Sejong University Ranks 9th in the World University Academic Rankings for Hotel and Tourism Studies

[Asia Economy Reporter Hyunju Lee] Sejong University announced on the 6th that its Hotel and Tourism Management field ranked 9th in the "2020 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU)" published by the Higher Education Institute of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. The ARWU Academic Ranking of World Universities ranks institutions based on quantitative indicators including ▲number of Nobel and Fields Prize winners among alumni (10%) ▲number of Nobel and Fields Prize winners among faculty (20%) ▲number of highly cited researchers (20%) ▲number of papers published in Nature and Science (20%) ▲number of papers indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) and Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) (20%) ▲academic performance per capita (10%). It is regarded as one of the three major university rankings alongside QS World University Rankings and THE World University Rankings. Sejong University added that among the total 54 evaluated fields in this ranking, 14 fields were ranked, and among them, 10 fields were ranked within the top 10 domestically. In particular, the Hotel and Tourism Management field ranked 9th globally and 1st domestically, and Water Resources Engineering ranked within the 101-150 range globally, being the only domestic university to be ranked in this field.

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