunis El Manar	Tunisia	2000	35.5	13.2	13.8	34.0	38.8	19.7–24.8
=48	31+	251–300	201–250	801–1000	Wuhan University of Technology	China	2000	22.0	16.6	31.6	54.4	21.4	19.7–24.8
=56	NR	301+	NR	1001+	Amity University	India	2005	19.2	12.2	15.6	35.4	19.0	13.1–19.6
=56	NR	301+	NR	1001+	Government College University Lahore	Pakistan	2002	22.1	14.6	4.3	34.1	40.3	13.1–19.6
=56	NR	301+	NR	1001+	University of Hyogo	Japan	2004	21.1	18.8	10.2	44.6	17.5	13.1–19.6
=56	NR	301+	NR	1001+	Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University	Saudi Arabia	2009	25.6	10.7	7.0	34.5	72.0	13.1–19.6
=56	NR	301+	NR	1001+	University of Monastir	Tunisia	2004	26.3	12.5	12.6	34.0	41.8	13.1–19.6
=56	NR	301+	NR	1001+	National University of Kaohsiung	Taiwan	2000	15.6	22.6	7.9	37.5	24.2	13.1–19.6
=56	NR	301+	NR	1001+	Siberian Federal University	Russian Federation	2006	21.2	14.6	6.8	52.6	19.9	13.1–19.6
=56	NR	301+	NR	1001+	University of South China	China	2000	28.8	10.4	8.1	35.5	14.9	13.1–19.6
=56	NR	301+	NR	1001+	SRM University	India	2002	18.5	11.4	14.0	34.2	16.4	13.1–19.6