UNIST, Ranked 1st in Korea and 10th Worldwide in 'THE Emerging Universities Rankings'

Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) was ranked 10th in the world in the '2023 Young University Rankings.'

The UK-based university ranking organization THE (Times Higher Education) announced the results of the '2023 Young University Rankings' on the 3rd. In this evaluation, UNIST ranked 1st in Korea and 10th in the world.

The Young University Rankings target universities worldwide that have been established for 50 years or less. This year, 605 universities from 78 countries were included in the evaluation.

This ranking reduces the weight of reputation and increases the weight of other indicators such as research, based on global university ranking results, to better assess the characteristics of young universities. It is a method that focuses on evaluating capabilities rather than the history of the university.

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UNIST first ranked 10th in the world in the 2021 evaluation, dropped one place to 11th last year, but regained 10th place this year.

Since being included in the Young University Rankings for the first time in 2018, UNIST's total score has increased every year. This is analyzed as a result of steadily improving scores in education and research fields, based on high evaluations of citation impact, which reflects the qualitative excellence of research.

In this year's Young University Rankings, Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) took 1st place, followed by The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Hong Kong) and Paris Sciences et Lettres University (France) in 2nd and 3rd places, respectively.

Following them were The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Hong Kong), Erasmus University Rotterdam (Netherlands), City University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong), University of Antwerp (Belgium), Paris Polytechnic University (France), University of Sydney (Australia), and UNIST (Korea) rounding out the top 10.

Domestically, the rankings were UNIST, POSTECH, GIST, and Ajou University in order. UNIST maintained its position as the top university in Korea for two consecutive years.

President Yong-Hoon Lee said, “We are pleased that UNIST has been recognized globally as a young and strong university,” adding, “We will continue efforts to strengthen the university’s competitiveness through expanding exchanges with world-class universities and enhancing advanced research equipment.”

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