Top 50 Generation X | THE Young Rankings 2017 Generation X Rank Generation University 2017 Young Rank University 2016 Young Rank University Rank World 2016-17 Institution Country founded Year Teaching Research Citations Industry income International outlook score Overall 1 1 1 =30 École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne 1969 65.2 67.4 96.5 69.8 98.6 77.9 2 5 6 =89 Korea Advanced Institute of and Technology (KAIST) South Korea 1971 64.3 64.1 78.5 100.0 34.3 67.2 3 6 4 94 Maastricht University 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 1967 49.4 54.2 91.0 84.0 56.9 64.7 6 12 9 =121 Pierre and Marie Curie University 1971 57.3 31.0 86.2 38.2 71.4 58.6 7 16 16 =180 University of Dundee 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 -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 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 – 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 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 – 351-400 University of Calabria 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 Linköping 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 – 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 – 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 – 351-400 University of Salerno Italy 1968 23.8 19.0 86.7 39.2 30.8 42.1 41 73 – 401-500 Hasselt University 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 1968 27.9 22.0 64.3 36.9 67.3 40.2 48 89 – 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 – 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 – Tor Vergata Italy 1982 32.4 20.3 64.2 38.9 37.9 38.9 Note: ‘Generation X’ institutions are those founded between 1967 and 1985.

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