Young University Rankings 2017: Golden Age universities

Our new table of the world's best universities established between 1945 and 1966 puts the University of California, San Diego at the top

�� 5, 2017

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The University of California, San Diego tops a new ��VR��Ƶ table of the world��s best universities founded in the aftermath of the Second World War.

Three other institutions in the University of Californian system also make the inaugural ��Golden Age�� ranking �C Irvine at ninth, Santa Cruz at 15th?and Riverside at joint 19th.

The table lists the world��s best universities established between 1945 and 1966 �C what THE describes as the ��Golden Age�� in global higher education, characterised by rapid university expansion and increasing investment in research.

The UK is the most-represented country in the top 100 list with 19 universities, led by the University of Warwick at eighth. The country��s success is due to the birth of ��plate glass�� universities following the 1963 Robbins report.

This era also saw the establishment of several Indian Institutes of Technology, resulting in the Asian giant taking seven places.

Meanwhile, Australia and Canada each have six representatives. The Antipodean nation is also the most-represented in the top 10, claiming three places: Australian National University (second), Monash University (fourth), and University of New South Wales (seventh).

Altogether 31 countries make the list.

These middle-aged universities perform strongly across all 13 metrics underpinning the ranking, but particularly on those related to teaching, research reputation and research productivity.?

They also attract high proportions of international staff, on average.

The table uses the same methodology as the THE World University Rankings.

Golden Age universities

Golden Age Rank	World University Rank 2016-17	Institution	Country	Year founded	Teaching	Research	Citations	Industry income	International outlook	Overall score
1	41	University of California, San Diego	United States	1960	61.2	66.2	98.9	67.3	47.7	73.2
2	47	Australian National University	Australia	1946	54.0	73.9	81.7	53.5	93.9	71.3
3	=72	Seoul National University	South Korea	1946	70.2	69.8	58.8	85.2	32.4	64.2
4	74	Monash University	Australia	1958	49.5	57.4	78.5	76.0	87.1	64.0
5	75	Free University of Berlin	Germany	1948	58.1	67.3	66.9	38.9	67.2	63.7
6	76	Chinese University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong	1963	52.2	60.4	74.6	44.7	84.0	63.6
7	=78	University of New South Wales	Australia	1949	43.2	58.6	81.4	49.7	91.0	63.0
8	=82	University of Warwick	United Kingdom	1965	46.8	52.6	80.9	40.8	91.4	62.0
9	=98	University of California, Irvine	United States	1965	42.5	45.0	94.1	45.5	62.3	60.3
10	102	University of Mannheim	Germany	1946	39.1	51.3	88.3	76.4	57.7	59.8
11	=121	University of Southampton	United Kingdom	1952	39.2	46.1	82.8	39.2	90.2	58.1
12	=126	University of Exeter	United Kingdom	1955	34.6	39.2	94.3	34.9	87.6	57.9
13	129	University of York	United Kingdom	1963	42.5	45.9	79.8	34.1	84.5	57.7
14	=137	Lancaster University	United Kingdom	1964	37.0	40.9	84.7	35.6	89.1	56.4
15	146	University of California, Santa Cruz	United States	1965	34.7	35.3	99.8	40.9	48.7	55.6
16	149	University of Sussex	United Kingdom	1961	32.6	37.9	88.1	33.7	88.8	55.1
=17	=153	University of Science and Technology of China	China	1958	51.8	43.4	74.7	77.6	24.2	54.7
=17	=153	University of Twente	Netherlands	1962	36.8	46.7	70.8	84.6	83.6	54.7
=19	=165	University of California, Riverside	United States	1954	32.0	33.7	93.4	40.5	62.2	53.4
=19	=165	University of East Anglia	United Kingdom	1963	30.7	31.1	92.4	32.4	84.3	53.4
21	=170	University of Gothenburg	Sweden	1954	30.3	40.5	87.9	39.9	59.6	53.1
22	=173	University of Waterloo	Canada	1957	37.8	44.9	70.8	41.0	77.5	52.9
23	177	Eindhoven University of Technology	Netherlands	1956	36.6	43.5	71.7	56.9	72.0	52.4
24	=190	Newcastle University	United Kingdom	1963	33.6	32.1	81.0	38.7	84.9	51.3
25	194	University of Konstanz	Germany	1966	39.8	44.5	64.4	73.1	62.6	51.1
26	=195	University of Calgary	Canada	1966	34.8	35.2	77.9	48.8	71.5	51.0
27	=198	Brandeis University	United States	1948	29.8	24.6	99.7	33.8	49.2	50.8
28	200	University of Illinois at Chicago	United States	1965	46.0	35.3	69.6	41.6	57.1	50.6
29	201-250	University of Bergen	Norway	1946	29.8	29.3	86.2	36.6	74.0	50.1
30	201-250	Tel Aviv University	Israel	1956	41.0	51.1	55.1	45.3	49.1	49.0
31	201-250	Stony Brook University	United States	1957	34.7	24.5	86.8	35.6	55.6	48.8
32	201-250	Simon Fraser University	Canada	1965	23.8	31.9	77.0	47.5	89.3	47.7
33	201-250	University of Trento	Italy	1962	23.6	27.7	89.3	41.3	57.3	47.5
34	201-250	University of South Florida	United States	1956	27.8	34.9	75.2	95.8	44.4	47.1
35	201-250	University of Newcastle	Australia	1965	29.3	28.5	73.5	63.7	79.8	46.9
36	201-250	University of Oulu	Finland	1958	30.3	32.6	75.1	39.9	54.2	46.4
37	251-300	Macquarie University	Australia	1964	32.5	36.5	62.3	41.3	75.0	46.0
38	251-300	University of Bath	United Kingdom	1966	31.8	31.0	65.1	37.2	85.5	45.7
39	251-300	University of Southern Denmark	Denmark	1966	21.4	23.6	81.6	69.9	76.9	45.5
40	251-300	University of Surrey	United Kingdom	1966	30.0	32.6	60.9	37.6	91.8	44.9
41	251-300	Ume? University	Sweden	1965	22.6	28.6	79.7	35.2	59.9	44.6
42	251-300	Ruhr University Bochum	Germany	1965	36.7	36.2	56.9	59.2	51.6	44.3
43	301-350	University of Victoria	Canada	1963	22.1	22.5	77.9	37.9	73.7	43.2
=44	301-350	Loughborough University	United Kingdom	1966	32.9	34.4	54.0	37.0	73.2	42.8
=44	301-350	University of Essex	United Kingdom	1964	32.3	36.0	47.7	32.8	95.2	42.8
46	301-350	Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology	Russian Federation	1946	47.7	33.1	40.8	98.7	50.0	42.7
47	301-350	York University	Canada	1959	29.9	39.7	50.7	37.4	73.5	42.6
48	301-350	University of Kent	United Kingdom	1965	22.8	22.3	68.7	32.5	89.3	41.6
49	301-350	Brunel University London	United Kingdom	1966	24.9	26.0	61.3	37.2	92.3	41.5
50	301-350	University of Navarra	Spain	1952	29.7	23.9	65.3	55.6	55.6	41.3
51-100	501-600	University of the Andes	Colombia	1948	19.9	14.9	50.0	49.4	55.5	26.9-39.6
	351-400	Aston University	United Kingdom	1966	20.6	23.9	56.2	34.3	93.5	26.9-39.6
	401-500	Bar-Ilan University	Israel	1955	23.5	23.0	49.0	32.8	51.5	26.9-39.6
	351-400	Binghamton University, State University of New York	United States	1946	24.3	20.4	68.5	35.9	40.3	26.9-39.6
	�C	China University of Geosciences, Beijing	China	1952	30.0	19.2	48.6	54.6	17.9	26.9-39.6
	501-600	China Medical University, Taiwan	Taiwan	1958	24.0	24.4	45.2	69.6	27.0	26.9-39.6
	351-400	City, University of London	United Kingdom	1966	24.1	25.9	56.2	33.3	91.0	26.9-39.6
	501-600	East China Normal University	China	1951	27.4	18.7	46.7	45.1	41.6	26.9-39.6
	501-600	East China University of Science and Technology	China	1952	22.5	15.2	51.9	60.7	25.6	26.9-39.6
	351-400	Flinders University	Australia	1966	22.3	11.3	74.9	36.5	66.1	26.9-39.6
	351-400	University of Guelph	Canada	1964	26.1	33.0	48.7	46.9	55.4	26.9-39.6
	401-500	Heriot-Watt University	United Kingdom	1966	22.2	24.0	49.3	42.8	92.1	26.9-39.6
	501-600	Hiroshima University	Japan	1949	30.0	14.0	41.2	45.4	24.0	26.9-39.6
	351-400	Hong Kong Baptist University	Hong Kong	1956	23.3	13.6	67.4	32.9	79.1	26.9-39.6
	401-500	Huazhong University of Science and Technology	China	1953	31.0	24.7	43.6	68.0	19.9	26.9-39.6
	351-400	Indian Institute of Technology Bombay	India	1958	39.2	31.1	52.8	46.9	19.2	26.9-39.6
	401-500	Indian Institute of Technology Delhi	India	1961	37.5	23.9	47.0	71.7	15.9	26.9-39.6
	401-500	Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur	India	1959	34.6	22.9	38.4	98.8	17.9	26.9-39.6
	501-600	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	India	1951	31.0	19.4	44.5	49.5	16.0	26.9-39.6
	401-500	Indian Institute of Technology Madras	India	1959	38.3	22.3	41.2	81.1	17.5	26.9-39.6
	501-600	University of Ioannina	Greece	1964	14.3	14.8	64.8	35.5	40.3	26.9-39.6
	501-600	Jadavpur University	India	1955	32.1	15.4	37.6	39.1	14.1	26.9-39.6
	401-500	Johannes Kepler University of Linz	Austria	1966	25.3	15.5	49.9	41.2	58.0	26.9-39.6
	401-500	Keele University	United Kingdom	1949	18.3	20.4	53.6	33.2	73.6	26.9-39.6
	401-500	King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals	Saudi Arabia	1963	28.7	16.8	36.7	92.8	86.8	26.9-39.6
	501-600	King Saud University	Saudi Arabia	1957	24.0	27.9	28.7	96.4	76.0	26.9-39.6
	351-400	Kyung Hee University	South Korea	1949	28.5	35.5	48.5	79.3	51.5	26.9-39.6
	�C	University of Malaya	Malaysia	1949	29.1	22.0	46.4	46.9	70.0	26.9-39.6
	401-500	Marche Polytechnic University	Italy	1959	21.2	7.2	85.8	37.5	28.1	26.9-39.6
	401-500	University of Maryland, Baltimore County	United States	1966	21.3	18.7	58.8	33.4	29.6	26.9-39.6
	401-500	Massey University	New Zealand	1964	22.5	19.6	43.3	39.1	92.2	26.9-39.6
	601-800	Middle East Technical University	Turkey	1956	27.3	19.5	31.4	58.8	27.8	26.9-39.6
	401-500	University of Nantes	France	1961	17.3	15.5	64.9	35.5	45.4	26.9-39.6
	401-500	National Chiao Tung University	Taiwan	1958	33.0	40.2	35.3	89.3	33.4	26.9-39.6
	501-600	National Institute of Applied Sciences of Lyon (INSA Lyon)	France	1957	27.3	11.9	43.0	66.7	76.4	26.9-39.6
	501-600	National Taiwan Normal University	Taiwan	1946	28.2	31.1	17.6	78.3	44.4	26.9-39.6
	401-500	University of Nice Sophia Antipolis	France	1965	21.9	8.0	58.1	32.5	79.2	26.9-39.6
	401-500	Novosibirsk State University	Russian Federation	1959	43.2	28.3	33.6	36.3	36.0	26.9-39.6
	501-600	Pusan National University	South Korea	1946	27.8	27.1	25.6	63.8	33.9	26.9-39.6
	401-500	University of Salento	Italy	1955	25.0	11.8	65.6	37.6	25.2	26.9-39.6
	501-600	Sharif University of Technology	Iran	1966	25.1	27.4	37.6	85.3	17.9	26.9-39.6
	501-600	Universit�� de Sherbrooke	Canada	1954	22.2	13.3	45.8	34.7	56.2	26.9-39.6
	501-600	Sogang University	South Korea	1960	24.9	27.5	32.7	48.4	26.0	26.9-39.6
	401-500	State University of Campinas	Brazil	1966	44.9	39.6	28.0	46.5	24.1	26.9-39.6
	401-500	University of Strathclyde	United Kingdom	1964	24.2	31.2	36.2	46.6	75.1	26.9-39.6
	601-800	Taipei Medical University	Taiwan	1960	26.4	21.1	27.3	97.9	28.4	26.9-39.6
	501-600	Tampere University of Technology	Finland	1965	23.0	14.9	44.3	64.6	56.1	26.9-39.6
	601-800	Tata Institute of Fundamental Research	India	1945	24.4	10.0	45.1	32.1	37.2	26.9-39.6
	401-500	University of Waikato	New Zealand	1964	20.9	23.2	49.5	34.7	87.8	26.9-39.6
	601-800	University of the Western Cape	South Africa	1959	17.9	14.3	40.1	32.7	58.4	26.9-39.6
	601-800	Yeungnam University	South Korea	1947	33.1	11.4	35.0	38.9	28.0	26.9-39.6

Note: What we describe as ��Golden Age�� institutions are those founded in what can be seen as the ��Golden Age�� of higher education, from 1945 to 1966. This period following the Second World War saw an extraordinary expansion of higher education and a major increase in investment in university research. The Golden Age table was compiled applying the same method as the ��VR��Ƶ World University Rankings (/world-university-rankings/methodolo...).

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