Taipei Tech Rises to 425th in 2025 QS World Rankings

The UK-based higher education information organization Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) announced their latest rankings in the 2025 World University Rankings on June 6. Taipei Tech’s ranking has risen from 431st to 425th, and it has been listed among the top 500 best universities globally for four consecutive years. Although the university has retained its sixth position in Taiwan, it is the only Taiwanese university making consistent progress globally over seven years.

QS uses indicators such as academic reputation, faculty-to-student ratio, international students ratio, international research network, and sustainability to assess university performance. This year, over 1,500 universities worldwide made it into the final list, and 27 Taiwanese universities are listed among them.

Taipei Tech President Wang Sea-fue indicated that the university has long focused on international exchanges and regularly engaged with top-ranking international partner schools. Taipei Tech currently has approximately 80 joint academic research projects with 14 international partner schools. The university also has dual degree agreements with 16 international partners, with four more schools in the process of negotiation. In the past year, Taipei Tech's inter-university academic cooperation resulted in 228 SCI papers, showing a fruitful approach to promote diverse, international academic collaborations among faculty and students.

Additionally, Taipei Tech has seen a continual increase in the total and average number of faculty’s published papers and the average funding from the National Science and Technology Council. The proportion of high-quality papers is also rising, with 72% of SCI papers published in the top 25% of international journals. On average, each faculty member has published 2.86 SCI papers in recent years, demonstrating the university's strong academic performance.

According to the 2024 QS subject rankings, Taipei Tech excels in the Engineering and Technology main category. Under this category, the school’s ranking in subcategories Chemical Engineering; Materials Science; Architecture; Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering; Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Civil and Structural Engineering; and Computer Science and Information Systems are among the top in Taiwan.

Wang further pointed out that Taipei Tech, as an application-oriented research university, has always been responsive to industry needs and playing a key part in fostering forward-looking pioneers. In recent years, Taipei Tech has established master's programs in semiconductor and smart rail, launched degree programs in AI technology and cybersecurity at both the master's and doctoral levels, and set up the only Space Systems Engineering Research Institute within the vocational higher education system to foster the research and development talents in core strategic industries.

To actively support industry’s demand of mid- and senior-level workforce, Taipei Tech has also established the Smart Railway School, the Research Center of Offshore Wind Power Engineering (RCOWPE), a cybersecurity leadership program, and a dual certification programs in advanced financial management. Over the past six years, the number and patronage of Taipei Tech's industry-academic cooperation projects have continued to rise, setting new records in the most recent year.

Article credits: Taipei Tech Post No.64