SKKU has placed 13th in the 2017 Asia University Rankings by Times Higher Education, while ranking 1st among Korea's private comprehensive universities.
SKKU received a total of 60.2 points with the composition of points as: Learning Environment: 56.0, Research: 55.5, Citations: 66.5, International Outlook: 39.6, Industry Income: 88.9. Meanwhile, Seoul National University received 66.1 points, while Korea University and Yonsei University got 52.8 points and 48.8 points, respectively.
In particular, SKKU received great recognition among universities in Korea for citations (Research Influence) by having 66.5 points, followed by Ulsan University (60.8), Seoul National University (58.8), Korea University (49.2), and Kyunghee University (48.5).