More rankings and data available here, including a top 200 list which puts another 29 South Korean universities up there. Chosun University is tied for 151st. The Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology is ranked first in "Papers Per Faculty," and is 15th in "International Students Review," though those categories are not explained.
The GlobalHigherEd blog---brought to my attention by Woland---gives its take on these Asian rankings:
The ranking process and product places ‘Asian universities’ into direct competition with each other, it reinforces a very particular definition of ‘Asia’ and therefore Asian regionalism, and it services an imagined emerging Asian regional education space.
All this, whilst appearing to level the playing field by invoking regional sentiments.
The Joongang Ilbo also evaluates and ranks Korean universities, though I haven't found much data from it. In 2008 Chonnam National University didn't crack the top 20, and in 2007 and 2006 it was number 19 in the nation.
4 comments:
None of Korea's universities rank higher than 50th in the world, no matter which system you use. And they're not likely to get much higher since students can only fail through excessive absences.
Am I misreading or is your subject header off?
ooh, it is, thanks for that.
We're number 134, we're number 134!
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