2010 QS World University Ranking

As you see in the table, top 5 Korean HEIs are ranked in global 200 and then there are some big gap with the follwoing top 5 HEIs starting from 343 SKKU followed by Kyung Hee #345.

University - Cooperation relations

Many big Korean companiese have their university as below

Samsung - SKKU
LG - Cheonan Yonam College, Yonam Institute of Digital Technology
Daewoo - Ajou Univ.
Korean Air - Inha Univ.
Doosan - Chung-Ang Univ.


Religion affiliated
Christianity - Yonsei Univ, Ewha Womans Univ, Seoul Women's Univ, Soongsil Univ
Buddism - Dongguk Univ,
Catholic - they put catholic in the school name.

International students number in Korea

As of March 31, 2010
Data by the Immigration Office Seoul.

The below is the international students having D-2 study visa.

Kyung Hee University : 2,395
Hanyang University : 1,408
Yonsei University : 1,312
Chung-Ang University : 1,204
Korea University : 1,076
Seoul National Univ : 1,042
Dongguk University : 930

D-2 is for undergraduate and postgraduate students excluding Korean language students. Korean language students usually hold D-4 visa.

2010 QS Asian University Ranking - Korea

2010 2009 School Name
6 8 Seoul National University 
13 7 KAIST
14 17 POSTECH
19 25 Yonsei University
29 33 Korea University
43 44 Sungkyunkwan University 
48 42 Ewha Womans University
49 46 Hanyang University
52 61 Sogang University
62= 57 Kyung Hee University
======================= top 10 universities in Korea
71= 58 Pusan National University
83 92 Inha University 
84 82= Kyungpook National University
92 97 Chonbuk National University
95 101= The Catholic University of Korea
97= 98 Ajou University
99= 88 Chonnam National University
108 104 University of Ulsan
117 99 Chungnam National University
118 103 Hallym University
================================= top 20
129 114= Chung-Ang University
137= 107 Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
137= 129 Konkuk University
139= 133 Gyeongsang National University
143 150= University of Seoul
146 201= Chungbuk National University
148 139 Dankook University
150= 123 Kangnung National University
150= 134 Dongguk University
151= 135 Soonchunhyang University
=================================== top 30
151= 201= Sookmyung Women's University
161= 201= Inje University
161= 201= Yeungnam University
171= 151= Cheju National University
171= 138 Dong-A University
171= 201= Kangwon National University
181= 161= Kumoh National Institute of Technology
181= 149 Sejong University
191= 151= Hannam University
191= 201= HanDong Global University
================================== top 40
191= 151= Chosun University
191= 171= Hongik University


source : www.topuniversities.com

NCSI ranking for Korean Universities

NCSI - National Customer Satisfaction Index ranking for universities

All 15 Korean universities including most top schools in Korea participated for NCSI surveys.

1. SKKU
2. Kyung Hee
3. SNU
4. Ewha
5. Sogang
6. Yonsei
7. Sookmyung
8. HUFS
9. Korea
10. Inha
11. Hanyang
12. Konkuk
13. Dongkuk
14. Chung-Ang
15. Hong Ik



source : http://www.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2009/12/15/2009121501039.html

Joins 2009 Korean Univerities Ranking

Joins - Joongang Daily Newspaper in Korea published 2009 Korean universities ranking recently.

1. Kaist
2. Seoul Nationl
3. Postech
4. Korea Univ
5. Yonsei Univ
6. SKKU
7. Hanyang Univ
8. Kyung Hee Univ (Kyunghee)
9. Sogang Univ
10. HUFS


11. Inha Univ.
12. Ewha
13. CAU
14. Konkuk
15.Pusan National
16. Kyungpook National
17. Univesity of Seoul
18. Ajou
19. Cheon Nam National
19. Hong Ik Univ.

news article as below.

QS Chosun Asian Universities Ranking 2009 (22-100)

Source : http://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2009/05/12/2009051200159.html?Dep0=chosunnews&Dep1=related&Dep2=related_all