The newly-published 2008 Professional Ranking of World Universities from Ecole des Mines de Paris ranks the reputations of top 350 universities worldwide, using criterias such as the number of CEO-position alumni in the world’s 500 leading companies (as rated by Fortune 500 in 2007).
The Professional Ranking of World Universities ranked SNU 16th, up from 32nd in 2006, for a total of five CEO-position alumni; Jong Yong Yun (Samsung Electronics), Ku-Taek Lee (Posco), Yu-Sig Kang (LG), Soo Chang Lee (Samsung Life Insurance), and Joong-Su Nam (KT).
However, a careful feedback on the list showed that four more SNU alumni surfaced from the list of CEOs with unrecognized universities due to lack of information. Therefore, the additional CEOs recognized; Dong-Jin Kim (Hyundai Motors), Joon-Ho Han (Korea Electric Power), Keh-Sik Min & Kil-Seon Choi (Hyundai Heavy Industries); puts SNU among the top ten on the list with an actual total of nine CEO-position alumni in the world’s top 500 companies.
Other Korean universities on the list include Korea University at 64th, and Yonsei University in 89th place.
<2008 Professional Ranking of World Universities>
|
Rank |
University |
Country |
|
1 |
University of Tokyo |
Japan |
|
2 |
Harvard University |
USA |
|
3 |
Stanford University |
USA |
|
4 |
Keio University |
Japan |
|
5 |
University of Pennsylvania |
USA |
|
6 |
Waseda University |
Japan |
|
7 |
HEC |
France |
|
8 |
Kyoto University |
Japan |
|
9 |
University of Oxford |
UK |
|
10 |
ENA |
France |
|
11 |
Institute for the Study of Politics - Paris |
France |
|
12 |
Yale University |
USA |
|
13 |
MIT |
USA |
|
13 |
Osaka University |
Japan |
|
15 |
Ecole Polytechnique |
France |
|
16 |
Seoul National University |
Korea |
October 13, 2008
Translated by SNU English Editor Taeyeon Kim and Brett Johnson