Young University Rankings 2017: top 50 Generation X universities

Universities established between 1967 and 1985 are the top-performing institutions in the overall THE Young University Rankings this year

April 5, 2017

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Universities that were established between 1967 and 1985 have the most success in general in the ��VR��Ƶ Young University Rankings, according to an analysis of the 2017 results.

Overall, 104 ��Generation X�� universities feature in the ranking of the top 200 universities that are aged 50 years or under. When looking at the leading institutions in this cohort (see top-50 list below),?their average rank is 41st?�C a higher average rank than that achieved by the top ��Generation Y�� (1986-1999) and ��Ѿ��ԲԾ�� (2000-present) universities, suggesting that there is a correlation between age and overall performance.

The Generation X list is topped by Switzerland��s ?cole Polytechnique F��d��rale de Lausanne, which is number one in the overall Young University Ranking.

In addition, half the universities in the overall top 10 were established between 1967 and 1985.

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Australia and Germany have the most Generation X institutions in the table, with seven representatives each.

Meanwhile, eight Asian universities founded in this period feature, led by Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) (fifth overall) and City University of Hong Kong (seventh overall).

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The Generation X group has the highest median score for citation impact in the ranking, when compared with the Generation Y and Millennial groups, as well the cohort of institutions founded in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War.

However, the Generation X group is the worst performer when it comes to proportions of international staff and students.?

Top 50 Generation X universities?

Generation X Rank	2017 Young University Rank	2016 Young University Rank	World University Rank 2016-17	Institution	Country	Year founded	Teaching	Research	Citations	Industry income	International outlook	Overall score
1	1	1	=30	?cole Polytechnique F��d��rale de Lausanne	Switzerland	1969	65.2	67.4	96.5	69.8	98.6	77.9
2	5	6	=89	Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) ��VR��Ƶ	South Korea	1971	64.3	64.1	78.5	100.0	34.3	67.2
3	6	4	94	Maastricht University	Netherlands	1976	43.7	64.6	84.4	85.7	96.0	67.1
4	7	20	119	City University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong	1984	50.5	59.3	81.6	66.4	83.5	65.4
5	8	13	=135	Ulm University	Germany	1967	49.4	54.2	91.0	84.0	56.9	64.7
6	12	9	=121	Pierre and Marie Curie University	France	1971	57.3	31.0	86.2	38.2	71.4	58.6
7	16	16	=180	University of Dundee	United Kingdom	1967	32.0	42.3	92.3	43.8	79.1	57.0
8	18	12	163	Autonomous University of Barcelona	Spain	1968	43.1	42.0	86.7	39.9	52.3	56.5
9	19	=18	179	Paris-Sud University	France	1971	47.7	36.3	83.2	32.5	64.0	55.8
10	21	24	201-250	University of Texas at Dallas	United States	1969	33.2	43.1	90.4	43.3	53.1	55.1
11	22	23	251-300	Bielefeld University	Germany	1969	46.8	60.3	55.6	59.3	46.2	53.8
12	23	=31	201-250	Aalborg University	Denmark	1974	28.5	48.0	80.1	44.8	71.7	53.5
13	25	45	201-250	King Abdulaziz University	Saudi Arabia	1967	34.2	17.7	93.3	66.0	92.1	52.1
14	28	=28	201-250	Paris Descartes University	France	1971	28.4	42.7	84.6	38.6	51.7	51.6
15	29	35	251-300	Bayreuth University	Germany	1975	41.6	44.6	66.3	63.5	53.8	51.4
16	30	37	251-300	University of Wollongong	Australia	1975	35.9	45.0	64.1	49.2	87.0	51.3
17	31	25	201-250	Paris Diderot University �C Paris 7	France	1970	32.5	26.7	91.8	32.9	65.7	51.1
18	33	22	251-300	Rush University	United States	1972	50.7	19.7	89.8	44.0	22.3	50.8
19	35	48	251-300	Griffith University	Australia	1971	27.5	39.3	74.8	41.3	82.3	49.7
20	=36	26	251-300	Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences	Sweden	1977	38.6	28.9	77.7	98.9	46.8	49.5
21	38	38	251-300	James Cook University	Australia	1970	27.3	30.2	84.2	43.2	74.1	49.2
22	41	49	301-350	University of Bremen	Germany	1971	45.0	37.9	61.7	47.0	50.4	48.4
23	43	50	251-300	Deakin University	Australia	1974	28.5	34.6	75.5	34.1	76.8	48.2
24	45	39	301-350	Technical University of Dortmund	Germany	1968	45.5	42.6	57.1	48.7	41.5	47.9
25	46	54	301-350	University of Stirling	United Kingdom	1967	28.4	35.4	69.6	33.7	75.1	46.5
26	=47	=59	301-350	George Mason University	United States	1972	34.4	33.2	73.4	33.4	38.7	46.0
27	51	�C	351-400	University of Calabria	Italy	1972	19.3	38.0	84.2	33.4	31.1	45.6
28	54	=63	351-400	University of Eastern Finland	Finland	1969	31.5	29.0	74.5	35.6	48.0	45.0
29	=56	58	351-400	La Trobe University	Australia	1967	33.6	42.4	49.0	45.5	78.7	44.6
30	58	=66	301-350	University of Crete	Greece	1973	23.2	26.9	83.0	37.8	46.9	44.4
31	59	=43	401-500	National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (Taiwan Tech)	Taiwan	1974	37.5	57.8	38.5	70.1	32.3	44.3
32	60	47	301-350	Link?ping University	Sweden	1975	29.9	18.8	79.6	41.7	62.1	44.2
33	62	=69	351-400	University of Kaiserslautern	Germany	1970	45.1	33.5	50.3	69.3	46.3	43.9
34	64	�C	351-400	Toyota Technological Institute	Japan	1981	29.4	25.0	78.6	59.0	24.1	43.2
35	66	71	351-400	Autonomous University of Madrid	Spain	1968	36.1	33.5	57.4	35.8	51.6	42.9
36	67	=88	351-400	University of Macau	Macao	1981	27.9	32.1	53.3	46.3	98.8	42.5
=37	=68	82	401-500	Murdoch University	Australia	1973	23.2	34.1	57.3	42.8	90.7	42.3
=37	=68	�C	401-500	University of Siegen	Germany	1972	29.3	35.1	60.8	40.7	50.1	42.3
=37	=68	=77	351-400	University of Texas at San Antonio	United States	1969	22.0	23.2	85.0	32.4	32.6	42.3
40	71	�C	351-400	University of Salerno	Italy	1968	23.8	19.0	86.7	39.2	30.8	42.1
41	73	�C	401-500	Hasselt University	Belgium	1973	28.8	31.0	61.6	49.7	55.2	41.8
42	=76	76	351-400	Bilkent University	Turkey	1984	27.7	25.4	68.3	39.7	51.9	41.3
43	=79	75	401-500	University of Tsukuba	Japan	1973	47.5	41.7	35.1	42.4	37.1	41.1
=44	=81	=83	401-500	University of Aveiro	Portugal	1973	39.8	37.3	44.5	41.5	46.5	41.0
=44	=81	=66	401-500	Verona University	Italy	1982	30.6	19.0	73.4	42.1	40.9	41.0
46	85	90	351-400	Claude Bernard University Lyon 1	France	1971	25.7	21.2	73.1	37.6	47.8	40.5
47	86	73	401-500	UiT The Arctic University of Norway	Norway	1968	27.9	22.0	64.3	36.9	67.3	40.2
48	89	�C	401-500	Florida International University	United States	1972	32.9	28.7	57.7	35.2	35.3	39.3
49	90	101-150	401-500	Central Queensland University	Australia	1971	25.1	14.2	73.7	35.1	59.4	39.2
=50	=92	=69	351-400	Paris-Sorbonne University �C Paris 4	France	1971	48.7	36.8	27.9	32.2	54.2	38.9
=50	=92	81	401-500	University of Rome II �C Tor Vergata	Italy	1982	32.4	20.3	64.2	38.9	37.9	38.9