- Student-faculty ratios: 14.8
- Male to female ratio: 50 : 50
- School nature: Public
- Website: http://www.yu.ac.kr/en/main/index.php
- Address: 280 Daehak-Ro,Gyeongsan, Gyeongbuk 38541,South Korea
- Phone: -
Established in 1967 and located in the North Gyeongsang region of South Korea, Yeungnam University is a private research university. It was formed following the merger of Taegu College and Chunggu College. Today, there are roughly 35,000 students enrolled at the university. The majority of these are undergraduate with around 3,500 pursuing graduate and professional degrees. Within the university’s faculties is a staff body of around 900. Around half of these are professors with the remainder made up by associate professors, assistant professors and international professors. There are 19 schools and colleges, and students are also given the opportunity to engage in interdisciplinary studies. Yeungnam is organised across two campuses. The main one is Gyeongsan campus, which is made up of 161 buildings set within 2.5 million square metres of land. By train, the city of Gyeongsan is just an hour and a half away from the Korean capital city of Seoul. The smaller Daemyung campus houses six buildings across some 85,000 square metres. There is also the university’s training centre made up of four buildings, the medical centre comprising 27 buildings, as well as the Yeongcheon Hospital. An additional 11 organisations are affiliated with the university, including the Centre for International Programmes and the Foreign Language institute. Standing 21 stories high, the tallest building on campus is the main university library, boasting an extensive collection of materials. Another two branch libraries are situated around the university. Other university facilities include six halls of residence halls with accommodation for 1,200 students. There is also a health service centre for students and staff, and a museum that houses the collections of the Institute of Silla-Gaya culture. The university’s motto, which expresses its educational philosophy, is ‘building the nation with education.’
- Total number of students 20,389
- Number of international students 968
- Total number of academic staff 1,404
- Number of international staff 151
- Number of undergraduate degrees awarded 5,335
- Number of master's degrees awarded 1,056
- Number of doctoral degrees awarded 137
- Number of research only staff 253
- Number of new undergraduate students 4,642
- Number of new master's students 1,179
- Number of new doctoral students 251
- Global score 37.5
- Global research reputation #760
- Regional research reputation #201
- Publications #528
- Books #1,028
- Conferences #929
- Normalized citation impact #1,003
- Total citations #630
- Number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #613
- Percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #912
- International collaboration #536
- Percentage of total publications with international collaboration #961
- Number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #580
- Percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #726
*The above data comes from: Official website of U.S.News
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Percentage of International Students
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50 : 50
Student Ratio of Females to Males
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20,135
Number of FTE Students
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14.8
No. of students per staff
*The above data comes from: Official website of TIMES
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World University Rankings
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2016
601-800
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2017
601—800
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2018
601–800
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2019
601–800
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2020
801–1000
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Asia University Rankings
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2016
151–160
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2017
101-110
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2018
161
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2019
175
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Clinical, pre-clinical & health
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2019
601+
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Engineering & technology
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2018
401–500
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2019
401–500
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Life sciences
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2019
601+
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Physical sciences
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2018
401–500
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2019
401–500
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Computer Science
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2019
201–250
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*The above data comes from: Official website of TIMES
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#412 Chemistry
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- Chemistry overall score 45.0
- Chemistry global research reputation #466
- Chemistry regional research reputation #187
- Chemistry publications #302
- Chemistry normalized citation impact #568
- Chemistry total citations #359
- Chemistry number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #333
- Chemistry percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #461
- Chemistry international collaboration #52
- Chemistry percentage of total publications with international collaboration #435
- Chemistry number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #464
- Chemistry percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #626
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#340 Engineering
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- Engineering overall score 48.8
- Engineering global research reputation #611
- Engineering regional research reputation #130
- Engineering publications #289
- Engineering normalized citation impact #277
- Engineering total citations #278
- Engineering number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #243
- Engineering percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #203
- Engineering international collaboration #58
- Engineering percentage of total publications with international collaboration #463
- Engineering number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #198
- Engineering percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #163
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#308 Materials Science
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- Materials Science overall score 34.0
- Materials Science global research reputation #324
- Materials Science regional research reputation #76
- Materials Science publications #164
- Materials Science normalized citation impact #409
- Materials Science total citations #242
- Materials Science number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #301
- Materials Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #460
- Materials Science international collaboration #156
- Materials Science percentage of total publications with international collaboration #330
- Materials Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #264
- Materials Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #332