Top 3, Top 10 university in south korea by student’s choice

A variety of criteria may be applied when determining university rankings. This includes things like the annual budget, the degree level of the professors, and thesis performance. However, these criteria may differ from students' actual choices.

The ranking below is a ranking of Korean universities based on the choices made by Korean high school students. (Of course, the choice may vary depending on the specific student's situation.) Although the related research materials cannot be disclosed due to privacy issues, We used what can be found in Korea.

1. Seoul National University

It is the best university in Korea in name and reality. Many political officials and intellectuals are graduates of Seoul National University. If you ask most South Korean high school students whether they would like to go to a specific department at Seoul National University or the same department at another university, they will answer that they want to go to Seoul National University.

2, 3. Korea University, Yonsei University

It is better to say that the two universities are technically at the same level. In reality, students cannot say which of the two is superior in their choice. In general, it is said that Yonsei University is stronger in the stem field, and Korea University is stronger in the fields of economics, politics, and humanities.

The three universities above can be said to be the top 3. So, Koreans often call it Sky University by combining the first letters s, k, and y of the three universities. It is called this because the meaning of sky goes well with highly ranked universities.

4. Sogang University

Generally, Sogang University is ranked 4th. Recent estimates may vary depending on research performance, etc., but it is still believed that students who went to Sogang University were admitted with better grades.

Below, we omit detailed explanations.

5. Sungkyunkwan University

6. Hanyang University

7. Chung Ang University

8. Kyung hee University

9. Hankuk University of Foreign Studies

10. University of Seoul

These are the top 10 schools based on where students typically go. These universities are all located in Seoul.

However, these days this ranking is changing. Because if students go to a law school(it’s a master's program, bachelor's degree required), medical school(licensure obtained after graduating from a bachelor's program), dental school(same as medical school), or oriental medicine school(same as medical school), they can get a higher and stable salary. Eventually they often give up their offers in other departments at ranked universities and go to medical school at universities in other regions with lower rankings. For example, students who are simultaneously accepted to Korea University's mechanical engineering department and a low-ranking university's medical school choose the latter. In the past, many people chose the former based on the name of the university, but the trend is currently changing.

However, recently, the policy of increasing the number of medical school students has led to a change in the admissions trend again. It seems that Korean admissions consultants will also find it difficult to make clear predictions.

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