Young Universities

Research success comes from identifying their unique attributes.

The brightest young universities are deliberate in developing a strong sense of their purpose, and leave researchers to chart an independent course.

Strong performance and youth can go together.

Young universities need to identify their unique attributes and communicate their value to ambitious researchers.

Less-established universities form strong business links to learn what the market needs.

In bioimaging, high-energy physics, geoscience and chemistry, these young universities are making their mark.

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Academic convergence at the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology aims to produce specialists for the Fourth Industrial Revolution in South Korea.

Promising young researchers at DGIST (Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology) aim to make a better world with science and engineering.

The Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology is demonstrating the value of research excellence to its island community and the world.

Skoltech, one of Russia’s youngest universities, is pioneering new applications in artificial intelligence (AI) and mass spectrometry to address old and new questions across the sciences.

A conversation with Victor Muñoz, co-director of the Center for Cellular and Biomolecular Machines at the University of California, Merced.

Drawing on rich resources, the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences is exploring bold ways to promote talents for the future.

Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School (SIGS) is welcoming international talent to accelerate translational research of global significance.

ShanghaiTech University is building high-level infrastructure and creating incentives for research and teaching innovation.

The Universitat Politècnica de València is pairing ambition with pragmatism to bring sustainability to its campus, curricula and community. Others should take note.