Global YTD Ranking Universities

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Global 100 Universities in Terms of USPTO Patents
Data Refreshed as of September 23, 2025
2025 YTD Patents	Ranking 2025 YTD	Ranking 2024	Ranking 2023	University	Primary Location
431	1	2	1	University of California	Oakland, CA (US)
247	2	3	4	Chinese Academy of Sciences	Shanghai, CN
241	3	1	3	King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals	Dhahran, SA
220	4	4	2	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Cambridge, MA (US)
178	5	5	10	Zhejiang University	Hangzhou, CN
173	6	6	5	University of Texas System	Austin, TX (US)
145	7	8	7	Leland Stanford Junior University	Stanford, CA (US)
140	8	17	18	Seoul National University	Seoul, KR
139	9	11	14	Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology	Daejeon, KR
137	10	10	11	Arizona State University	Scottsdale, AZ (US)
133	11	9	8	Tsinghua University	Beijing, CN
128	12	14	15	University of Michigan	Ann Arbor, MI (US)
122	13	12	9	Harvard College	Cambridge, MA (US)
117	14	18	23	Northwestern University	Evanston, IL (US)
114	15	13	17	The Johns Hopkins University	Baltimore, MD (US)
108	16	20	13	University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated	Gainesville, FL (US)
107	17	146	1386	Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University	Riyadh, SA
106	18	7	6	Purdue Research Foundation	West Lafayette, IN (US)
104	19	21	21	Korea University Research and Business Foundation	Seoul, KR
96	20	15	12	California Institute of Technology	Pasadena, CA (US)
96	21	40	26	Sungkyunkwan University	Seoul, KR
95	22	19	16	Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation	Madison, WI (US)
94	23	53	35	University of Washington	Seattle, WA (US)
89	24	30	38	Georgia Tech Research Corporation	Atlanta, GA (US)
89	25	25	31	Cornell University	Ithaca, NY (US)
86	26	22	20	University of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia, PA (US)
84	27	28	22	University of Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh, PA (US)
83	28	23	24	University System of Maryland	College Park, NY (US)
82	29	43	25	Yonsei University	Seoul, KR
81	30	29	37	University of Colorado	Denver, CO (US)
78	31	27	48	Shandong University	Shandong, CN
76	32	32	28	Industry-university Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University	Seoul, KR
75	33	24	32	Duke University	Durham, NC (US)
74	34	67	144	King Saud University	Riyadh, SA
72	35	37	33	University of Illinois	Urbana, IL (US)
68	36	26	30	University of Minnesota	Minneapolis, MN (US)
65	37	58	36	The University of Tokyo	Tokyo, JP
64	38	33	40	Washington University	St. Louis, MO (US)
63	39	34	47	City University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong, CN
63	40	35	56	University of Arizona	Tucson, AZ (US)
60	41	38	45	University of Massachusetts	Boston, MA (US)
59	42	59	39	National Taiwan University	Taipei, TW
59	43	54	52	Huazhong University of Science and Technology	Hubei, CN
56	44	41	46	Jiangnan University	Wuxi, CN
56	45	52	70	Northeastern University	Boston, MA (US)
56	46	31	42	Columbia University	New York, NY (US)
55	47	51	51	Carnegie Mellon University	Pittsburgh, PA (US)
54	48	45	43	Osaka University	Osaka, JP
54	49	48	41	Case Western Reserve University	Cleveland, OH (US)
54	50	62	49	The Texas A&m University System	College Station, TX (US)
53	51	44	69	Soochow University	Suzhou, CN
52	52	88	66	Emory University	Atlanta, GA (US)
51	53	50	58	Yale University	New Haven, CT (US)
51	54	39	34	University of South Florida	Tampa, FL (US)
51	55	46	54	State University of New York	Amherst, NY (US)
50	56	36	19	Korea Institute of Science and Technology	Seoul, KR
50	57	82	116	University of Chicago	Chicago, IL (US)
50	58	91	91	University of Virginia	Charlottesville, VA (US)
49	59	56	59	Southeast University	Jiangsu, CN
48	60	84	87	National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology	Tokyo, JP
48	61	87	96	B1 Institute of Image Technology, Inc.	Seoul, KR
47	62	72	74	Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey	New Brunswick, NJ (US)
45	63	92	57	University of Southern California	Los Angeles, CA (US)
45	64	66	100	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	Chapel Hill, NC (US)
45	65	57	61	University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.	Orlando, FL (US)
45	66	99	139	Korea Electronics Technology Institute	Seongnam-si, KR
44	67	63	76	Michigan State University	East Lansing, MI (US)
44	68	55	29	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology	Thuwal, SA
44	69	130	162	United Arab Emirates University	Al Ain, AE
43	70	97	147	China University of Mining and Technology	Jiangsu, CN
42	71	90	68	University-industry Cooperation Group of Kyung Hee University	Yongin-si, KR
41	72	47	53	North Carolina State University	Raleigh, NC (US)
41	73	85	120	Tianjin University	Tianjin, CN
40	74	68	67	South China University of Technology	Guangdong, CN
39	75	42	44	Dalian University of Technology	Dalian, CN
39	76	65	60	Vanderbilt University	Nashville, TN (US)
38	77	76	94	National University of Singapore	Singapore, SG
38	78	73	63	Tohoku University	Sendai, JP
38	79	61	78	Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.	Ames, IA (US)
38	80	94	75	National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University	Hsinchu, TW
38	81	74	97	China University of Petroleum	Qingdao, CN
37	82	106	90	Guangdong University of Technology	Guangdong, CN
37	83	75	62	Florida International University	Miami, FL (US)
36	84	71	50	Southwest Petroleum University	Sichuan, CN
36	85	95	71	Technion Research & Development Foundation Limited	Haifa, IL
35	86	60	55	Jiangsu University	Jiangsu, CN
34	87	105	107	University of Utah Research Foundation	Salt Lake City, UT (US)
33	88	143	244	Kwangwoon University Industry-academic Collaboration Foundation	Seoul, KR
33	89	80	114	Peking University	Beijing, CN
33	90	98	128	Sejong University	KR
33	91	136	121	Ajou University Industry-academic Cooperation Foundation	Suwon-si, KR
32	92	16	27	Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University	Dammam, SA
32	93	112	95	Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics	Nanjing, CN
32	94	160	153	Harbin Institute of Technology	Harbin, CN
31	95	128	122	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	Troy, NY (US)
31	96	109	84	Sichuan University	Sichuan, CN
31	97	118	89	Shenzhen University	Shenzhen, CN
31	98	100	72	Indiana University	Bloomington, IN (US)
31	99	81	85	Dartmouth College	Hanover, NH (US)
31	100	212	189	Kyungpook National University Industry-academic Cooperation Foundation	Daegu, KR
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Global 100 Universities in Terms of USPTO Patents

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