The QS table of the world’s top 50 universities that are under 50 years of age ranks the University of Warwick as 3rd in the world (making it the highest ranked European university in the table) in 2013.

The annual QS (Quacquarelli Symonds) table ranks universities that have been established since 1963. Warwick was also ranked 3rd in the world in last year’s table.

Under 50 Rank	Institution Name	Country/Territory	Est. Year
1	The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)	HK	1991
2	Nanyang Technological University (NTU)	SG	1991†
3	The University of Warwick	GB	1964
4	KAIST - Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology	KR	1971
5	City University of Hong Kong	HK	1984
6	Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)	KR	1986
7	Maastricht University	NL	1976
8	University of California, Irvine (UCI)	US	1965
9	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	HK	1994†
10	Lancaster University	GB	1964
11	Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona	ES	1968
12	University of Bath	GB	1966
13	University of Antwerp	BE	1971*†
14	University of Tsukuba	JP	1973†
15	Universidad Autónoma de Madrid	ES	1968
16	University of Calgary	CA	1966†
17	Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp)	BR	1966
18	Macquarie University	AU	1964
19	Loughborough University	GB	1966†
20	RMIT University	AU	1992†
21	Universität Ulm	DE	1967
22	Curtin University	AU	1987
23	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)	MY	1970
24	University of Wollongong	AU	1975†
25	Universitat Pompeu Fabra	ES	1990
26	University of Newcastle	AU	1965
27	Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU)	HK	1994†
28	Universität Konstanz	DE	1966
29	Queensland University of Technology (QUT)	AU	1990†
30	Simon Fraser University	CA	1965
31	University of Technology, Sydney (UTS)	AU	1988
32	National Yang Ming University	TW	1975
33	University of South Australia (UniSA)	AU	1991
34	Umeå University	SE	1965
35	University of Eastern Finland	FI	1972*†
36	University of Tromso	NO	1968
37	University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC)	US	1965
38	University of Southern Denmark	DK	1966*†
39	University of Essex	GB	1964
40	Dublin City University (DCU)	IE	1989†
41	Universidad Austral	AR	1991
42	Brunel University	GB	1966
43	King Abdul Aziz University (KAU)	SA	1967
44	Universitá degli Studi di Roma - Tor Vergata	IT	1982
45	Linköping University	SE	1969
46	Flinders University	AU	1966
47	Universidad Carlos III de Madrid	ES	1989
48	Université Paris Dauphine	FR	1968
49	Aston University	GB	1966†
50	Universität Bremen	DE	1971

* Formed through the merging of institutions,some parts of the institution may pre-date this foundation year. Mergers where the dominant part in the merger pre-dates the last fifty years, particularly where an original name survives the merger, are not considered.

† An institution of higher education, although typically not one with university status, existed at the site where this university now stands - the university can "trace its roots" back further than fifty years but cannot claim to have been a university prior to that period.

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