Yonsei University is a private research university in Seoul, South Korea. Yonsei was established in 1885 and is one of the oldest universities in South Korea.

Yonsei University rankings

Global
ARWU 201-300
Times 301-350
QS 105
Asia
Times 28
QS (Global version) 21
QS (Asia version) 18

Yonsei is one of Korea's three "SKY" universities.

In 2012, Yonsei University was ranked 112th overall, 81st in Arts and Humanities, 12th in Modern Languages and 69th in Management and Social Sciences in the world by QS World University Rankings.

The 2009 Academic Ranking of World Universities placed Yonsei University at the 23–42 range in Asia/Pacific region and 3rd in South Korea.

Yonsei was ranked 96th in the world according to an SCI paper published in 2007.

Yonsei is one of four Korean universities ranked in all three ARWU World University Ranking, QS World University Rankings, and The Times World University Ranking in 2010-13

Yonsei University was ranked 16th in Asia in 2012 and continues to rise rapidly in global rank: 112 in the world in 2012; 129 in 2011; 142 in 2010; 151 in 2009; 203 in 2008; and ranked globally 236 in 2007 by QS World University Rankings.

Yonsei was ranked the 1st Korean university to be in the Economist 's 2011 Top 100 Full-time MBAs (#76); US News, 2011 World's Best Universities: Asia #18; and UK Financial Times ' 2011 Top 100 EMBA (#57).

Yonsei University was ranked 36th in Reuters' "The world's most innovative university", which was announced in September 2015.

Contact address

Yonsei University
50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, South Korea