Top 25 rising young universities

The table shows the top 25 rising young universities* ranked by change in fractional count from 2015 to 2018 (Change in FC 2015–2018). Also listed are each institution's FCs in both years (FC 2015 and FC 2018) and percentage change in FC over the same period (Change in FC 2015–2018 (%)).

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#Rank	Institution	Country/Region	Year established	FC 2015	FC 2018	Change in FC 2015–2018	Change in FC 2015–2018 (%)
1	University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS)	China	1978	105.94	318.77	212.83	200.9%
2	Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech)	China	2012	16.45	89.22	72.77	442.5%
3	Shenzhen University (SZU)	China	1983	10.14	52.48	42.34	417.6%
4	ShanghaiTech University	China	2013	5.29	36.34	31.05	587.0%
5	Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST)	Japan	2011	12.96	29.76	16.80	129.6%
6	Queensland University of Technology (QUT)	Australia	1989	11.25	27.85	16.60	147.5%
7	Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST)	South Korea	2004	6.97	19.99	13.02	186.7%
8	Institute of Science and Technology Austria (IST Austria)	Austria	2007	10.94	23.61	12.67	115.8%
9	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)	Saudi Arabia	2009	92.29	104.77	12.48	13.5%
10	University of Macau (UM)	China	1981	5.17	17.58	12.41	240.2%
11	City University of Hong Kong (CityU)	China	1994	41.58	53.60	12.02	28.9%
12	Yangzhou University (YZU)	China	1992	8.86	20.58	11.72	132.3%
13	Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata (IISER Kolkata)	India	2006	8.86	20.54	11.68	131.7%
14	Tianjin University of Technology (TUT)	China	1979	7.32	18.70	11.38	155.4%
15	Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU)	United States of America (USA)	1981	44.96	55.48	10.53	23.4%
16	University of Technology Sydney (UTS)	Australia	1988	14.39	24.07	9.68	67.3%
17	The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA)	United States of America (USA)	1969	15.58	24.57	9.00	57.7%
18	Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)	Norway	1996	29.59	37.42	7.83	26.5%
19	Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)	China	1991	100.68	108.39	7.71	7.7%
20	University of Luxembourg	Luxembourg	2003	4.41	12.02	7.61	172.8%
21	Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune (IISER Pune)	India	2006	29.04	36.64	7.60	26.2%
22	Florida International University (FIU)	United States of America (USA)	1972	8.13	15.73	7.60	93.4%
23	Griffith University	Australia	1971	13.27	20.69	7.42	55.9%
24	The University of Texas at Dallas (UT Dallas)	United States of America (USA)	1969	34.49	41.90	7.42	21.5%
25	Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD)	Singapore	2009	5.96	13.18	7.22	121.1%

Footnote

* Universities, including graduate universities, were selected as being young and under 50 if they were founded as an independent university in 1969 or later and were not formed by the merger or re-merger and/or re-naming of a university or universities older than 50.