Professor Research 18th, Citations in International Theses 9th, Natural Science 16th, Sociology 20th in 2015 Joongang Ilbo College Evaluations

• November 4, 2015, pr

• First place in overall ranking for regional private universities

  Education conditions, professor research, reputation, and overall ranking improved 4 to 15 places

  Start-up education 13th, community contribution 17th, employment hope 18th, etc

  [October 20, 2015]

   YU (President Noh Seok-kyun) took first place in overall rankings among regional private universities in the ‘2015 Joongang Ilbo College Evaluations’ by rising from as little as four to as much as fifteen ranks in all areas of evaluation.

   

  Joongang Ilbo announced the results of its college evaluations for this year on its newspaper on the 20th. According to this, YU rose in ranks in all areas of evaluation by ranking 25th in overall ranking, 26th in education conditions, 18th in professor research, and 25th in reputation.  

   

   

  Index Category	Detailed Index	Score	Detailed Index (Points)	Detailed Index Rank
  Professor Research 18th	1.Research funding per professor on average in track	6	1.317	15
  	2.International academic journal thesis per professor on average in track	62	1.146	13
  	3.Citations per international academic journal thesis per track	21.9	1.091	9
  	4.Citations of humanities and sociology translations	2.7	0.987	17
  	5.Publications in domestic humanities and sociology theses	3.6	1.188 volumes	11

   

   

  In particular, it ranked 18th in the nation for the professor research sector. This was ranked seven places higher than the previous year. In the detailed index that assesses research capacities, it placed 9th for the number of citations in international theses showing that it had especially high levels of quality for the theses. This is the result of the university-wide effort to improve the research level. As part of this, in 2013, YU became the only university in Korea to introduce the ‘Research Materials Support Project’ that funds a total of four billion won in four years by selecting 25 professors in the top 30% for research capacities. In order to improve the quality of research, it has been implementing an innovative research support program that assesses professor achievements using qualitative indices such as number of citations of theses and technological fee income rather than the quantitative index of the number of theses and number of patents. On this, the Industry-Academic Research Office Director Park Jin-ho said, “We believe that there must be active research for development of education and industry-academic cooperation, so we are preemptively reacting to environmental changes and providing full support.”

   

   

  Top 20 Universities by Track

  Humanities Track			Sociology Track
  Rank	University		Rank	University
  1	Seoul National University		1	Seoul National University
  2	Korea University		2	Hanyang University (ERICA)
  3	Sungkyunkwan University		3	Sungkyunkwan University
  4	Sogang University		4	Korea University
  5	Ewha Womans University		5	Ewha Womans University
  6	Chung-ang University		6	Kyung Hee University
  7	Yonsei University		7	Yonsei University
  8	Konkuk University		8	Chung-ang University
  9	Hanyang University (ERICA)		9	Chonbuk National University
  10	Kyung Hee University		10	Dongguk University
  11	Dongguk University		11	Jeju National University
  12	Hankuk University of Foreign Studies		12	Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
  13	Hallym University		13	Sogang University
  14	Sookmyung Women's University		14	Kyungpook National University
  15	Inha University		15	Hongik University
  16	Chonbuk National University		16	Sunmoon University
  17	Pusan National University		17	Konkuk University
  18	Sunmoon University		18	Pusan National University
  19	Chungnam National University		19	University of Seoul
  20	Chonnam National University		20	Yeungnam University
  21	Yeungnam University

   

   

   

  Natural Science Track			Engineering Track
  Rank	University		Rank	University
  1	POSTECH		1	POSTECH
  2	KAIST		2	KAIST
  3	Seoul National University		3	Hanyang University (ERICA)
  4	Yonsei University		4	Sungkyunkwan University
  5	Korea University		5	Seoul National University
  6	Sogang University		6	Korea University
  7	Ewha Womans University		7	Yonsei University
  8	Ajou University		8	Hanyang University (ERICA)
  9	Kyung Hee University		9	Sogang University
  10	Chung-ang University		10	Korea University of Technology and Education
  11	Hanyang University (ERICA)		11	Dongguk University
  12	Inha University		12	Inha University
  13	Dongguk University		13	Pusan National University
  14	Korea University		14	Yeungnam University
  15	Konkuk University		15	Konkuk University
  16	Yeungnam University		16	Kyungpook National University
  17	University of Ulsan		17	University of Seoul
  18	Chonbuk National University		18	Kookmin University
  19	Pusan National University		19	Chonbuk National University
  20	Kyungpook National University		20	Ajou University

   

  In the evaluation by track, which was conducted for the first time this year, all tracks were in the top 30. In particular, the engineering track placed 14th and the natural science track was ranked 16th in the nation. YU was the only regional private university to be ranked in the top 20. It also ranked 20th in the sociology track and 26th in the humanities track.

   

  In addition, YU took 18th place for universities from which hiring is desired, 17th in university with highest contribution to the community, 13th in start-up education, and 10th place in foreign professor percentage, and was thus once again recognized for reputation, student education efforts and performance, and excellence of education conditions. On the 16th of this month, YU was also selected for the top university in employment support and student capacity development programs, thus receiving the Minister of Employment and Labor Award.

               

   

  Index Category	Detailed Index	Score	Detailed Index (Points)	Detailed Index Rank
  Reputation 25th	1.University from which hiring is desired	6.2	2.870	18
  	2.University with proper education in major or general education needed for work	2.8	2.220	24
  	3.University with excellent student education	2.6	1.850	23
  	4.University with high contribution to the community	2.9	6.280	17

   

  Index Category	Detailed Index	Score	Detailed Index (%)	Detailed Index
  Student Education Efforts and Performance 26th	1.Graduate start-up activities	3	0.079	9
  	2.Start-up education ratio	5.8	16.438	13
  	3.Online lecture disclosure	10	0.414	1

   

  Index Category	Detailed Index	Score	Detailed Index	Detailed Index
  Education Conditions	1.Donations from tax revenue	2.7	3.111%	15
  	2.Ratio of foreign professors	6.9	17.527%	10
  	3.Diversity of foreign students	4.8	2.166 points	13
  	4.Scholarships compared to tuition	11.2	21.255%	22

   

   

  Universities of Venture Start-ups

  Rank	University	No. of Venture Founders
  1	Hanyang University (Seoul)	534
  2	Seoul National University	449
  3	Inha University	387
  4	Yeungnam University	379
  5	Dong-A University	317
  6	Pusan National University	314
  7	Korea University (Anam)	308
  8	Yonsei University (Seoul)	292
  9	Sungkyunkwan University	290
  10	Kyung Hee University	262

  *Tallied from over 10,000 presidents of venture-certified companies by the Korea Technology Finance Corporation

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