SNU was ranked as the top 50th university in the world by the Times Higher Education- QS World University Rankings.

SNU has constantly moving its place since the first ranking in 2004 and moved up one place in this year.

According the report from QS, SNU was given an almost perfect review by academic peers, which made SNU move forward in the rankings. The increased numbers of international faculty and students have also added some points.

Two other Korean universities- Korea Advanced Institute of Technology and Pohang University of Science and Technology- are in the top 200. Harvard University in the United States held the No. 1 spot.

Times Higher Education is a website devoted to higher education jobs, news and resources for university professionals. QS Quacquarelli Symonds is a global career and education network.

"The rankings use an unprecedented amount of data to deliver the most accurate measure available of the world's best universities and of the strength of different nations' university systems," said Ann Moroz, editor of THE.

October 9, 2008
SNU PR Office