Sector index · Frontier technologies · 2026
Chips, devices, circuits, computing hardware and photonic integration.
Ranked universities have at least 20 verified industry works in this sector (2021-2025). Score: volume 30%, reach 25% (company groups with 2+ joint works), repeat partnerships 25% (3+ works over 2+ years) and network influence 20%, each as a percentile within this sector's pool of 109.
| # | University | Country | Score | Works | Partners | Leading partners |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nagoya University | Japan | 99.2 | 146 | 25 | Toyota Central Research and Development Laboratories, Toyoda Gosei, Asahi Kasei |
| 2 | National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University | Taiwan | 98.4 | 158 | 19 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Realtek, Intel |
| 3 | The University of Osaka | Japan | 97.7 | 100 | 23 | Panasonic, Daicel, Hitachi |
| 4 | University of Chinese Academy of Sciences | China | 94.5 | 74 | 14 | Huawei Technologies, China Electronics Technology Group CorporationSTATE-OWNED, BOE Technology Group |
| 5 | Kyoto University | Japan | 92.2 | 56 | 16 | Hitachi, JNC, NTT |
| 6 | Université Grenoble Alpes | France | 91.7 | 89 | 10 | STMicroelectronics, Soitec, Laser Systems & Solutions of Europe |
| 7 | Hanyang University | South Korea | 90.8 | 114 | 9 | Samsung, SK Group, SK Hynix |
| 8 | Sungkyunkwan University | South Korea | 89.7 | 128 | 8 | Samsung, SK Group, Intel |
| 9 | University of Electronic Science and Technology of China | China | 89.7 | 72 | 9 | China ResourcesSTATE-OWNED, China Electronics Technology Group CorporationSTATE-OWNED, Flexterra |
| 10 | Tohoku University | Japan | 87.8 | 54 | 17 | Toyota Central Research and Development Laboratories, Fuji Electric, Mitsubishi Chemical |
| 11 | Xidian University | China | 87.3 | 70 | 8 | China Electronics Technology Group CorporationSTATE-OWNED, ZTE, Enkris Semiconductor |
| 12 | The University of Tokyo | Japan | 86.9 | 48 | 12 | Mitsubishi Electric, Toshiba, Fuji Electric |
| 13 | University of Padua | Italy | 85.6 | 50 | 11 | Infineon Technologies, STMicroelectronics, Micron |
| 14 | Tsinghua University | China | 83.3 | 46 | 11 | Huawei Technologies, Jiangsu Sunera Technology, Synopsys |
| 15 | Georgia Institute of Technology | United States | 81.8 | 50 | 9 | Intel, Samsung, Texas Instruments |
| 16 | University of Catania | Italy | 81.7 | 74 | 7 | STMicroelectronics, Eni, STLab |
| 17 | Seoul National University | South Korea | 81.2 | 84 | 7 | Samsung, SK Group, SK Hynix |
| 18 | Korea University | South Korea | 77.3 | 58 | 8 | Samsung, SK Group, SK Hynix |
| 19 | TU Wien | Austria | 76.8 | 46 | 6 | Infineon Technologies, AMS, Silvaco |
| 20 | Harbin Institute of Technology | China | 76.1 | 44 | 9 | China Electronics Technology Group CorporationSTATE-OWNED, Harbin KY Semiconductor, General Research Institute for Nonferrous MetalsSTATE-OWNED |
| 21 | Chongqing University | China | 75.6 | 38 | 8 | State Grid Corporation of ChinaSTATE-OWNED, China ResourcesSTATE-OWNED, China Electronics Technology Group CorporationSTATE-OWNED |
| 22 | Kyung Hee University | South Korea | 75.1 | 46 | 8 | Samsung, SK Trichem, SK Group |
| 23 | National Taiwan University | Taiwan | 74.8 | 50 | 8 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, AU Optronics, InnoLux |
| 24 | Southeast University | China | 73.7 | 38 | 11 | China Electronics Technology Group CorporationSTATE-OWNED, Shanghai Huali Microelectronics, Huahong Semiconductor |
| 25 | Chalmers University of Technology | Sweden | 73.7 | 36 | 10 | Ericsson, Rich Sense Electronics Technology, Saab |
| 26 | National Cheng Kung University | Taiwan | 73.0 | 58 | 6 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, AU Optronics, Intel |
| 27 | Stanford University | United States | 72.6 | 42 | 10 | Intel, Samsung, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company |
| 28 | Huazhong University of Science and Technology | China | 71.5 | 38 | 8 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, State Grid Corporation of ChinaSTATE-OWNED, China Southern Power GridSTATE-OWNED |
| 29 | University of California San Diego | United States | 71.3 | 40 | 7 | Meta, Applied Materials, Samsung |
| 30 | University of Tsukuba | Japan | 69.9 | 44 | 6 | Tosoh, Toyota Central Research and Development Laboratories, Fuji Electric |
| 31 | University of California, Santa Barbara | United States | 69.5 | 36 | 7 | Intel, Teledyne Technologies, Seoul Viosys |
| 32 | Arizona State University | United States | 68.8 | 37 | 7 | Alphacore, First Solar, Intel |
| 33 | Peking University | China | 68.8 | 48 | 6 | Huawei Technologies, Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment, Enkris Semiconductor |
| 34 | Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology | South Korea | 67.1 | 49 | 6 | Samsung, SK Group, SK Hynix |
| 35 | Kyushu University | Japan | 65.7 | 36 | 8 | NIHON SUPERIOR CO., Sumco Corporation, Nippon Soda |
| 36 | Fudan University | China | 65.0 | 38 | 7 | Huawei Technologies, China Electronics Technology Group CorporationSTATE-OWNED, China ResourcesSTATE-OWNED |
| 37 | Yonsei University | South Korea | 63.9 | 52 | 6 | Samsung, SK Group, SK Hynix |
| 38 | National Tsing Hua University | Taiwan | 62.0 | 50 | 6 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, United Microelectronics, MediaTek |
| 39 | Technische Universität Dresden | Germany | 61.3 | 38 | 6 | Meta, Infineon Technologies, GlobalFoundries |
| 40 | Zhejiang University | China | 61.1 | 40 | 5 | China Southern Power GridSTATE-OWNED, Soitec, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company |
| 41 | Karlsruhe Institute of Technology | Germany | 59.8 | 33 | 6 | Intel, Cynora, Infineon Technologies |
| 42 | Institut polytechnique de Grenoble | France | 58.5 | 48 | 6 | STMicroelectronics, Soitec, Nanoacademic Technologies |
| 43 | Politecnico di Milano | Italy | 58.4 | 34 | 7 | STMicroelectronics, Micron, Qorvo |
| 44 | Purdue University West Lafayette | United States | 57.8 | 36 | 7 | Texas Instruments, Intel, Samsung |
| 45 | University of California, Berkeley | United States | 55.5 | 39 | 8 | Intel, Skyworks Solutions, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company |
| 46 | Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg | Germany | 54.1 | 28 | 6 | Infineon Technologies, Robert Bosch, STMicroelectronics |
| 47 | Cornell University | United States | 53.2 | 28 | 7 | Mitsui Chemicals, Asahi Kasei, Indium Corporation |
| 48 | Eindhoven University of Technology | Netherlands | 52.8 | 34 | 8 | Eurofins, J.A. Woollam Company, Alibaba Group |
| 49 | University of California, Los Angeles | United States | 51.7 | 26 | 6 | NanoElectronic Imaging, Intel, Applied Materials |
| 50 | North Carolina State University | United States | 51.2 | 48 | 3 | Adroit Materials, Eurofins, Intel |
| 51 | The University of Texas at Dallas | United States | 50.3 | 38 | 5 | Texas Instruments, Intel, Coherent |
| 52 | Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur | India | 50.0 | 32 | 7 | Intel, Skyworks Solutions, MaxLinear |
| 53 | South China University of Technology | China | 48.4 | 29 | 5 | Guangzhou Electronic Technology, China Southern Power GridSTATE-OWNED, Guangdong Choicore Optoelectronics |
| 54 | Virginia Tech | United States | 47.7 | 31 | 5 | NexGen Power Systems, Enkris Semiconductor, RTX |
| 55 | RWTH Aachen University | Germany | 47.7 | 35 | 6 | NXP, Aixtron, FEV |
| 56 | Pohang University of Science and Technology | South Korea | 46.6 | 39 | 4 | Samsung, SK Group, SK Hynix |
| 57 | Shandong University | China | 46.3 | 25 | 5 | InspurSTATE-OWNED, Huawei Technologies, China Electronics Technology Group CorporationSTATE-OWNED |
| 58 | The Ohio State University | United States | 45.7 | 34 | 4 | Ford Motor Company, Alpha and Omega Semiconductor, Intel |
| 59 | Nanjing University | China | 45.6 | 29 | 6 | CorEnergy Semiconductor, Huawei Technologies, TCL China Star Optoelectronics Technology |
| 60 | University of Science and Technology of China | China | 45.0 | 30 | 6 | Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment, Nanopolis Suzhou, Origin Quantum Computing Technology Company |
| 61 | Delft University of Technology | Netherlands | 44.8 | 28 | 8 | NXP, Signify, Philips |
| 62 | Xi'an Jiaotong University | China | 44.4 | 31 | 5 | China Electronics Technology Group CorporationSTATE-OWNED, China Southern Power GridSTATE-OWNED, Shaanxi Lighte Optoelectronics Material |
| 63 | Graz University of Technology | Austria | 42.1 | 25 | 5 | Infineon Technologies, Amazon, AMS |
| 64 | Tokyo Institute of Technology | Japan | 41.4 | 24 | 5 | Mitsubishi Electric, NTT, Nuflare Technology |
| 65 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | United States | 40.3 | 24 | 7 | Intel, Mitsubishi Electric, Carl Zeiss |
| 66 | Aalto University | Finland | 37.1 | 22 | 7 | ABB, Nokia, Picosun |
| 67 | The University of Texas at Austin | United States | 36.6 | 31 | 5 | Siemens, GlobalFoundries, Samsung |
| 68 | Vanderbilt University | United States | 36.0 | 27 | 3 | Cisco Systems, Synopsys, Broadcom |
| 69 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | United States | 35.9 | 28 | 5 | Mitsubishi Electric, Samsung, Apple |
| 70 | Universiti Sains Malaysia | Malaysia | 34.3 | 21 | 6 | Jabil, Intel, Western Digital |
| 71 | Tianjin University | China | 34.1 | 28 | 3 | China Electronics Technology Group CorporationSTATE-OWNED, ZTE, State Grid Corporation of ChinaSTATE-OWNED |
| 72 | Xiamen University | China | 33.9 | 22 | 6 | San’an Optoelectronics, Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment, Tianma Microelectronics |
| 73 | Shanghai University | China | 33.4 | 22 | 7 | Hefei Design and Research Institute of Coal Industry, Enkris Semiconductor, Shanghai Nanoshine Technology |
| 74 | National Sun Yat-sen University | Taiwan | 31.5 | 22 | 5 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, AU Optronics |
| 75 | Linköping University | Sweden | 31.4 | 22 | 7 | SGL Carbon, Hitachi, SweGaN |
| 76 | Politecnico di Torino | Italy | 31.2 | 28 | 4 | STMicroelectronics, AIM Infrarot-Module, Infineon Technologies |
| 77 | University of Modena and Reggio Emilia | Italy | 30.9 | 28 | 4 | STMicroelectronics, Infineon Technologies, NXP |
| 78 | Beijing Institute of Technology | China | 30.2 | 28 | 2 | BOE Technology Group, China Electronics Technology Group CorporationSTATE-OWNED, AVIC Chengdu Aircraft Industrial (GroupSTATE-OWNED |
| 79 | Ruhr University Bochum | Germany | 29.7 | 25 | 3 | Infineon Technologies, Vertically Integrated Systems, Acconeer |
| 80 | Université de Bordeaux | France | 29.5 | 23 | 6 | STMicroelectronics, Ommic, Nokia |
| 81 | Hunan University | China | 29.5 | 23 | 4 | China Electronics Technology Group CorporationSTATE-OWNED, CRRCSTATE-OWNED, China Southern Power GridSTATE-OWNED |
| 82 | University of Maryland, College Park | United States | 29.5 | 20 | 7 | Samsung, Robert Bosch, RTX |
| 83 | North China Electric Power University | China | 27.4 | 21 | 3 | State Grid Corporation of ChinaSTATE-OWNED, Global Energy Interconnection Research Institute, Dynex Semiconductor |
| 84 | Kyungpook National University | South Korea | 26.3 | 28 | 3 | NTT, Samsung, Hyundai Motors |
| 85 | Wuhan University | China | 26.2 | 20 | 6 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Acken Optoelectronics, Guangdong Gancom Optoelectronics Technology |
| 86 | University of Michigan | United States | 25.2 | 20 | 5 | Intel, STMicroelectronics, OLEDWorks |
| 87 | École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne | Switzerland | 25.1 | 25 | 4 | GlobalFoundries, Fluxim, Tofwerk |
| 88 | Chemnitz University of Technology | Germany | 24.5 | 20 | 4 | Micro Resist Technology, Benchmark Research, Infineon Technologies |
| 89 | University of Connecticut | United States | 23.2 | 32 | 2 | Synopsys, Biorasis, Northrop Grumman |
| 90 | Pennsylvania State University | United States | 22.3 | 22 | 5 | OLEDWorks, Intel, Corning |
| 91 | National Central University | Taiwan | 22.1 | 22 | 4 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Vertically Integrated Systems, Delta Electronics |
| 92 | UCLouvain | Belgium | 21.9 | 22 | 4 | Soitec, STMicroelectronics, Thales |
| 93 | Central South University | China | 21.7 | 22 | 4 | China Electronics Technology Group CorporationSTATE-OWNED, CRRCSTATE-OWNED, Shenzhen MetroSTATE-OWNED |
| 94 | Shanghai Jiao Tong University | China | 21.6 | 24 | 1 | Huawei Technologies, Enkris Semiconductor, Jiangsu Leadmicro Nano Technology |
| 95 | Indian Institute of Technology Delhi | India | 21.6 | 22 | 3 | GlobalFoundries, IBM, Intel |
| 96 | Aix-Marseille Université | France | 21.5 | 28 | 1 | STMicroelectronics, RAYLAB, Framatome |
| 97 | Institut Polytechnique de Bordeaux | France | 21.1 | 22 | 6 | STMicroelectronics, Ommic, Infineon Technologies |
| 98 | Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee | India | 20.7 | 24 | 5 | Intel, Skyworks Solutions, Adroit Materials |
| 99 | Université de Lille | France | 20.3 | 22 | 4 | STMicroelectronics, Ommic, Thales |
| 100 | University of Notre Dame | United States | 20.2 | 20 | 5 | HRL Laboratories, Soitec, Micron |
| 101 | Northwestern Polytechnical University | China | 14.5 | 20 | 3 | China Electronics Technology Group CorporationSTATE-OWNED, China Electronics CorporationSTATE-OWNED, Nvidia |
| 102 | Taif University | Saudi Arabia | 13.5 | 24 | 2 | Synopsys, Biorasis, Yunnan Tin Group (Holding |
| 102 | University of Colorado Boulder | United States | 13.5 | 22 | 2 | Lam Research, RTX, ASM International |
| 104 | University College London | United Kingdom | 13.1 | 21 | 4 | Infineon Technologies, M-Solv, Idemitsu Kosan |
| 105 | University of Cambridge | United Kingdom | 12.4 | 21 | 4 | Hitachi, Cambridge Microelectronics, Mirise Technologies Corporation |
| 106 | Lund University | Sweden | 10.8 | 20 | 3 | SweGaN, Hitachi, Ericsson |
| 107 | Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | Hong Kong | 10.7 | 20 | 4 | Fuji Electric, Huawei Technologies, Guangdong Shengyi Technology |
| 108 | Mie University | Japan | 10.2 | 21 | 2 | Asahi Kasei, Ushio, Sony |
| 109 | KU Leuven | Belgium | 10.1 | 22 | 1 | Huawei Technologies, Intel, ON Semiconductor |
Leading partners: up to three company groups with the most joint works in the sector. State-owned enterprises are marked; a partner whose name is withheld is not listed.
Funded partnerships (reported, not scored). 312 UK and EU projects starting 2021 to 2025 (138 UKRI, 174 Horizon) involve a cohort university and a company group whose main sector, by its verified joint works, is this one (247 universities): most often Infineon Technologies, STMicroelectronics, IQE, Soitec, Synopsys. Sources: UKRI Gateway to Research harvested 4 Oct 2026; CORDIS bulk files of 2026-10-12 (latest record update 2026-06-10). Funded partnerships cover UK (UKRI Gateway to Research) and EU (Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe, CORDIS) projects starting 2021 to 2025 only. They are reported, never scored, and a funder record outside these two sources is not visible here.
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