To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, Times Higher Education recently ranked the top 25 universities over 400 to determine the best ancient institutions. Sungkyunkwan University has been ranked 19th, becoming the only Korean institution included in the ranking.
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 16th 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.
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