The World's Best Young Universities

LONDON, Nov. 24, 2015 /CNW/ - Asian universities dominate the 2015 QS Top 50 under 50, released today on http://www.TopUniversities.com. The rankings, which reveal the best universities in the world under 50 years old, see universities from Singapore, Hong Kong, and Korea taking the top six spots. Half of these are from Hong Kong. Nanyang Technological University retains the global top spot, followed by HKUST and KAIST.

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NTU President Professor Bertil Andersson said: "Getting first place for the second year running is fantastic news not only for NTU, but also for Singapore which celebrates its Golden Jubilee this year. NTU's good performance is a tribute to the quality of our faculty, staff and students and I hope a huge encouragement to other young universities in the world that being young should not stand in the way of making an impact on a global scale"

The University of Bath is the best-performing European university. The last top-10 spots are also taken by European universities: Maastricht University, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona.

RANK	WUR 2015	Institution Name	Country	Est. year
1	13	Nanyang Technological University (NTU)	SG	1991
2	28	The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)	HK	1991
3	43	KAIST - Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology	KR	1971
4	57	City University of Hong Kong	HK	1984
5	87	Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)	KR	1986
6	116	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	HK	1994
7	159	University of Bath	UK	1966
8	169	Maastricht University	NL	1976
9	186	Universidad Autonoma de Madrid	ES	1968
10	190	Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona	ES	1968

Europe has 24 top-50 universities; Asia has thirteen. Australia is the most-featured country in this ranking, with eight universities. The United Kingdom and Spain both have five. Asia's strength is highlighted by three Taiwanese universities coming in the top 50. Other top young UK universities include Loughborough University (16^th), Heriot-Watt (32^nd), and Brunel University (37^th). Latin America's top young university is Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp), which comes 11^th.

The Next 50 under 50 Universities have been included in the published ranking. This has allowed yet-greater representation of universities whose performances in teaching and research are increasingly noteworthy. It sees placed universities from countries as diverse as the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Bahrain, Norway, and Turkey. This adds another layer of depth to the global university performance picture.

SOURCE QS Quacquarelli Symonds