全球象牙塔:新一代精英大学正在崛起

June 19 (Reuters) - Watch out Ivy League, there's a new generation of elite universities on the rise around the globe, according to a new "100 Under 50" report from Times Higher Education magazine.

路透社6月19日 - 根据《泰晤士高等教育》杂志(Times Higher Education)公布的世界年轻大学排名(100 Under 50)报告，常春藤联盟要小心了！全球新一代的精英大学正在崛起。

The report, published on Wednesday, ranks the best young universities - defined as those founded no more than 50 years ago - in categories including research prowess, student-to-faculty ratio and international reputation.

这份周三发布的报告根据包括研究能力、学生和教职员工比率以及国际声誉在内的因素对建校不到50年的年轻大学进行了排名。

South Korea's Pohang University of Science and Technology came out on top. Switzerland's Ecole Polytechnique Federale of Lausanne ranked second, followed by another rising Asian star, the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology.

韩国浦项科技大学(Pohang University of Science and Technology)名列榜首。瑞士洛桑联邦理工学院(Ecole Polytechnique Federale ofLausanne)位列第二，随后是另一家亚洲新星--韩国科学技术学院(Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)。

Britain had 18 institutions in the top 100, more than any other nation. Other countries with strong showings included France, Spain and Taiwan.

在前100名的大学榜单中，英国高校占据18席，远多于其他国家。其他表现强劲的国家和地区包括法国、西班牙和台湾。

Eight American institutions made the list - all of them public universities. Two University of California campuses, Irvine and Santa Cruz, cracked the top 15, as did the University of Texas at Dallas. Rounding out the list of U.S. upstarts: The University of Illinois at Chicago, George Mason University, the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and the University of Texas at San Antonio.

美国有八所高校进入榜单，且均为公立大学。加利福尼亚大学的两个分校--尔湾分校(Irvine)和圣克鲁兹分校(Santa Cruz)跻身前15名，德克萨斯大学达拉斯分校(University of Texas at Dallas)也进入前15。进入榜单的美国大学还有：伊利诺大学芝加哥分校、乔治梅森大学、马里兰大学巴尔的摩分校和德克萨斯大学圣安东尼奥分校。

Twenty-eight countries around the globe are represented on the list, but notable absences from the top 100 include India, Russia and Chinese mainland.

进入榜单的高校来自全球28个国家，但值得注意的是，印度、俄罗斯和中国大陆却没有一所的高校进入前100名榜单。