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The Times Higher Education Young 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ Rankings list the world¡¯s best universities that are 50 years old or younger. The 2019 ranking includes 351 universities, up from 250 in 2018.

The table is based on the same 13 performance indicators as the flagship THE World 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ Rankings, but the weightings have been adjusted to give less weight to reputation.

Hong Kong 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Science and Technology is the world¡¯s best young university for the second year in a row. ?cole Polytechnique F¨¦d¨¦rale de Lausanne; Nanyang Technological 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ, Singapore; and Paris Sciences et Lettres ¨C PSL Research 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ Paris remain in second, third and fourth place respectively. City 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Hong Kong is now ranked fifth, up from seventh.

Sorbonne 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ is the only newcomer in the top 20, joining at ninth place.

View the Young 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ Rankings 2019 methodology

The UK is once again the most-represented country overall with 34 universities, three more than last year, led by Brighton and Sussex Medical School in joint 36th?place. France is now second with 24 universities, while Australia and Spain are joint third with 22.

Overall, 60 countries across Europe, Australasia, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ, North America, Latin America and Africa feature in the eighth annual edition of the table, up from 55 last year.

Read our analysis of the Young 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ Rankings 2019 results