Sejong University ranks 39th in 'THE Asia University Rankings'... 9th domestically

Number of Paper Citations Ranked No. 1 in Korea for 2 Consecutive Years

Sejong University announced on the 29th that it ranked 39th in the '2023 Asia University Rankings' released by THE, a world-renowned university ranking organization based in the UK.

Source: Sejong University, Source: THE Ranking

Sejong University has continued its upward trend every year, ranking 46th in 2021, 41st in 2022, and 39th this year, while maintaining 9th place domestically for two consecutive years.

The THE university ranking is considered one of the world's top three university evaluations alongside the QS World University Rankings and the ARWU Academic Ranking of World Universities.

This evaluation was conducted on 666 universities across 31 Asian countries, combining five indicators: ▲citation count of papers (30%) ▲industry research income (7.5%) ▲level of internationalization (7.5%) ▲research performance (30%) ▲educational environment (25%).

Sejong University ranked first domestically in citation count for two consecutive years, following last year, and placed 25th in Asia. This year, Sejong University received a citation score of 93.8, making it the only domestic university to score in the 90s for two consecutive years, following last year’s 90.2.

In the internationalization category, evaluated by ▲percentage of foreign faculty ▲international joint research ▲percentage of foreign students, Sejong University scored 58.8, ranking 3rd domestically. The university has also shown progress in internationalization, ranking 9th in 2021 and 6th last year.

A Sejong University official stated, "In order to recruit excellent faculty, we have excluded considerations of academic or regional ties and focused on evaluating research achievements and projects. Since 2013, we have reviewed and revised related systems to enhance support for publications in top-tier academic journals to improve the quality of papers." He added, "These efforts are laying the foundation for advancing beyond the top 50 universities in Asia to become a top 100 prestigious global private university."

Meanwhile, Sejong University recently ranked first domestically in the '2023 Leiden Ranking,' which selects world university rankings based on the quality of papers.

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