No.1 Private Comprehensive University in Korea
- College of Eduaction
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- 2017-10-31
The JoongAng Ilbo assessed 61 four-year universities using 33 different criteria, including number of academic citations, scholarship availability and post-graduation employment rates.
Sungkyunkwan was noted for its availability of financial support for professors and students alike. In the past year, the school granted 36.2 billion won ($32 million) in research funds to faculty, the highest in the country. Furthermore, it published the most articles of all Korean universities in international journals. One of its chemical engineering professors, Park Nam-gyu, is the only Korean to be listed on the 2017 Clarivate Citation Laureates list, which is used to identify who is likely to be awarded a Nobel Prize.
In JoongAng Ilbo’s survey of 550 recruiters and 550 high school teachers, SNU was selected as having the most desirable new recruits, the greatest potential to grow and being most likely to be recommended to students. But Sungkyunkwan ranked first as the university from which recruiters wanted to recruit new humanities graduates.