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Engineering research in Taiwan

National Tsing Hua University ranks first in Taiwan for Engineering research in 2022-now (#415 worldwide), followed by National Taiwan University and National Cheng Kung University.

Taiwan's world rank
#26
of 131 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
28k
Top-10% rate
8.1%
Ranked institutions
59

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Engineering in Taiwan?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1National Tsing Hua UniversityHsinchu #41530.68.3%1,693
2National Taiwan UniversityTaipei #42130.46.8%2,719
3National Cheng Kung UniversityTainan City #45029.67.3%2,362
4National Yang Ming Chiao Tung UniversityHsinchu #57526.88.6%2,349
5National Taiwan University of Science and TechnologyTaipei #66725.18.6%1,702
6Academia SinicaTaipei #75123.78.3%377
7National Yunlin University of Science and TechnologyDouliu #87422.013.2%595
8National Taipei University of TechnologyTaipei #90221.68.3%1,374
9National Synchrotron Radiation Research CenterHsinchu #90321.611.0%228
10National Sun Yat-sen UniversityKaohsiung City #1,00820.49.2%890
11Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (Taiwan)Hsinchu #1,17018.615.1%464
12China Medical UniversityTaichung #1,19218.420.2%276
13Yuan Ze UniversityTaoyuan District #1,34717.013.3%424
14Tamkang UniversityTaipei #1,36016.96.5%245
15Ming Chi University of TechnologyTaipei #1,37116.87.3%379
16Ministry of EducationTaipei #1,43416.316.8%146
17Industrial Technology Research InstituteHsinchu #1,44816.28.0%289
18National Chung Hsing UniversityTaichung #1,49915.86.2%656
19National Central UniversityTaoyuan City #1,52015.65.9%968
20China Medical University HospitalTaichung #1,53815.522.1%204
21Chung Yuan Christian UniversityTaoyuan City #1,57915.26.4%418
22National Chin-Yi University of TechnologyTaichung #1,61214.98.5%441
23National Taiwan Normal UniversityTaipei #1,64914.78.4%286
24Feng Chia UniversityTaichung #1,73514.16.1%498
25National Chung Cheng UniversityMinxiong #1,74514.07.0%472
26Asia UniversityTaichung #2,04612.213.4%150
27National Taiwan Ocean UniversityKeelung #2,12111.87.0%393
28National Formosa UniversityDouliu #2,39010.45.8%390
29MediaTek (Taiwan)Hsinchu #2,5729.615.1%78
30National Taipei UniversityTaipei #2,5989.45.7%174
31Soochow UniversityTaipei #2,6259.35.4%121
32Chaoyang University of TechnologyTaichung #2,6739.17.4%285
33Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (Taiwan)Kaohsiung #2,6779.16.8%158
34Tunghai UniversityTaichung #2,8138.510.1%154
35Chang Gung UniversityTaoyuan City #2,8578.49.0%285
36Lunghwa University of Science and TechnologyTaoyuan City #2,9268.15.9%76
37National Defense UniversityTaoyuan City #3,1427.37.9%81
38National Ilan UniversityYilan #3,1447.26.2%146
39National Kaohsiung Marine UniversityKaohsiung City #3,2247.016.8%65
40National Dong Hwa UniversityHualien City #3,3166.66.0%131
41National Changhua University of EducationChanghua #3,3286.64.8%202
42Kaohsiung Medical UniversityKaohsiung City #3,4806.19.7%118
43National Chiayi UniversityChiayi City #3,6385.63.8%86
44Southern Taiwan University of Science and TechnologyTainan City #3,6785.46.0%139
45National Institutes of Applied ResearchTaipei #3,7525.26.9%175
46National United UniversityMiaoli #3,8075.14.2%203
47National Chi Nan UniversityPuli #3,8424.93.9%120
48Tatung UniversityTaipei #4,0774.35.8%71
49Siliconware Precision Industries (Taiwan)Taichung #4,1004.23.1%88
50Chang Gung Memorial HospitalTaipei #4,1404.110.0%145
51National Taichung University of Science and TechnologyTaichung #4,2363.88.3%65
52National University of KaohsiungKaohsiung City #4,4003.43.8%121
53Fu Jen Catholic UniversityTaipei #4,4313.37.2%79
54Cheng Shiu UniversityKaohsiung City #4,6452.86.8%82
55Minghsin University of Science and TechnologyHsinchu #4,8702.26.1%65
56Taipei Medical UniversityTaipei #4,9372.08.4%146
57I-Shou UniversityKaohsiung City #5,1771.54.0%119
58Chunghwa Telecom (Taiwan)Taipei #5,50780.00.5%64
59National Pingtung University of Science and TechnologyPingtung City #5,52975.04.8%128

Institutions in Taiwan above the floor of 40 fractional works in Engineering, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022-now.

Who are the top Engineering researchers in Taiwan?

Wei‐Hsin Chen, Jien‐Wei Yeh and Bing‐Joe Hwang rank highest among researchers based in Taiwan, on their papers in Engineering that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Wei‐Hsin Chen#17,358 worldwide overall153.6 of 417 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Jien‐Wei Yeh#3,654 worldwide overall110.1 of 189 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Bing‐Joe Hwang#28,405 worldwide overall121.0 of 326 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Chi‐Min Shu#81,674 worldwide overall118.2 of 375 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Jo‐Shu Chang#9,317 worldwide overall99.4 of 247 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Wei‐Mon Yan#151,965 worldwide overall104.5 of 364 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Chi‐Chuan Wang#239,970 worldwide overall115.5 of 514 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Ru‐Shi Liu#90,742 worldwide overall74.6 of 204 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Pi‐Tai Chou#41,888 worldwide overall71.5 of 181 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Ji‐Jung Kai#81,991 worldwide overall68.9 of 170 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Jr‐Hau He#18,543 worldwide overall68.7 of 172 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Duu‐Jong Lee#101,296 worldwide overall94.2 of 434 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Ken‐Tsung Wong#83,715 worldwide overall68.6 of 196 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Chu‐Chen Chueh#27,775 worldwide overall60.1 of 150 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Kin‐Lu Wong#767,081 worldwide overall145.1 of 751 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Taiwan on their work in Engineering alone: how many more of their papers here reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected.

How Taiwan compares with other countries in Engineering