QS Top 50 Under 50 2020

By Craig OCallaghan Updated Apr 29, 2024

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Introduction

Explore the latest QS World University Rankings 2023 here

Nanyang Technological University continues to be the top young university in the world according to the QS Top 50 Under 50, a table exclusively for the world's younger academic institutions.

First published in 2012, the QS Top 50 Under 50 ranks the best universities in the world which are under 50 years old, allowing some of the worldís top young universities to shine. Since 2015, it has tripled its range to include the Next 100 Under 50.

Unlike other university rankings, the Top 50 Under 50 and the Next 100 Under 50 see a vast amount of change each year, as universities drop out of the list after they pass the 50-year marker. So, if you canít find an institution in this yearís list, it might be because itís now older than 50 years.

QS Top 50 Under 50 2020
2020	WUR Rank 2020	Institution	Location	Score
1	11=	Nanyang Technological University (NTU)	Singapore	91.8
2	32	The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)	Hong Kong SAR	80.6
3	41	KAIST - Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology	South Korea	77.9
4	52	City University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong SAR	73.6
5	53	UniversitÈ PSL (Paris Sciences & Lettres)	France	73.4
6	77	Sorbonne University	France	64.9
7	87	Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)	South Korea	62.6
8	91	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	Hong Kong SAR	61.9
9	134	Aalto University	Finland	52.4
10	139	CentraleSupÈlec	France	51.4
11	140=	University of Technology Sydney (UTS)	Australia	51.2
12	159	Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)	Malaysia	48.4
13	160=	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)	Malaysia	48.3
14	167=	UniversitÈ Catholique de Louvain (UCL)	Belgium	47.7
15	177=	Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna Pisa	Italy	46.6
16	212=	University of Wollongong	Australia	42.7
17	217=	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)	Malaysia	41.4
18	223	University of Antwerp	Belgium	40.9
19	224	Queensland University of Technology (QUT)	Australia	40.7
20	224=	TELECOM ParisTech	France	40.7
21	230	Curtin University	Australia	39.9
22	238	RMIT University	Australia	39.2
23	239=	Maastricht University	Netherlands	39
24	251=	National Taiwan University of Science and Technology	Taiwan	37.6
25	253=	University of Paris	France	37.5
26	261	Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU)	Hong Kong SAR	36.9
27	268=	Khalifa University	United Arab Emirates	36.5
28	270	University of Tsukuba	Japan	36.3
29	271=	Deakin University	Australia	36.1
30	274=	University of South Australia (UniSA)	Australia	35.9
31	276	Qatar University	Qatar	35.8
32	285=	Universitat Pompeu Fabra	Spain	35
33	287=	National Yang Ming University	Taiwan	34.9
34	298=	Universidad Carlos III de Madrid	Spain	34.6
35	298=	Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD)	Brunei	34.6
36	300	Universitat PolitËcnica de Catalunya	Spain	34.5
37	320=	Griffith University	Australia	33.2
=38	322=	Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)	South Korea	33.1
=38	322=	National Research University - Higher School of Economics (HSE)	Russia	33.1
=40	324=	Aalborg University	Denmark	33
=40	324=	Linkˆping University	Sweden	33
41	329=	United Arab Emirates University	United Arab Emirates	32.4
42	335	IE University	Spain	32.1
43	338=	University of Lisbon	Portugal	31.9
44	351=	UniversitÈ Grenoble-Alpes (UGA)	France	31
45	371	American University of Sharjah	United Arab Emirates	29.6
46	375	Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS)	Pakistan	29.2
47	376	Oxford Brookes University	United Kingdom	29.1
48	377=	James Cook University (JCU)	Australia	29
=49	379=	Sultan Qaboos University	Oman	28.9
=49	379=	UniversitÈ de Strasbourg	France	28.9
51-60	379=	Universiti Teknologi Brunei	Brunei	28.9-27.5
51-60	383=	Swinburne University of Technology	Australia	28.9-27.5
51-60	383=	Universidad de Palermo	Argentina	28.9-27.5
51-60	387=	University of Macau	Macau SAR	28.9-27.5
51-60	395=	Tampere University	Finland	28.9-27.5
51-60	400=	National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) Islamabad	Pakistan	28.9-27.5
51-60	400=	Universidad Austral	Argentina	28.9-27.5
51-60	410=	National Sun Yat-sen University	Taiwan	28.9-27.5
51-60	412=	Shanghai University	China (Mainland)	28.9-27.5
51-60	418	L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University	Kazakhstan	28.9-27.5
61-70	421=	Universidade Nova de Lisboa	Portugal	27.3-25.1
61-70	429=	Dublin City University (DCU)	Ireland	27.3-25.1
61-70	435	Universidad PolitÈcnica de Madrid	Spain	27.3-25.1
61-70	442=	Auckland University of Technology	New Zealand	27.3-25.1
61-70	442=	Bond University	Australia	27.3-25.1
61-70	442=	UCSI University	Malaysia	27.3-25.1
61-70	451=	KoÁ University	Turkey	27.3-25.1
61-70	458=	UniversitÈ de Bordeaux	France	27.3-25.1
61-70	462=	Concordia University	Canada	27.3-25.1
61-70	468=	Western Sydney University	Australia	27.3-25.1
71-80	477	Singapore Management University	Singapore	24.9-24.2
71-80	482=	Universidade Estadual Paulista "J˙lio de Mesquita Filho"	Brazil	24.9-24.2
71-80	482=	Universiti Teknologi Petronas (Petronas)	Malaysia	24.9-24.2
71-80	484=	Chang Gung University	Taiwan	24.9-24.2
71-80	484=	University of Canberra	Australia	24.9-24.2
71-80	491=	Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG)	India	24.9-24.2
71-80	491=	Universidad de Montevideo	Uruguay	24.9-24.2
71-80	491=	UniversitÈ Aix-Marseille	France	24.9-24.2
71-80	498=	UniversitÈ de Montpellier	France	24.9-24.2
71-80	498=	University of Eastern Finland	Finland	24.9-24.2
81-90	501-510	Bilkent University	Turkey	24-22.4
81-90	501-510	King Khalid University	Saudi Arabia	24-22.4
81-90	501-510	Universidad de Alcal·	Spain	24-22.4
81-90	501-510	University of Johannesburg	South Africa	24-22.4
81-90	511-520	Taylor's University	Malaysia	24-22.4
81-90	511-520	Universit· degli Studi di Roma - Tor Vergata	Italy	24-22.4
81-90	511-520	University of Ulsan	South Korea	24-22.4
81-90	521-530	Sabanci University	Turkey	24-22.4
81-90	521-530	Universit‰t Bremen	Germany	24-22.4
81-90	521-530	University of Limerick (UL)	Ireland	24-22.4
91-100	531-540	Coventry University	United Kingdom	22.3-20.3
91-100	541-550	Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University (IAU) (formerly University of Dammam)	Saudi Arabia	22.3-20.3
91-100	541-550	Management and Science University	Malaysia	22.3-20.3
91-100	541-550	Universit‰t Bayreuth	Germany	22.3-20.3
91-100	551-560	Hallym University	South Korea	22.3-20.3
91-100	551-560	University of Aveiro	Portugal	22.3-20.3
91-100	571-580	Murdoch University	Australia	22.3-20.3
91-100	581-590	University of Balamand	Lebanon	22.3-20.3
91-100	591-600	Kingston University, London	United Kingdom	22.3-20.3
91-100	591-600	Universitat Ramon Llull	Spain	22.3-20.3
101-150	591-600	Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM)	Malaysia	20.5-14.2
101-150	591-600	University of Milano-Bicocca	Italy	20.5-14.2
101-150	591-600	University of Mons	Belgium	20.5-14.2
101-150	591-600	University of CÙte d'Azur	France	20.5-14.2
101-150	601-650	Ajou University	South Korea	20.5-14.2
101-150	601-650	American University in Dubai	United Arab Emirates	20.5-14.2
101-150	601-650	Central Queensland University	Australia	20.5-14.2
101-150	601-650	Ulster University	United Kingdom	20.5-14.2
101-150	601-650	Universidad de San AndrÈs	Argentina	20.5-14.2
101-150	601-650	Universidad Torcuato Di Tella	Argentina	20.5-14.2
101-150	601-650	Universit‰t Duisburg-Essen	Germany	20.5-14.2
101-150	601-650	University of Hyderabad	India	20.5-14.2
101-150	601-650	University of Klagenfurt	Austria	20.5-14.2
101-150	601-650	University of Portsmouth	United Kingdom	20.5-14.2
101-150	601-650	Victoria University	Australia	20.5-14.2
101-150	651-700	Charles Darwin University	Australia	20.5-14.2
101-150	651-700	Edith Cowan University (ECU)	Australia	20.5-14.2
101-150	651-700	International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM)	Malaysia	20.5-14.2
101-150	651-700	Jordan University of Science and Technology	Jordan	20.5-14.2
101-150	651-700	University of Sharjah	United Arab Emirates	20.5-14.2
101-150	651-700	Zayed University	United Arab Emirates	20.5-14.2
101-150	701-750	Abu Dhabi University	United Arab Emirates	20.5-14.2
101-150	701-750	Bournemouth University	United Kingdom	20.5-14.2
101-150	701-750	Central South University	China (Mainland)	20.5-14.2
101-150	701-750	Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS)	Pakistan	20.5-14.2
101-150	701-750	London South Bank University	United Kingdom	20.5-14.2
101-150	701-750	Maynooth University	Ireland	20.5-14.2
101-150	701-750	Nottingham Trent University	United Kingdom	20.5-14.2
101-150	701-750	Rovira i Virgili University	Spain	20.5-14.2
101-150	701-750	Shenzhen University	China (Mainland)	20.5-14.2
101-150	701-750	Sumy State University	Ukraine	20.5-14.2
101-150	701-750	Universidad de Alicante	Spain	20.5-14.2
101-150	701-750	Universidad ICESI	Colombia	20.5-14.2
101-150	701-750	UniversitÈ de Lille	France	20.5-14.2
101-150	701-750	University Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)	Malaysia	20.5-14.2
101-150	701-750	University of Greenwich	United Kingdom	20.5-14.2
101-150	701-750	University of Huddersfield	United Kingdom	20.5-14.2
101-150	701-750	Vietnam National University - Ho Chi Minh City (VNU-HCM)	Vietnam	20.5-14.2
101-150	751-800	Ajman University	United Arab Emirates	20.5-14.2
101-150	751-800	Anna University	India	20.5-14.2
101-150	751-800	Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT)	Ireland	20.5-14.2
101-150	751-800	Kazakh-British Technical University	Kazakhstan	20.5-14.2
101-150	751-800	London Metropolitan University	United Kingdom	20.5-14.2
101-150	751-800	Manchester Metropolitan University	United Kingdom	20.5-14.2
101-150	751-800	O. P. Jindal Global University	India	20.5-14.2
101-150	751-800	Southern Cross University	Australia	20.5-14.2
101-150	751-800	Sunway University	Malaysia	20.5-14.2
101-150	751-800	Universidad de La Sabana	Colombia	20.5-14.2
101-150	751-800	Universidad de San Francisco de Quito	Ecuador	20.5-14.2
101-150	751-800	UniversitÈ de Lorraine	France	20.5-14.2
101-150	751-800	Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP)	Malaysia	20.5-14.2
101-150	751-800	University of Brescia	Italy	20.5-14.2
101-150	751-800	University of Crete	Greece	20.5-14.2

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