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KU Tops among Korean Private Universities in QS World University Rankings by Subject

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KU Tops among Korean Private Universities in QS World University Rankings by Subject
 
Of 301 universities, Korea University is ranked 47th for the subject of Business & Management in the QS World University Rankings released on February 28, resulting in the best performance among the private universities in Korea.  

The overall score of Korea University (KU) for the subject of Business & Management is 79.2, ranking second in Korean universities after Seoul National University (80.5 points). Hanyang University, KAIST, Sungkyunkwan University and Yonsei University are ranked in the top 51-100th. Harvard University has been ranked as the top university in the world followed by INSEAD, London Business School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and University of Pennsylvania.
 
In addition, KU is ranked 46th worldwide in the subject of Accounting & Finance with the overall score of 76.2, which is an improved rank compared to last year’s result. Among universities in South Korea, KU came in second after Seoul National University (77.9 points). KAIST, Sungkyunkwan University and Yonsei University placed on the 51-100th rank. The top place went to Harvard University, followed by MIT, Stanford University, Oxford University and London Business School.

 

 
Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), an organization evaluating global universities, has been annually releasing “The World University Rankings” since 2011. For the evaluation purpose, they combine 48 disciplines and rank the performance based on four indicators including △Researcher Questionnaire Survey (50%), △Employers Questionnaire Survey (30%) △Frequency of papers being cited (10%), and △H-index citations per paper (10%), where ‘H-index’ is an weighted score on the number of published papers per researcher and frequency of papers being cited. QS publishes the detailed score and ranking for the top 50 institutions only.