SKKU has placed 13th in the 2018 Asia University Rankings by Times Higher Education, while ranking 1st among Korea's private comprehensive universities. SKKU has maintained 1st Korea private comprehensive university place since 2015.
Especially, this year SKKU has improved in Research (60.4, last year 55.5) and Citations (69.5 last year 66) field.
SONG Sung-jin, Vice-President of SKKU's Planning and Regulation Division, said, "Sungkyunkwan University has been focusing on creating synergies through mutual growth of education and research by hiring world-famous scholars as professors and introducing a world-class education system." "We will continue to invest and support for the leap forward as a world-class university."