Global 100 Universities in Terms of USPTO Patents

Data Refreshed as of September 23, 2025

2024 YTD PatentsRanking 2024 YTDRanking 2023Ranking 2022UniversityPrimary Location
894135King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsDhahran, SA
538211University of CaliforniaOakland, CA (US)
297343Chinese Academy of SciencesShanghai, CN
294422Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MA (US)
25651018Zhejiang UniversityHangzhou, CN
234656University of Texas SystemAustin, TX (US)
209767Purdue Research FoundationWest Lafayette, IN (US)
196878Leland Stanford Junior UniversityStanford, CA (US)
184984Tsinghua UniversityBeijing, CN
180101113Arizona State UniversityScottsdale, AZ (US)
173111414Korea Advanced Institute of Science and TechnologyDaejeon, KR
1641299Harvard CollegeCambridge, MA (US)
156131712The Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, MD (US)
155141515University of MichiganAnn Arbor, MI (US)
142151211California Institute of TechnologyPasadena, CA (US)
141162786Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal UniversityDammam, SA
140171816Seoul National UniversitySeoul, KR
133182329Northwestern UniversityEvanston, IL (US)
132191619Wisconsin Alumni Research FoundationMadison, WI (US)
120201317University of Florida Research Foundation, IncorporatedGainesville, FL (US)
119212134Korea University Research and Business FoundationSeoul, KR
115222024University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA (US)
115232438University System of MarylandCollege Park, NY (US)
112243220Duke UniversityDurham, NC (US)
107253127Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY (US)
106263028University of MinnesotaMinneapolis, MN (US)
106274860Shandong UniversityShandong, CN
104282223University of PittsburghPittsburgh, PA (US)
101293722University of ColoradoDenver, CO (US)
100303842Georgia Tech Research CorporationAtlanta, GA (US)
100314239Columbia UniversityNew York, NY (US)
98322825Industry-university Cooperation Foundation Hanyang UniversitySeoul, KR
97334041Washington UniversitySt. Louis, MO (US)
96344743City University of Hong KongHong Kong, CN
94355635University of ArizonaTucson, AZ (US)
89361921Korea Institute of Science and TechnologySeoul, KR
85373332University of IllinoisUrbana, IL (US)
84384531University of MassachusettsBoston, MA (US)
83393436University of South FloridaTampa, FL (US)
82402630Sungkyunkwan UniversitySeoul, KR
81414652Jiangnan UniversityWuxi, CN
80424426Dalian University of TechnologyDalian, CN
80432558Yonsei UniversitySeoul, KR
79446968Soochow UniversitySuzhou, CN
77454348Osaka UniversityOsaka, JP
77465447State University of New YorkAmherst, NY (US)
76475353North Carolina State UniversityRaleigh, NC (US)
74484133Case Western Reserve UniversityCleveland, OH (US)
73498179Shanghai Jiaotong UniversityShanghai, CN
71505859Yale UniversityNew Haven, CT (US)
71515165Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, PA (US)
70527061Northeastern UniversityBoston, MA (US)
69533546University of WashingtonSeattle, WA (US)
68545254Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyHubei, CN
68552937King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologyThuwal, SA
67565992Southeast UniversityJiangsu, CN
66576157University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.Orlando, FL (US)
66583644The University of TokyoTokyo, JP
65593940National Taiwan UniversityTaipei, TW
61605549Jiangsu UniversityJiangsu, CN
60617894Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.Ames, IA (US)
60624962The Texas A&m University SystemCollege Station, TX (US)
59637673Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, MI (US)
59647381Wuhan UniversityWuhan, CN
57656066Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, TN (US)
566610075University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill, NC (US)
5667144350King Saud UniversityRiyadh, SA
56686755South China University of TechnologyGuangdong, CN
56698274Ulsan National Institute of Science and TechnologyUlsan, KR
557010577Oxford University Innovation LimitedOxford, GB
54715067Southwest Petroleum UniversitySichuan, CN
54727451Rutgers, the State University of New JerseyNew Brunswick, NJ (US)
53736364Tohoku UniversitySendai, JP
53749783China University of PetroleumQingdao, CN
53756263Florida International UniversityMiami, FL (US)
527694116National University of SingaporeSingapore, SG
51776572New York UniversityNew York, NY (US)
517810691Kyoto UniversityKyoto, JP
5179119114Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.Blacksburg, VA (US)
518011495Peking UniversityBeijing, CN
508185108Dartmouth CollegeHanover, NH (US)
498211685University of ChicagoChicago, IL (US)
4983124132Beihang UniversityBeijing, CN
48848750National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and TechnologyTokyo, JP
4885120124Tianjin UniversityTianjin, CN
478686128Tongji UniversityShanghai, CN
468796192B1 Institute of Image Technology, Inc.Seoul, KR
45886690Emory UniversityAtlanta, GA (US)
458915884Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore, SG
45906878University-industry Cooperation Group of Kyung Hee UniversityYongin-si, KR
45919170University of VirginiaCharlottesville, VA (US)
44925745University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, CA (US)
439364107University of South CarolinaColumbia, SC (US)
43947556National Yang Ming Chiao Tung UniversityHsinchu, TW
42957171Technion Research & Development Foundation LimitedHaifa, IL
429610887Beijing University of TechnologyBeijing, CN
419714796China University of Mining and TechnologyJiangsu, CN
4198128147Sejong UniversityKR
4099139113Korea Electronics Technology InstituteSeongnam-si, KR
401007280Indiana UniversityBloomington, IN (US)

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