- Student-faculty ratios: 22.9
- Male to female ratio: 45 : 55
- School nature: Public
- Website: http://wwwe.sogang.ac.kr/
- Address: 35 Baekbeom-ro,Seoul, 4107,South Korea
- Phone: -
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.
- Total number of students 9,636
- Number of international students 783
- Total number of academic staff 434
- Number of international staff 24
- Number of undergraduate degrees awarded 1,799
- Number of master's degrees awarded 836
- Number of doctoral degrees awarded 81
- Number of research only staff 82
- Number of new undergraduate students 1,877
- Number of new master's students 869
- Number of new doctoral students 175
- Global score 30.4
- 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
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22.9
No. of students per staff
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11%
Percentage of International Students
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9,559
Number of FTE Students
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45 : 55
Student Ratio of Females to Males
*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
501—600
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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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2013
78
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2014
92
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2016
101–110
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2017
95
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2018
113
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2019
158
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Engineering & technology
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2018
401–500
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2019
501–600
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Physical sciences
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2018
401–500
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2019
501–600
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Social sciences
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2019
501–600
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Business & Economics
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2019
301–400
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Computer Science
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2019
501–600
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*The above data comes from: Official website of TIMES