Sungkyunkwan University was ranked 200th in the U.S. News & World Report's "2018 Global University Rankings" this year, rising from 236th last year. SKKU also maintained 3rd place in the ranking of domestic universities in Korea. Among private comprehensive universities, SKKU maintained the No. 1 place. The domestic university rankings are Seoul National University (123), KAIST (198), Sungkyunkwan University (200), and Korea University (274). While other domestic universities' rankings went down, Sungkyunkwan University jumped up 36 spots in the ranking. This shows the results of Sungkyunkwan University's continuous effort to improve quality of education and research.