Top research institutions in Taiwan
National Taiwan University ranks first in Taiwan on research quality in 2022-now (#332 worldwide), followed by Academia Sinica and National Cheng Kung University.
TaiwanRanked by research quality, 2022-now
| # | Institution | World rank | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | National Taiwan UniversityUniversity · Taipei | #332 | 9.0% | 13,514 | #1 |
| 2 | Academia SinicaResearch facility · Taipei | #484 | 9.7% | 4,087 | #2 |
| 3 | National Cheng Kung UniversityUniversity · Tainan City | #533 | 9.1% | 8,422 | #4 |
| 4 | National Yang Ming Chiao Tung UniversityUniversity · Hsinchu | #681 | 9.3% | 8,401 | #3 |
| 5 | National Tsing Hua UniversityUniversity · Hsinchu | #742 | 9.3% | 4,992 | #5 |
| 6 | National Sun Yat-sen UniversityUniversity · Kaohsiung City | #1,152 | 9.4% | 3,166 | #11 |
| 7 | China Medical UniversityUniversity · Taichung | #1,300 | 15.2% | 2,873 | #7 |
| 8 | National Taiwan Normal UniversityUniversity · Taipei | #1,490 | 11.0% | 2,261 | #6 |
| 9 | National Taiwan University of Science and TechnologyUniversity · Taipei | #1,608 | 10.9% | 4,050 | #13 |
| 10 | Asia UniversityUniversity · Taichung | #1,635 | 13.7% | 1,347 | #10 |
| 11 | National Chung Hsing UniversityUniversity · Taichung | #1,652 | 8.3% | 3,180 | #19 |
| 12 | Taipei Medical UniversityUniversity · Taipei | #1,662 | 12.7% | 4,090 | #8 |
| 13 | Kaohsiung Medical UniversityUniversity · Kaohsiung City | #1,681 | 9.1% | 2,990 | #9 |
| 14 | National Yunlin University of Science and TechnologyUniversity · Douliu | #1,711 | 14.5% | 1,872 | #32 |
| 15 | China Medical University HospitalHospital / health system · Taichung | #1,957 | 15.0% | 1,714 | #14 |
| 16 | Tamkang UniversityUniversity · Taipei | #1,962 | 10.1% | 1,019 | #33 |
| 17 | Chang Gung Memorial HospitalHospital / health system · Taipei | #2,019 | 10.8% | 2,898 | #15 |
| 18 | Ming Chi University of TechnologyUniversity · Taipei | #2,099 | 10.0% | 926 | #34 |
| 19 | National Taipei UniversityUniversity · Taipei | #2,119 | 7.9% | 1,047 | #16 |
| 20 | National Taipei University of TechnologyUniversity · Taipei | #2,350 | 9.3% | 3,197 | #29 |
| 21 | Chang Gung UniversityUniversity · Taoyuan City | #2,359 | 10.3% | 2,927 | #17 |
| 22 | National Chung Cheng UniversityUniversity · Minxiong | #2,474 | 8.5% | 1,471 | #22 |
| 23 | Soochow UniversityUniversity · Taipei | #2,689 | 8.0% | 778 | #38 |
| 24 | Yuan Ze UniversityUniversity · Taoyuan District | #3,024 | 15.3% | 1,461 | #36 |
| 25 | Ministry of EducationGovernment institution · Taipei | #3,046 | 18.0% | 439 | #27 |
| 26 | National Synchrotron Radiation Research CenterResearch facility · Hsinchu | #3,114 | 12.0% | 641 | #23 |
| 27 | National Chiayi UniversityUniversity · Chiayi City | #3,174 | 7.6% | 678 | #30 |
| 28 | I-Shou UniversityUniversity · Kaohsiung City | #3,195 | 8.7% | 1,214 | #26 |
| 29 | National Chengchi UniversityUniversity · Taipei | #3,203 | 9.4% | 1,282 | #21 |
| 30 | National Taipei University of Nursing and Health ScienceUniversity · Taipei | #3,286 | 11.5% | 567 | #25 |
| 31 | National Central UniversityUniversity · Taoyuan City | #3,378 | 7.4% | 2,977 | #12 |
| 32 | Ming Chuan UniversityUniversity · Taoyuan District | #3,477 | 11.2% | 559 | #39 |
| 33 | Chaoyang University of TechnologyUniversity · Taichung | #3,488 | 10.1% | 1,289 | #50 |
| 34 | Fu Jen Catholic UniversityUniversity · Taipei | #3,492 | 10.1% | 1,248 | #42 |
| 35 | National Dong Hwa UniversityUniversity · Hualien City | #3,848 | 10.3% | 891 | #24 |
| 36 | National Health Research InstitutesNonprofit · Hsinchu | #3,994 | 10.0% | 713 | #20 |
| 37 | Taipei Veterans General HospitalHospital / health system · Taipei | #4,088 | 9.8% | 1,648 | #45 |
| 38 | Tunghai UniversityUniversity · Taichung | #4,187 | 9.4% | 816 | #44 |
| 39 | Feng Chia UniversityUniversity · Taichung | #4,276 | 6.5% | 1,523 | #74 |
| 40 | Chung Yuan Christian UniversityUniversity · Taoyuan City | #4,285 | 8.2% | 1,490 | #28 |
| 41 | National Chin-Yi University of TechnologyUniversity · Taichung | #4,401 | 8.9% | 962 | #51 |
| 42 | National Taiwan Ocean UniversityUniversity · Keelung | #4,408 | 7.3% | 1,578 | #37 |
| 43 | National Taichung University of Science and TechnologyUniversity · Taichung | #4,434 | 12.6% | 477 | #43 |
| 44 | Department of HealthGovernment institution · Taipei | #4,466 | 15.8% | 381 | #35 |
| 45 | Industrial Technology Research InstituteNonprofit · Hsinchu | #4,846 | 7.9% | 550 | #57 |
| 46 | Chang Gung University of Science and TechnologyUniversity · Taoyuan District | #5,007 | 13.1% | 500 | #56 |
| 47 | National Defense Medical CenterHospital / health system · Taipei | #5,169 | 8.6% | 1,088 | #55 |
| 48 | University of TaipeiUniversity · Taipei | #5,179 | 9.2% | 309 | #59 |
| 49 | National Taipei University of BusinessUniversity · Taipei | #5,666 | 12.2% | 359 | #65 |
| 50 | Chinese Culture UniversityUniversity · Taipei | #5,710 | 10.7% | 422 | #54 |
| 51 | Southern Taiwan University of Science and TechnologyUniversity · Tainan City | #5,716 | 7.7% | 527 | #77 |
| 52 | Ministry of Health and WelfareGovernment institution · Taipei | #5,995 | 9.2% | 672 | #41 |
| 53 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (Taiwan)Company · Hsinchu | #6,167 | 14.5% | 688 | #40 |
| 54 | National Changhua University of EducationUniversity · Changhua | #6,395 | 7.8% | 687 | #90 |
| 55 | National Taichung University of EducationUniversity · Taichung | #6,451 | 20.8% | 253 | #53 |
| 56 | National Chi Nan UniversityUniversity · Puli | #6,519 | 6.2% | 486 | #48 |
| 57 | National Center for Theoretical SciencesResearch facility · Taipei | #6,568 | 9.5% | 254 | #31 |
| 58 | National Ilan UniversityUniversity · Yilan | #6,602 | 7.0% | 447 | #72 |
| 59 | Chung Shan Medical UniversityUniversity · Taichung | #6,830 | 8.9% | 1,686 | #52 |
| 60 | Dayeh UniversityUniversity · Dacun | #6,989 | 8.4% | 273 | #87 |
| 61 | Chang Jung Christian UniversityUniversity · Tainan City | #7,263 | 11.0% | 269 | #86 |
| 62 | National University of TainanUniversity · Tainan City | #7,327 | 7.9% | 269 | #47 |
| 63 | National United UniversityUniversity · Miaoli | #7,390 | 5.4% | 525 | #58 |
| 64 | Chi Mei Medical CenterHospital / health system · Tainan City | #7,433 | 12.2% | 607 | #70 |
| 65 | National Kaohsiung Marine UniversityUniversity · Kaohsiung City | #7,584 | 14.4% | 326 | #76 |
| 66 | Cheng Shiu UniversityUniversity · Kaohsiung City | #7,727 | 10.3% | 265 | #88 |
| 67 | Foxconn (Taiwan)Company · Banqiao District | #7,919 | 10.3% | 162 | #46 |
| 68 | National Kaohsiung Normal UniversityUniversity · Kaohsiung City | #8,053 | 9.5% | 295 | #81 |
| 69 | National Taipei University of EducationUniversity · Taipei | #8,205 | 10.8% | 258 | #101 |
| 70 | Tzu Chi UniversityUniversity · Hualien City | #8,384 | 12.0% | 937 | #105 |
| 71 | National Institutes of Applied ResearchGovernment institution · Taipei | #8,388 | 7.9% | 400 | #82 |
| 72 | Minghsin University of Science and TechnologyUniversity · Hsinchu | #8,402 | 11.4% | 203 | #104 |
| 73 | National Taitung UniversityUniversity · Taitung | #8,444 | 6.7% | 257 | #83 |
| 74 | Health & Life (Taiwan)Company · Taipei | #8,501 | 10.4% | 203 | #60 |
| 75 | Mackay Memorial HospitalHospital / health system · Hsinchu | #8,742 | 7.7% | 638 | #96 |
| 76 | Taiwan Centers for Disease ControlResearch facility · Taipei | #8,832 | 7.6% | 273 | #247 |
| 77 | Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and ScienceUniversity · Tainan City | #8,835 | 13.3% | 191 | #75 |
| 78 | Providence UniversityUniversity · Taichung | #8,879 | 12.6% | 293 | #188 |
| 79 | National Quemoy UniversityUniversity · Jincheng | #8,954 | 10.6% | 169 | #84 |
| 80 | National University of KaohsiungUniversity · Kaohsiung City | #9,039 | 5.6% | 437 | #67 |
| 81 | Tatung UniversityUniversity · Taipei | #9,068 | 7.7% | 228 | #116 |
| 82 | National Formosa UniversityUniversity · Douliu | #9,134 | 6.0% | 707 | #102 |
| 83 | Taichung Veterans General HospitalHospital / health system · Taichung | #9,165 | 7.7% | 877 | #122 |
| 84 | Taipei City HospitalHospital / health system · Taipei | #9,324 | 9.0% | 341 | #69 |
| 85 | Tri-Service General HospitalHospital / health system · Taipei | #9,505 | 9.0% | 707 | #99 |
| 86 | National Penghu University of Science and TechnologyUniversity · Magong | #9,569 | 10.2% | 225 | #92 |
| 87 | Taiwan Forestry Research InstituteResearch facility · Taipei | #9,629 | 8.7% | 165 | #109 |
| 88 | Keelung Chang Gung Memorial HospitalHospital / health system · Keelung | #9,672 | 11.2% | 293 | #85 |
| 89 | Shih Chien UniversityUniversity · Taipei | #9,686 | 21.2% | 159 | #64 |
| 90 | National Taiwan Sport UniversityUniversity · Taoyuan City | #10,059 | 8.1% | 161 | #94 |
| 91 | Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial HospitalHospital / health system · Kaohsiung City | #10,178 | 8.5% | 899 | #68 |
| 92 | Cheng Hsin General HospitalHospital / health system · Taipei | #10,288 | 9.0% | 191 | #120 |
| 93 | National Pingtung UniversityUniversity · Pingtung City | #10,331 | 8.1% | 315 | #80 |
| 94 | Chia-Yi Christian HospitalHospital / health system · Chiayi City | #10,448 | 12.1% | 252 | #98 |
| 95 | Chung Hua UniversityUniversity · Hsinchu | #10,759 | 4.5% | 174 | #145 |
| 96 | Taipei Tzu Chi HospitalHospital / health system · Taipei | #10,763 | 10.2% | 397 | #136 |
| 97 | National Kaohsiung University of Hospitality and TourismHospital / health system · Kaohsiung City | #10,786 | 17.0% | 168 | #79 |
| 98 | Lunghwa University of Science and TechnologyUniversity · Taoyuan City | #10,889 | 6.8% | 184 | #106 |
| 99 | Hungkuang UniversityUniversity · Taichung | #11,197 | 10.0% | 203 | #191 |
| 100 | National Defense UniversityUniversity · Taoyuan City | #11,235 | 9.2% | 212 | #121 |
| 101 | Far Eastern Memorial HospitalHospital / health system · Taipei | #11,624 | 7.3% | 490 | #89 |
| 102 | Kaohsiung Veterans General HospitalFunder · Kaohsiung | #11,681 | 8.1% | 422 | #193 |
| 103 | Changhua Christian HospitalHospital / health system · Changhua | #11,683 | 9.1% | 399 | #149 |
| 104 | National Pingtung University of Science and TechnologyUniversity · Pingtung City | #12,168 | 9.0% | 908 | #118 |
| 105 | Tainan University of TechnologyUniversity · Tainan City | #12,516 | 11.2% | 109 | #78 |
| 106 | Mackay Medical UniversityUniversity · Taipei | #12,617 | 7.9% | 392 | #71 |
| 107 | National Science and Technology Center for Disaster ReductionGovernment institution · Taipei | #12,679 | 13.1% | 105 | #115 |
| 108 | Taoyuan Chang Gung Memorial HospitalHospital / health system · Taoyuan City | #12,687 | 11.3% | 201 | #117 |
| 109 | Tajen UniversityUniversity · Pingtung City | #12,722 | 9.8% | 118 | #131 |
| 110 | Chunghwa Telecom (Taiwan)Company · Taipei | #12,837 | 2.2% | 163 | #204 |
| 111 | St. John's UniversityUniversity · Taipei | #13,018 | 4.4% | 122 | #66 |
| 112 | Animal Health Research InstituteGovernment institution · Taipei | #13,044 | 7.1% | 433 | #249 |
| 113 | Kaohsiung Armed Forces General HospitalHospital / health system · Kaohsiung City | #13,096 | 10.1% | 145 | #162 |
| 114 | R.O.C Military AcademyGovernment institution · Kaohsiung City | #13,180 | 12.6% | 144 | #260 |
| 115 | National Kaohsiung University of Applied SciencesUniversity · Kaohsiung City | #13,316 | 5.4% | 119 | #107 |
| 116 | Cathay General HospitalHospital / health system · Taipei | #13,356 | 9.1% | 213 | #113 |
| 117 | National Taiwan University of ArtsUniversity · Taipei | #13,448 | 8.3% | 129 | #161 |
| 118 | Yuanpei UniversityUniversity · Hsinchu | #13,486 | 7.5% | 142 | #112 |
| 119 | Shu-Te UniversityUniversity · Kaohsiung City | #13,550 | 6.4% | 97 | #63 |
| 120 | Central Taiwan University of Science and TechnologyUniversity · Taichung | #13,611 | 7.6% | 131 | #100 |
| 121 | Shih Hsin UniversityUniversity · Taipei | #13,798 | 8.1% | 111 | #103 |
| 122 | Fooyin UniversityUniversity · Kaohsiung City | #13,897 | 8.0% | 201 | #155 |
| 123 | Chihlee Institute of TechnologyUniversity · Taipei | #13,923 | 13.1% | 92 | #126 |
| 124 | Chiayi Chang Gung Memorial HospitalHospital / health system · Chiayi City | #14,012 | 10.0% | 262 | #135 |
| 125 | Kun Shan UniversityUniversity · Tainan City | #14,153 | 4.3% | 152 | #189 |
| 126 | Taipei Municipal YangMing HospitalHospital / health system · Taipei | #14,247 | 12.6% | 147 | #147 |
| 127 | Ling Tung UniversityUniversity · Taichung | #14,309 | 10.5% | 93 | #219 |
| 128 | Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (Taiwan)Company · Kaohsiung | #14,734 | 6.3% | 208 | #123 |
| 129 | Chang Bing Show Chwan Memorial HospitalHospital / health system · Changhua | #14,932 | 9.9% | 163 | #166 |
| 130 | Ten Chen HospitalHospital / health system · Taoyuan City | #14,995 | 9.4% | 106 | #196 |
| 131 | Tzu Chi FoundationNonprofit · Hualien City | #15,209 | 10.5% | 400 | #178 |
| 132 | Fo Guang UniversityUniversity · Yilan | #15,338 | 5.5% | 117 | #171 |
| 133 | National Kaohsiung First University of Science and TechnologyUniversity · Kaohsiung City | #15,533 | 7.5% | 110 | #61 |
| 134 | Nanhua UniversityUniversity · Chiayi City | #15,663 | 14.5% | 92 | #154 |
| 135 | Taipei City GovernmentGovernment institution · Taipei | #15,908 | 6.9% | 80 | #150 |
| 136 | Central Police UniversityUniversity · Taoyuan District | #16,055 | 4.6% | 87 | #137 |
| 137 | National Tainan Institute of NursingUniversity · Tainan City | #16,247 | 11.0% | 81 | #165 |
| 138 | Hualien Tzu Chi Medical CenterHospital / health system · Hualien City | #16,296 | 7.7% | 153 | #181 |
| 139 | Mackay Junior College of Medicine, Nursing and ManagementUniversity · Taipei | #16,371 | 10.7% | 128 | #151 |
| 140 | National Taiwan University of SportUniversity · Taichung | #16,471 | 9.5% | 87 | #170 |
| 141 | Eaton (Taiwan)Company · Taipei | #16,495 | 5.5% | 81 | #119 |
| 142 | MediaTek (Taiwan)Company · Hsinchu | #16,950 | 13.0% | 131 | #97 |
| 143 | Taichung City GovernmentGovernment institution · Taichung | #17,190 | 8.5% | 72 | #164 |
| 144 | Hsin Sheng College of Medical Care and ManagementUniversity · Taoyuan City | #17,284 | 11.6% | 74 | #284 |
| 145 | National Science and Technology CouncilGovernment institution · Taipei | #17,637 | 9.3% | 72 | #73 |
| 146 | Overseas Chinese UniversityUniversity · Taichung | #17,723 | 7.0% | 65 | #114 |
| 147 | Kaohsiung Municipal Ta-Tung HospitalHospital / health system · Kaohsiung City | #17,968 | 10.2% | 135 | #144 |
| 148 | Meiho UniversityUniversity · Pingtung City | #18,025 | 10.4% | 87 | #108 |
| 149 | Cardinal Tien HospitalHospital / health system · Taipei | #18,226 | 18.0% | 92 | #163 |
| 150 | Tungs' Taichung MetroHarbor HospitalHospital / health system · Taichung | #18,260 | 6.1% | 161 | #225 |
| 151 | Aletheia UniversityUniversity · Taipei | #18,644 | 5.7% | 75 | #62 |
| 152 | Chienkuo Technology UniversityUniversity · Changhua | #18,727 | 8.0% | 63 | #143 |
| 153 | Min-Hwei College of Health Care ManagementUniversity · Tainan City | #18,797 | 14.5% | 82 | #148 |
| 154 | Kainan UniversityUniversity · Taoyuan City | #19,176 | 9.4% | 68 | #49 |
| 155 | University of Kang NingUniversity · Tainan City | #19,211 | 5.0% | 64 | #259 |
| 156 | Taichung HospitalHospital / health system · Taichung | #19,337 | 7.7% | 88 | #156 |
| 157 | Toko UniversityUniversity · Chiayi City | #19,416 | 2.5% | 172 | #146 |
| 158 | Taiwan Nurses AssociationInstitution · Taipei | #19,445 | 7.7% | 73 | #200 |
| 159 | Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute Council of Agriculture, Executive YuanGovernment institution · Taichung | #19,596 | 8.5% | 86 | #187 |
| 160 | Chung Hwa University of Medical TechnologyUniversity · Tainan City | #19,776 | 10.4% | 91 | #217 |
| 161 | Wenzao Ursuline University of LanguagesUniversity · Kaohsiung City | #20,075 | 13.6% | 72 | #91 |
| 162 | Institute of Nuclear Energy ResearchGovernment institution · Taoyuan | #20,129 | 5.8% | 109 | #216 |
| 163 | Buddhist Tzu Chi General HospitalHospital / health system · Hualien City | #20,201 | 14.4% | 74 | #139 |
| 164 | Electronics Testing CenterNonprofit · Taoyuan | #20,202 | 5.9% | 67 | #141 |
| 165 | An-Nan HospitalHospital / health system · Tainan City | #20,207 | 13.1% | 90 | #173 |
| 166 | National Open UniversityUniversity · Taipei | #20,336 | 5.3% | 62 | #234 |
| 167 | National Chung Shan Institute of Science and TechnologyGovernment institution · Taoyuan City | #20,391 | 3.2% | 78 | #202 |
| 168 | Min Sheng General HospitalHospital / health system · Taoyuan District | #20,576 | 10.5% | 77 | #142 |
| 169 | Fisheries AgencyGovernment institution · Kaohsiung City | #20,722 | 4.0% | 74 | #246 |
| 170 | Jen-Ai HospitalHospital / health system · Taichung | #20,742 | 9.6% | 83 | #227 |
| 171 | Siliconware Precision Industries (Taiwan)Company · Taichung | #20,776 | 3.3% | 102 | #240 |
| 172 | World Vegetable CenterNonprofit · Shanhua | #21,084 | 18.4% | 100 | #185 |
| 173 | Council of AgricultureGovernment institution · Taipei | #21,095 | 7.9% | 106 | #180 |
| 174 | Tainan Municipal HospitalHospital / health system · Tainan City | #21,148 | 10.7% | 62 | #214 |
| 175 | Luodong Poh-Ai HospitalHospital / health system · Yilan | #21,252 | 10.3% | 64 | #233 |
| 176 | China Steel (Taiwan)Company · Kaohsiung City | #21,255 | 7.8% | 82 | #192 |
| 177 | AU Optronics (Taiwan)Company · Hsinchu | #21,389 | 6.1% | 88 | #186 |
| 178 | Macronix International (Taiwan)Company · Hsinchu | #21,398 | 3.3% | 80 | #190 |
| 179 | Metal Industries Research & Development CentreNonprofit · Kaohsiung City | #21,795 | 5.0% | 69 | #209 |
| 180 | Nanya Technology (Taiwan)Company · Taoyuan City | #21,831 | 21.8% | 67 | #152 |
| 181 | Chest Hospital, Ministry of Health and WelfareHospital / health system · Tainan City | #21,865 | 9.0% | 60 | #263 |
| 182 | Pingtung HospitalHospital / health system · Pingtung City | #21,873 | 5.8% | 65 | #243 |
| 183 | Taoyuan Armed Forces General HospitalHospital / health system · Taoyuan District | #21,913 | 9.7% | 73 | #230 |
| 184 | National Museum of Marine Biology and AquariumArchive · Pingtung City | #21,973 | 3.2% | 81 | #215 |
| 185 | Agricultural Technology Research InstituteResearch facility · Hsinchu | #22,177 | 6.1% | 61 | #272 |
Institutions above the volume floor, ranked within Taiwan on the quality score for 2022-now; research measures only, not teaching. The tick on each rate track is the average of all institutions, 10.0% (how it is set): teal above it, red below; bars are scaled to the largest institution on this page.
Size against quality inside Taiwan
The upper left is the interesting corner: institutions that publish less than the national giants and land more of it in the world top 10%.
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National Taiwan University ranks first in Taiwan on research quality in 2022-now (#332 worldwide), followed by Academia Sinica and National Cheng Kung University.