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The most innovative universities in the world 2018

North American universities account for nearly half of the list of the most innovative universities in the world, according to the latest Reuters ranking

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    Seeta Bhardwa

    Editor, THE Student
    October 17 2018
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    North American universities dominate the list of the most innovative universities in the world, according to data collected by Clarivate Analytics in partnership with Reuters. 

    The fourth annual ranking of the world’s most innovative universities shows that 48 North American universities feature among the top 100 – 46 from the USA and two from Canada. 

    Harvard 51¹ú²úÊÓÆµ have claimed the top three spots, respectively.

    Some 27 European universities are featured in the table, with Imperial College London at number eight. 

    51¹ú²úÊÓÆµ is represented by 23 universities, with the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) just missing the top 10, coming in at number 11.

    The list is based on empirical data, including patent filings from Derwent Innovation and research paper citations from the Web of Science, to identify the universities that are most successful in advancing science, inventing new technologies and powering new markets and industries.


    The 50 most innovative universities in the world 

    Innovation Rank 2019

    51¹ú²úÊÓÆµ

    Country/region

    1

    Stanford 51¹ú²úÊÓÆµ

    USA

    2

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    USA

    3

    Harvard 51¹ú²úÊÓÆµ

    USA

    4

    51¹ú²úÊÓÆµ of Pennsylvania

    USA

    5

    51¹ú²úÊÓÆµ of Washington

    USA

    6

    51¹ú²úÊÓÆµ of Texas System

    USA

    7

    KU Leuven

    Belgium

    8

    Imperial College London

    UK

    9

    51¹ú²úÊÓÆµ of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    USA

    10

    Vanderbilt 51¹ú²úÊÓÆµ

    USA

    11

    Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)

    South Korea

    12

    École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

    Switzerland

    13

    Pohang 51¹ú²úÊÓÆµ of Science and Technology (POSTECH)

    South Korea

    14

    51¹ú²úÊÓÆµ of California System

    USA

    15

    51¹ú²úÊÓÆµ of Southern California

    USA

    16

    Cornell 51¹ú²úÊÓÆµ

    USA

    17

    Duke 51¹ú²úÊÓÆµ

    USA

    18

    51¹ú²úÊÓÆµ of Cambridge

    UK

    19

    Johns Hopkins 51¹ú²úÊÓÆµ

    USA

    20

    The 51¹ú²úÊÓÆµ of Tokyo

    Japan

    21

    California Institute of Technology

    USA

    22

    Osaka 51¹ú²úÊÓÆµ

    Japan

    23

    51¹ú²úÊÓÆµ of Michigan System

    USA

    24

    Northwestern 51¹ú²úÊÓÆµ

    USA

    25

    51¹ú²úÊÓÆµ of Wisconsin System

    USA

    26

    Kyoto 51¹ú²úÊÓÆµ

    Japan

    27

    51¹ú²úÊÓÆµ of Minnesota System

    USA

    28

    51¹ú²úÊÓÆµ of Illinois System

    USA

    29

    Georgia Institute of Technology

    USA

    30

    51¹ú²úÊÓÆµ of Utah

    USA

    31

    51¹ú²úÊÓÆµ of Erlangen-Nuremberg

    Germany

    32

    Ohio State 51¹ú²úÊÓÆµ

    USA

    33

    Columbia 51¹ú²úÊÓÆµ

    USA

    34

    Seoul National 51¹ú²úÊÓÆµ

    South Korea

    35

    51¹ú²úÊÓÆµ of Toronto

    Canada

    36

    Tohoku 51¹ú²úÊÓÆµ

    Japan

    37

    51¹ú²úÊÓÆµ of Pittsburgh

    USA

    38

    Yale 51¹ú²úÊÓÆµ

    USA

    39

    Sungkyunkwan 51¹ú²úÊÓÆµ

    South Korea

    40

    51¹ú²úÊÓÆµ of Oxford

    UK

    41

    51¹ú²úÊÓÆµ of Colorado System

    USA

    42

    Tufts 51¹ú²úÊÓÆµ

    USA

    43

    Baylor College of Medicine

    USA

    44

    Tsinghua 51¹ú²úÊÓÆµ

    China

    45

    Technical 51¹ú²úÊÓÆµ of Munich

    Germany

    46

    Kyushu 51¹ú²úÊÓÆµ

    Japan

    47

    Tokyo Institute of Technology

    Japan

    48

    UK

    49

    ETH Zurich

    Switzerland

    50

    Purdue 51¹ú²úÊÓÆµ System

    USA

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