Globally trusted world university ranking

Evaluated 1,258 universities in 86 countries, including 29 universities in Korea such as YU

High assessments in global university rankings including the Leiden Rankings... Acknowledged for ‘educational and research’ capacities

[September 27, 2018]

 YU (President Sur Gil-soo) was ranked 14th (601-800 in the world) in the 2019 World University Rankings announced by the THE (Times Higher Education), a global university evaluation institute based in England.

 On the 26th, THE released its ‘2019 World University Rankings’. These rankings include 1,258 universities from 86 countries. Among Korean universities, a total of 29 were ranked including YU, Seoul National University (63rd in the world) and Sungkyunkwan University (82nd in the world). Together with YU, Ewha Womans University, Konkuk University, Pusan National University, and Sogang University tied for 14th in Korea, being placed in the top 601-800 in the world.

 THE, which was established in 1971, is an authoritative global university evaluation institute together with the British QS (Quacquarelli Symonds) and has been announcing world university rankings annually since 2004. It gives rankings using the five indices of educational conditions (30%), research achievements (30%), thesis citations (30%), internationalization (7.5%), and industry-academic cooperation income (2.5%). In particular, THE’s world university rankings apply rigid standards and is thus acknowledged worldwide for their credibility.

 Meanwhile, in the ‘2018 Leiden Ranking’ announced in May, YU was ranked 50th in the world (based on top 10% thesis citations) in the Mathematics & Computer Science sector in the ‘2018 Leiden Ranking’, thus being placed top in Korea and being recognized for its world-class research competence. YU was placed in the top 50 in the world for four years straight in the mathematics & computer science sector in the Leiden Ranking, which evaluates global university rankings based on the qualitative levels of theses. It was also placed in the top 10 in the overall ranking in the ‘2018 Leiden Ranking’, thus demonstrating its excellent research capacities.

 Regarding such achievements, YU President Sur Gil-soo said, “YU’s educational and research capacities are continuously being recognized by globally trusted college evaluation institutes.” He added, “We will spare no efforts to raise our education and research standards to world-class levels.”