KAIST, University of Tokyo and POSTECH top the annual Reuters ranking of Asia Pacific's Most Innovative Universities for 2018

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Jun 04, 2018, 05:00 ET

HONG KONG, June 4, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- KAIST, University of Tokyo and POSTECH top the Reuters 2018 ranking of Asia Pacific's Most Innovative Universities. The Asia Pacific ranking aims to identify and rank the educational institutions in the region doing the most to advance science, invent new technologies, and power new markets and industries. Compiled in partnership with Clarivate Analytics, a global data company providing trusted insights and analytics, the ranking is based on empirical data including patent filings from Derwent Innovation and research paper citations from the Web of Science.

The most innovative university in the region, for the third consecutive year, is South Korea's KAIST. Formerly known as the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, it is the nation's oldest research-oriented science and engineering university, with campuses in Daejeon, Seoul and Busan. Recent KAIST research highlights include the development of a highly durable platinum-based fuel cell catalyst that removes particulate matter from the air while it is in operation, an innovation that could lead to more efficient electric vehicles that reduce pollution when driven. KAIST once again earned its first-place rank among the APAC's most innovative universities by producing a high volume of influential inventions. Its researchers submit more patents than any other university on the list, and those patents are frequently cited by outside researchers in their own patents and papers.

Japan's University of Tokyo takes the runner-up spot, moving up one rank from 2017. Korea's POSTECH takes third, also moving up one, and Seoul National University comes in fourth after dropping two. Tsinghua University (#5) is the highest-ranked university in China, up one from last year. Osaka University (#6), Kyoto University (#7), Sungkyunkwan University (#8), Tohoku University (#9) and the National University of Singapore (#10) round out the top 10.

Only three new institutions appear on the list this year, all of them based in China: The China University of Mining & Technology (#56), Shandong University (#67), and Xiamen University (#74). The region exhibits a remarkable consistency, unlike Europe and North America: In contrast, Reuters' 2018 ranking of Europe's Most Innovative Universities featured 15 new entries.

For more on the Reuters Top 75: Asia Pacific's Most Innovative Universities ranking, including a detailed methodology and profiles of the universities, visit here.

Reuters Top 75: Asia's Most Innovative Universities for 2018

1	Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology	South Korea
2	University of Tokyo	Japan
3	Pohang University of Science & Technology (POSTECH)	South Korea
4	Seoul National University	South Korea
5	Tsinghua University	China
6	Osaka University	Japan
7	Kyoto University	Japan
8	Sungkyunkwan University	South Korea
9	Tohoku University	Japan
10	National University of Singapore	Singapore
11	Hanyang University	South Korea
12	Peking University	China
13	Yonsei University	South Korea
14	Kyushu University	Japan
15	Korea University	South Korea
16	Tokyo Institute of Technology	Japan
17	Fudan University	China
18	Keio University	Japan
19	Shanghai Jiao Tong University	China
20	Gwangju Institute of Science & Technology	South Korea
21	Zhejiang University	China
22	Chinese University of Hong Kong	China
23	Hokkaido University	Japan
24	Kyung Hee University	South Korea
25	Monash University	Australia
26	Nanyang Technological University	Singapore
27	Ajou University	South Korea
28	Huazhong University of Science & Technology	China
29	Hiroshima University	Japan
30	Kumamoto University	Japan
31	Nagoya University	Japan
32	Beijing University of Chemical Technology	China
33	East China University of Science & Technology	China
34	Tokyo Medical & Dental University	Japan
35	Tianjin University	China
36	University of Sydney	Australia
37	Ewha Womans University	South Korea
38	Hong Kong University of Science & Technology	China
39	University of Auckland	New Zealand
40	Shinshu University	Japan
41	South China University of Technology	China
42	University of Queensland	Australia
43	Kanazawa University	Japan
44	China University of Petroleum	China
45	University of Melbourne	Australia
46	Southeast University - China	China
47	University of Hong Kong	China
48	University of Tsukuba	Japan
49	Catholic University of Korea	South Korea
50	Nanjing University	China
51	University of New South Wales Sydney	Australia
52	Chiba University	Japan
53	Xi'an Jiaotong University	China
54	Chonbuk National University	South Korea
55	Chonnam National University	South Korea
56	China University of Mining & Technology	China
57	Pusan National University	South Korea
58	Dalian University of Technology	China
59	Okayama University	Japan
60	Kyungpook National University	South Korea
61	Harbin Institute of Technology	China
62	Nankai University	China
63	Chung Ang University	South Korea
64	Inha University	South Korea
65	Sun Yat Sen University	China
66	Sichuan University	China
67	Shandong University	China
68	University of Electronic Science & Technology of China	China
69	University of Ulsan	South Korea
70	Waseda University	Japan
71	Indian Institutes of Technology System (IIT)	India
72	Kobe University	Japan
73	Konkuk University	South Korea
74	Xiamen University	China
75	Tongji University	China

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