The University of Tokyo is ranked second in the Asia-Pacific region's most innovative university rankings 2018, compiled by Reuters in the United Kingdom, up one rank from the previous year.The top is Korea's KAIST (Korea Science and Technology Institute) for the third consecutive year, and the third is Korea's POSTECH (Pohang University of Science and Technology), which was fourth in the previous year.

 The ranking is based on the number of patents and research papers held by the global information service company Claribate Analytics, the number of citations of papers, the number of co-authored papers with companies, etc., to advance science, develop new technologies, and create new markets. It was summarized by comprehensively judging the contributions of.

 According to the report, 75 of the 19 Japanese universities, including the University of Tokyo, Osaka University, and Kyoto University, were ranked.By country, the largest number is 27 schools in China.This is followed by 20 schools in South Korea, 5 schools in Australia, 2 schools in Singapore, and 1 school each in India and New Zealand.
Among Japanese universities, the University of Tokyo is ranked 2nd, Osaka University is 6th, Kyoto University is 7th, Tohoku University is 9th, Kyushu University is 14th, Tokyo Institute of Technology is 16th, and Keio University is 18th. Is ranked in.

 KAIST, which stood at the top, is known as the oldest research institute in Korea, and was highly evaluated for its development of a highly durable platinum-based fuel cell catalyst that removes particulate matter in the air.Seoul National University in South Korea, which was second in the previous year, has dropped two places to fourth.The first appearance in the rank was only three schools in China, including the Mining Technology University.

Reference: [Clarivate Analytics]KAIST, University of Tokyo and POSTECH ranked at the top of the 2018 edition of "Top 75 Most Innovative Universities in Asia"

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