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SKKU in THE’s Top 25 Universities over 400 Years Old

To mark the 400^th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, Times Higher Education (THE) recently ranked the top 25 universities over 400 to determine the best ancient institutions. Sungkyunkwan University has been ranked 19^th, becoming the only Korean institution included in the ranking.

Rank	Institution	Country	Wur 2015-2016 rank	Foundation year
World's 25 best university over 400years old
1	University of Oxford	United Kingdom	2	1096
2	University of Cambridge	United Kingdom	4	1209
3	University of Edinburgh	United Kingdom	24	1583
4	LMU Munich	Germany	29	1472
5	KU Leuven	Belgium	35	1425
6	Heidelberg University	Germany	37	1386
7	Leiden University	Netherlands	67	1575
8	University of Groningen	Netherlands	74	1614
9	University of Glasgow	United Kingdom	76	1451
10	University of Tübingen	Germany	78	1477
11	Uppsala University	Sweden	81	1477
12	University of Copenhagen	Denmark	82	1479
13	University of Freiburg	Germany	84	1457
14	University of St Andrews	United Kingdom	86	1413
15	University of Basel	Switzerland	101	1460
16	University of Geneva	Switzerland	131	1559
17	University of Vienna	Austria	142	1365
18	University of Lausanne	Switzerland	144	1537
19	Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU)	South Korea	153	1398
20	University of Cologne	Germany	156	1388
21	Trinity College Dublin	Ireland	160	1592
22	Université Cathollque de Louvain	Belgium	167	1425
23	University of Aberdeen	United Kingdom	172	1495
24	University of Barcelona	Spain	174	1450
25	University of Würzburg	Germany	185	1402

Data and Analytics Director at THE, Duncan Ross, said that the list shows, "The origin of our modern university systems as they move away from the religious training institutions they were into something that was starting to become more recognizable."

"Despite all the evidence that points to Shakespeare being from the English Midlands, the conspiracy theories regarding who he might have been or where he may have been from refuse to die away. So, we thought it would be fun to look at the universities that a more educated Shakespeare might have attended," said Director Ross.

Meanwhile, SKKU has ranked 16^th in Asia (2015 Times Higher Education) claiming the first place of all comprehensive private universities in Korea for the second consecutive year. The results of the ranking are calculated based on scores from thirteen indexes including university-industry collaboration, education, research paper citations, research capability, internationalization, etc.

SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY (SKKU), SEOUL, KOREA