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Craig OCallaghan

Updated May 21, 2024
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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 world's 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 can't find an institution in this year's list, it might be because it's now older than 50 years.

QS Top 50 Under 50 2021 

2021 WUR Rank 2021 Institution Location
  13 Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore
  =27  The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) Hong Kong SAR
  39   KAIST - Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology South Korea
  48   City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong SAR
  52   Université PSL (Paris Sciences & Lettres) France
  75 

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Hong Kong SAR
  =77   Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) South Korea
  83  

Sorbonne University

France
  127   Aalto University Finland
10  132

Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)

Malaysia
11    =133 University of Technology Sydney (UTS) Australia
12    138 

CentraleSupélec

France
13  =187

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)

Malaysia
14  196

University of Wollongong

Australia
15    =211

Khalifa University

United Arab Emirates
16   =217 Queensland University of Technology (QUT) Australia
17    =217 Curtin University Australia
18    =223  

RMIT University

Australia
19  =234 Maastricht University Netherlands
20  =238

University of Antwerp

Belgium
21    245 Qatar University Qatar
22    =254   Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD) Brunei
23  264 Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) Hong Kong SAR
24  =265

University of Tsukuba

Japan
25  =267

National Taiwan University of Science and Technology

Taiwan
=26 =273 Università della Svizzera italiana Switzerland
=26    =275  Deakin University Australia
=26 =275 University of Paris France
27  284 United Arab Emirates University United Arab Emirates
28  =287 Universitat Pompeu Fabra Spain
29    =295 University of South Australia (UniSA) Australia
30    =295 Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST) South Korea
31    =298 National Research University - Higher School of Economics (HSE) Russia
32    =298 National Yang Ming University Taiwan
33    =303 Griffith University Australia
34  =305

Aalborg University

Denmark
35    =311

Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Spain
=36  =314 Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Spain
=36 =323 Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTECH) Mainland China
37  327 IE University Spain
38  =342

Université Grenoble-Alpes (UGA)

France
39 =348 American University of Sharjah United Arab Emirates
40  =350 Universiti Teknologi Brunei Brunei
41 355

National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) Islamabad

Pakistan
42 =357 University of Lisbon Portugal
43 =357 L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University Kazakhstan
43 =362 Linköping University Sweden
44 367 University of Macau Macau SAR
45 372

Swinburne University of Technology

Australia
46 =373

Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS)

Pakistan
47 =375 Sultan Qaboos University Oman
48 =377

Universidad de Palermo

Argentina
49 379

Taylor's University

Malaysia
50 =383

Oxford Brookes University

United Kingdom
51-60 =387 Shanghai University China (Mainland)
51-60 391 UCSI University Malaysia
51-60  =392 Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele  Italy
51-60 =398 Université de Strasbourg France
51-60  =409 Tampere University Finland
51-60  =414  Bond University Australia
51-60 =416 National Sun Yat-sen University Taiwan
51-60 425 Université de Bordeaux France
51-60 =428 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Portugal
51-60 =437 Auckland University of Technology New Zealand 
61-70  =439 Dublin City University (DCU)  Ireland
61-70  =439 Universiti Teknologi Petronas (Petronas)  Malaysia
61-70 =439 University of Johannesburg South Africa
61-70 =443 Universidad Austral  Argentina 
61-70  =451 Universidad Politécnica de Madrid Spain
61-70  =456 University of Canberra  Australia
61-70 =465 Koç University Turkey
61-70  =470 Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG)  India
61-70 =474 Western Sydney University  Australia
61-70  =477 Concordia University  Canada
71-80 492 Universidad de Montevideo Uruguay
71-80 =493 Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho"  Brazil
71-80  =493 Chang Gung University  Taiwan
71-80 =499 University of Eastern Finland  Finland
71-80  =499 Universidad de Alcalá  Spain
71-80  501-510 University of Balamand  Lebanon
71-80 511-520 Université Aix-Marseille  France
71-80  511-520 Universitá degli Studi di Roma - Tor Vergata  Italy
71-80  511-520 Université de Montpellier  France
71-80 511-520 University of Limerick (UL)  Ireland
81-90 511-520 Singapore Management University  Singapore
81-90 521-530 University of Milano-Bicocca Italy
81-90 521-530 Sabanci University  Turkey
81-90  521-530 Universität Bayreuth Germany 
81-90 521-530 Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University (IAU) (formerly University of Dammam)  Saudi Arabia
81-90  531-540 Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM)  Malaysia
81-90  541-550 Universität Bremen  Germany
81-90 541-550 Coventry University United Kingdom
81-90  551-560 Bilkent University  Turkey
81-90  551-560 Management and Science University  Malaysia
91-100  551-560 Ajou University  South Korea
91-100 551-560  Victoria University Australia
91-100 551-560 Hallym University South Korea
91-100  571-580 Murdoch University  Australia
91-100  571-580 Altai State University Russia
91-100 581-590 Kingston University, London  United Kingdom
91-100  581-590 University of Aveiro  Portugal
91-100 591-600 Central Queensland University Australia
91-100 601-650 International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM)  Malaysia
91-100 601-650 University of Côte d'Azur France
101-150 601-650 University of Sharjah United Arab Emirates
101-150  601-650 Universitat Ramon Llull  Spain
101-150  601-650 Ulster University United Kingdom
101-150 601-650 University of Portsmouth  United Kingdom
101-150  601-650 King Khalid University  Saudi Arabia
101-150 601-650 American University in Dubai United Arab Emirates
101-150 601-650 Shenzhen University  China (Mainland)
101-150 601-650 Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad India
101-150 651-700 Jordan University of Science and Technology  Jordan
101-150  651-700 Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS)  Pakistan
101-150 651-700 University of Hyderabad  India
101-150  651-700 Universidad Torcuato Di Tella  Argentina
101-150  651-700 Applied Science University of Bahrain Bahrain
101-150 651-700 Edith Cowan University (ECU) Australia
101-150 651-700 O. P. Jindal Global University  India
101-150 651-700 Central South University China (Mainland)
101-150 651-700 University of Mons Belgium
101-150 651-700 Universidad ICESI Colombia
101-150 701-750 Zayed University United Arab Emirates
101-150  701-750 Maynooth University  Ireland
101-150  701-750 University of Huddersfield  United Kingdom
101-150 701-750 Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN)  Malaysia
101-150 701-750 Abu Dhabi University  United Arab Emirates
101-150  701-750 Ajman University  United Arab Emirates
101-150 701-750 Middlesex University United Kingdom
101-150 701-750 Universidad de San Andrés  Argentina
101-150 701-750 Sunway University Malaysia
101-150 701-750 Notre Dame University-Louaize (NDU)  Lebanon
101-150 701-750 Charles Darwin University Australia
101-150  701-750 University of Greenwich  United Kingdom
101-150 701-750 Macau University of Science and Technology Macau SAR
101-150 701-750 Sumy State University  Ukraine
101-150 751-800 Université de Lille  France
101-150  751-800 Universidad de La Sabana Colombia
101-150 751-800 Universität Duisburg-Essen  Germany
101-150  751-800 Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP)  Malaysia
101-150 751-800 Kazakh-British Technical University  Kazakhstan
101-150 751-800 Universidad de San Francisco de Quito  Ecuador
101-150  751-800 Nottingham Trent University  United Kingdom 
101-150  751-800 NJSC KIMEP University Kazakhstan
101-150 751-800 Rovira i Virgili University  Spain 
101-150  751-800 Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University Saudi Arabia
101-150 751-800  Bournemouth University  United Kingdom
101-150 751-800 University of Brescia Italy
101-150  751-800 Southern Cross University  Australia
101-150 751-800 London South Bank University  United Kingdom
101-150  801-1000 Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM) Mexico
101-150 801-1000 Vietnam National University - Ho Chi Minh City (VNU-HCM)  Vietnam
101-150 801-1000 Università degli Studi Roma Tre Italy
101-150 801-1000 Vietnam National University, Hanoi Vietnam

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