APAC’s Most Innovative Universities 2018

KAIST, University of Tokyo and POSTECH are tops in the Reuters 2018 ranking of Asia Pacific’s Most Innovative Universities.

The ranking aims to identify and position the educational institutions in the region which are advancing science, inventing new technologies and powering new markets and industries.

Compiled in partnership with Clarivate Analytics, a global data company, the ranking is based on empirical data including patent filings from Derwent Innovation and research paper citations from the Web of Science.

KAIST has held the most innovative university in the region title for the third consecutive year.

Formerly known as the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, it is Korea’s oldest research-oriented science and engineering university, with campuses in Daejeon, Seoul and Busan.

KAIST earned its first-place rank in APAC 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.

In second spot is Japan’s University of Tokyo while Korea’s POSTECH takes third placing and Seoul National University comes in fourth.

This is followed by China’s Tsinghua University (#5); Osaka University (#6); Kyoto University (#7); Sungkyunkwan University (#8); Tohoku University (#9); and the National University of Singapore (#10).

For more information on the ranking, including detailed methodology and profiles of the universities, log on to https://reut. rs/2kP3ZQU