UNIST Rises to 17th Place Globally Among 'Young Universities'

2020 THE New Rising University Rankings Climb 3 Spots from Last Year
Ranked 3rd Nationally Among Universities Established Within 50 Years

View of Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology. UNIST ranked 17th in the world in the Emerging Universities Rankings.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) ranked 17th in the world in the global young university rankings, climbing three spots from last year.

It is rare worldwide for a university that has only been established for 11 years to achieve such results.

According to UNIST on the 25th, in the ‘2020 THE Young University Rankings’ announced on the 24th local time in the UK, UNIST received excellent evaluations by rising three places from last year to 17th in the world. It ranks 3rd domestically. Among these, in the citation score measuring the quality of research, it ranked 1st in Korea and 24th in the world.

The Young University Rankings by the UK university evaluation organization THE (Times Higher Education) targets young universities established within 50 years.

A total of 414 universities participated in this evaluation. UNIST started at 24th in 2018, rose to 20th in 2019, and climbed to 17th this year, showing a continuous upward trend every year.

Looking at the detailed indicators, the citation score for papers was 91.3 points, the highest among domestic universities. In addition, scores for individual evaluation items such as educational environment, research performance, industry-academia cooperation income, and internationalization improved compared to last year. Especially in the industry-academia cooperation income category, the score increased by more than 10 points (70.1→80.5), receiving high evaluations.

In this Young University Rankings, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) ranked 1st, followed by Nanyang Technological University (NTU), PSL University (Paris Sciences et Lettres), and Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (SSAS).

Among domestic universities, KAIST ranked highest at 5th in the world, with POSTECH at 8th and UNIST also making the top 20.

Along with this, UNIST ranked 7th domestically and 23rd overall in the ‘2020 THE Asia University Ranking’ announced on the 3rd.

UNIST maintained its position as the top domestic university in citations for two consecutive years and ranked 11th overall in Asia, recognizing the quality of its excellent papers.

From 2014 to 2018, the evaluation period, UNIST published 4,821 papers, which were cited 120,984 times.

President Lee Yong-hoon said, “Emphasizing the qualitative excellence of research and promoting convergence research has led to these good results,” adding, “The outstanding research that has attracted academic attention was possible thanks to the members who did their best in their respective positions.”

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