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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 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.

The universities are judged across all their core missions ¨C teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook ¨C to provide the most comprehensive and balanced comparisons available.

The 2020 ranking includes 414 universities, up from 351 in 2019.

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The Hong Kong 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Science and Technology is the world¡¯s best young university for the third consecutive year, while Nanyang Technological 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ, Singapore ranks second, up from third last year.

Switzerland¡¯s Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne ranked second in last year¡¯s table but dropped out of the list after reaching its 51st birthday this year.

The 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Paris is the highest new entry in the ranking, featuring at 11th place following a merger last year.

The UK is the most-represented nation, with 36 institutions, while Spain has 27 and France and India each have 26.

Overall, 66 territories across Europe, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ, Oceania, North America, Latin America and Africa feature in the ninth annual edition of the table, up from 60 last year.

Read our analysis of the Young 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ Rankings 2020 results

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