THE 100 Under 50 universities 2014

Higher education serves as the foundation of most careers. As such, it’s critical for students to gain a thorough understanding of what’s on offer and choose the study path that best suits their individual needs and ambitions. Since its establishment in 2010, the Times Higher Education rankings have emerged as an invaluable resource for students on the search for an opinion that matters.

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Ranking	Institution	Country	Previous ranking
1	Pohang University of Science and Technology (Postech)	South Korea	1
2	École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne	Switzerland	2
3	Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)	South Korea	3
4	Hong Kong University of Science and Technology	Hong Kong	4
5	Nanyang Technological University	Singapore	8
6	Maastricht University	The Netherlands	6
7	University of California, Irvine	United States	5	35.4%
8	Université Paris-Sud	France	10
9	Université Pierre et Marie Curie	France	9
10	Lancaster University	United Kingdom	14
11	University of California, Santa Cruz	United States	11	48.6%
12	University of Warwick	United Kingdom	13	12.9%
13	Pompeu Fabra University - Barcelona	Spain	25
13	University of Illinois at Chicago	United States	19	71%
15	The University of Texas at Dallas	United States	15	52%
16	Universität Ulm	Germany	N/A
17	Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7	France	17
17	City University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong	18
19	University of Calgary	Canada	23
20	Universität Konstanz	Germany	20
21	University of Milan-Bicocca	Italy	23
22	University of Essex	United Kingdom	29
23	Autonomous University of Barcelona	Spain	22
24	Simon Fraser University	Canada	26
24	Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences	Sweden	33
26	Université Montpellier 2	France	32
27	Sharif University of Technology	Iran	47
28	The University of Newcastle	Australia	40
29	Brunel University London	United Kingdom	44
30	Hong Kong Polytechnic University	Hong Kong	34
31	Bilkent University	Turkey	39
31	Queensland University of Technology	Australia	26
33	University of Wollongong	Australia	43
34	Macquarie University	Australia	36
34	University of Bath	United Kingdom	34
36	Medical University of Vienna	Austria	49
37	State University of Campinas	Brazil	28
37	University of Southern Denmark	Denmark	38
39	Umeå University	Sweden	29
40	National Sun Yat-Sen University	Taiwan	37
41	Koç University	Turkey	31
42	Plymouth University	United Kingdom	53
42	National Taiwan University of Science and Technology	Taiwan	45
44	University of Tsukuba	Japan	49
44	University of Waikato	New Zealand	46
46	Linköping University	Sweden	51
47	University of Technology, Sydney	Australia	83
48	University of Crete	Greece	53
49	University of South Australia	Australia	48
49	Universität Bayreuth	Germany	40
51	Universität Bielefeld	Germany	40
52	Heriot-Watt University	United Kingdom	63
53	University of Eastern Finland	Finland	61
54	Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1	France	57
55	Aalborg University	Denmark	71
56	University of Stirling	United Kingdom	61
57	George Mason University	United States	59	65.8%
58	Autonomous University of Madrid	Spain	52
59	Deakin University	Australia	66
60	University of Hertfordshire	United Kingdom	75
60	Ruhr-Universität Bochum	Germany
60	Murdoch University	Australia	57
63	University of Surrey	United Kingdom	71
64	UiT The Arctic University of Norway	Norway	56
65	University of Maryland, Baltimore County	United States	60	61%
66	University of Rovira i Virgili	Spain		79.5%
67	Universität Duisburg-Essen	Germany	69
67	National University of Ireland, Maynooth	Ireland	74
69	Charles Darwin University	Australia	77
70	Johannes Kepler Universität Linz	Austria	64
71	Loughborough University	United Kingdom	65
71	King Abdulaziz University	Saudi Arabia	68
73	Florida International University	United States	84
73	University of Guelph	Canada	55
75	University of Minho	Portugal	76
76	University of Vigo	Spain	77
77	Polytechnic University of Valencia	Spain	80
78	University of Strathclyde	United Kingdom	79
79	Aveiro University	Portugal	66
80	University of Kent	United Kingdom	97
81	Aston University	United Kingdom	96
82	Curtin University	Australia	87
82	Flinders University	Australia	71
84	Griffith University	Australia	86
84	Université du Québec à Montréal	Canada
86	Université Paris Dauphine	France	82
87	Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati	India
87	New University of Lisbon	Portugal	92
87	University of Western Sydney	Australia
90	Massey University	New Zealand	81
91	The University of Texas at San Antonio	United States	70	60%
92	Dublin City University	Ireland	84
92	Isfahan University of Technology	Iran
94	Dublin Institute of Technology	Ireland
95	Polytechnic University of Catalonia	Spain	99
96	Concordia University	Canada
96	National Yang-Ming University	Taiwan	98
98	Tampere University of Technology	Finland	93
99	Asia University, Taiwan	Taiwan
100	La Trobe University	Australia	88

THE 100 Under 50 universities 2014

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