Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), South Korea

According to The Times Higher Education (THE) 2014 ranking of the world’s top universities under 50 years old, East Asia's institutes dominate.

South Korea takes two spots in the top 3 - in top spot for the third consecutive year, is South Korea’s Pohang University of Science and Technology (Postech); and in third place is the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST).

“The data prove that nations can, in a matter of years, with the right support and vision, create world-class universities to compete with traditional institutions that have had many centuries to develop,” says THE rankings editor Phil Baty.

THE 100 under 50 2014 rankings: top 10 universities

2014	2013	WUR	Founded	Institution	Country
WUR = Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2013-14
1	1	60	1986	Pohang University of Science and Technology	South Korea
2	2	37	1968	École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne	Switzerland
3	3	56	1971	Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)	South Korea
4	4	57	1991	Hong Kong University of Science and Technology	Hong Kong
5	8	76	1991	Nanyang Technological University	Singapore
6	6	98	1976	Maastricht University	Netherlands
7	5	93	1965	University of California, Irvine	US
8	10	114	1971	Université Paris-Sud	France
9	9	96	1971	Université Pierre et Marie Curie	France
10	14	137	1964	Lancaster University	UK

 
For more on the rankings, see the THE website.

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