- Total number of students9,636
- Number of international students783
- Total number of academic staff434
- Number of international staff24
- Number of undergraduate degrees awarded1,799
- Number of master's degrees awarded836
- Number of doctoral degrees awarded81
- Number of research only staff82
- Number of new undergraduate students1,877
- Number of new master's students869
- Number of new doctoral students175
Sogang University, located in the South Korean capital Seoul, was founded by the Wisconsin province of the Society of Jesus, or Jesuits, in 1960. This followed assurances by Pope Pius XII, in the 1940s, that a Catholic higher education institution would be established in Korea. The name Sogang means “west of Han River”, and when it first opened - as Sogang College - it had six departments: economics, English, history, mathematics, philosophy and physics. It became Sogang University in December 1969 and grew steadily through the 1970s. The Campus Festival, featuring a number of academic symposiums, began when the university was granted the university title and still continues to this day. In 1990, at the university’s 30th anniversary commemoration, a statue that symbolises a soaring albatross - the institution’s mascot - was unveiled. Just under 20 years later, in 2009, Sogang was accredited to open a business school by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business - a US accreditor. It now has one of the most respected business schools in Korea, which is based near Seoul’s financial district. Behind the university’s main campus is Gonzaga Hall, an accommodation block that that accommodates up to 900 students from all over the world. The university has produced a string of notable graduates across the political, business and entertainment sectors. Among them are the 11th president of the Republic of Korea, Park Geun-hye; the country’s former minister of national defence, Kim Tae-young; president of HSBC Korea, Jung Eun-young; president of the Hyundai Motor Company, Jung Jin-haeng; film director, Lee Kwang-hoon; and actress, Nam Ji-hyun.
- Global score30.4
- Global research reputation#558
- Regional research reputation#97
- Publications#860
- Books#879
- Conferences#895
- Normalized citation impact#1,215
- Total citations#1,016
- Number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#985
- Percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#1,101
- International collaboration#938
- Percentage of total publications with international collaboration#1,047
- Number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#1,117
- Percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#1,187
*The above data comes from:Official website of U.S.News
22.9
No. of students per staff
11%
Percentage of International Students
9,559
Number of FTE Students
45 : 55
Student Ratio of Females to Males
*The above data comes from:Official website of TIMES
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World University Rankings
2016
601
2017
501
2018
601
2019
601
2020
801
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Asia University Rankings
2013
78
2014
92
2016
101
2017
95
2018
113
2019
158
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Engineering & technology
2018
401
2019
501
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Physical sciences
2018
401
2019
501
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Social sciences
2019
501
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Business & Economics
2019
301
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Computer Science
2019
501
*The above data comes from:Official website of TIMES
