| | Under 50 | Institution name | Country/ territory | Est. Year | Academic reputation | Employer reputation | Citations per faculty | Overall |
| | 1 | The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) | HK | 1963 | 92 | 55.9 | 53.8 | 79.5 |
| | 2 | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) | HK | 1991 | 91.7 | 47.5 | 47.5 | 79.1 |
| | 3 | The University of Warwick | GB | 1964 | 89.9 | 100 | 30.7 | 74.9 |
| | 4 | Nanyang Technological University (NTU) | SG | 1991 | 88 | 59.4 | 22.6 | 72.5 |
| | 5 | KAIST - Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology | KR | 1971 | 79.9 | 23.8 | 45.3 | 66 |
| | 6 | University of York | GB | 1963 | 67.4 | 59.4 | 52.4 | 65.2 |
| | 7 | Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) | KR | 1986 | 55.8 | 17.3 | 80.9 | 65.1 |
| | 8 | Maastricht University | NL | 1976 | 37.5 | 55.9 | 85.5 | 62.5 |
| | 9 | City University of Hong Kong | HK | 1984 | 72.2 | 18.7 | 38.6 | 62 |
| | 10 | University of California, Irvine (UCI) | US | 1965 | 65.6 | 6.9 | 98.9 | 54.5 |
| | 11 | Lancaster University | GB | 1964 | 52.9 | 55.9 | 37.8 | 53.4 |
| | 12 | University of Bath | GB | 1966 | 48.6 | 59.4 | 39.5 | 50.8 |
| | 13 | University of Tsukuba | JP | 1973 | 53.8 | 3.9 | 36.7 | 49 |
| | 14 | Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona | ES | 1968 | 71.2 | 13.2 | 39.4 | 48.2 |
| | 15 | University of Antwerp | BE | 1971 | 36.5 | 11.8 | 26.9 | 47.5 |
| | 16 | Macquarie University | AU | 1964 | 53.1 | 55.9 | 31.7 | 45.6 |
| | 17 | University of Calgary | CA | 1966 | 53.1 | 22.1 | 86.7 | 45.1 |
| | 18 | King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM) | SA | 1963 | 41.8 | 10.6 | 5 | 45 |
| | 19 | Universidad Autónoma de Madrid | ES | 1968 | 65.4 | 25 | 52.6 | 44.9 |
| | 20 | RMIT University | AU | 1992 | 52.7 | 59.4 | 7 | 43.1 |
| | 21 | Universit?t Ulm | DE | 1967 | 14.3 | 9.1 | 56.4 | 42.5 |
| | 22 | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp) | BR | 1966 | 58.5 | 23 | 33.8 | 42.2 |
| | 23 | University of South Australia (UniSA) | AU | 1991 | 41.1 | 55.9 | 10.7 | 40.7 |
| | 24 | Curtin University (formerly: Curtin University of Technology) | AU | 1987 | 42.9 | 55.9 | 10.9 | 40.7 |
| | 25 | Simon Fraser University | CA | 1965 | 44.8 | 14.1 | 47.4 | 40.5 |
| | 26 | University of East Anglia (UEA) | GB | 1963 | 38.3 | 6.5 | 39.8 | 40.4 |
| | 27 | Loughborough University | GB | 1966 | 35.8 | 59.4 | 18.9 | 40.2 |
| | 28 | Queensland University of Technology (QUT) | AU | 1990 | 51.4 | 55.9 | 17.8 | 39.8 |
| | 29 | University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) | AU | 1988 | 42.1 | 59.4 | 11.2 | 39.7 |
| | 30 | Ume? University | SE | 1965 | 32.7 | 3.2 | 57.6 | 39.5 |
| | 31 | Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) | MY | 1970 | 48.5 | 9.7 | 3.3 | 39.2 |
| | 32 | University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) | US | 1965 | 38.6 | | 94.9 | 38.5 |
| | 33 | University of Newcastle | AU | 1965 | 45.6 | 17.1 | 33 | 38.4 |
| | 34 | University of Victoria | CA | 1963 | 29.3 | 9.3 | 81.1 | 38.3 |
| | 35 | Universit?t Konstanz | DE | 1966 | 36.7 | 14.6 | 30 | 37.6 |
| | 36 | Flinders University | AU | 1966 | 29.1 | 6.2 | 13.5 | 37.2 |
| | 37 | National Yang Ming University | TW | 1975 | 15.3 | 3 | 45.1 | 37.1 |
| | 38 | University of Eastern Finland | FI | 1972 | 20.3 | 3.3 | 48.1 | 36.9 |
| | 39 | Universitat Pompeu Fabra | ES | 1990 | 36.5 | 8.5 | 28.1 | 36.8 |
| | 40 | University of Southern Denmark | DK | 1966 | 23.7 | 11.2 | 32.4 | 36.6 |
| | 41 | Universit?t Düsseldorf | DE | 1965 | 18.8 | 6 | 72.1 | 36.4 |
| | 42 | University of Tromso | NO | 1968 | 17.3 | 3.8 | 23.9 | 36.1 |
| | 43 | University of Essex | GB | 1964 | 37.7 | 2.9 | 20.1 | 35.8 |
| | 44 | La Trobe University | AU | 1967 | 43.7 | 9.5 | 18.1 | 35.5 |
| | 45 | Université Paris Dauphine | FR | 1968 | 34.7 | 75.6 | 3.7 | 35.2 |
| | 46 | Dublin City University (DCU) | IE | 1975 | 21.9 | 55.9 | 17.2 | 34.8 |
| | 47 | Aston University | GB | 1966 | 22 | 59.4 | 26.7 | 34.3 |
| | 48 | United Arab Emirates University | AE | 1976 | 31.6 | 9 | 9.9 | 34.2 |
| | 49 | Griffith University | AU | 1971 | 35.1 | 16.2 | 18.2 | 32.9 |
| | 50 | Universidad Carlos III de Madrid | ES | 1989 | 35 | 25.7 | 4.6 | 32.9 |
