KAIST

The QS World University Rankings 2014 were released on October 16, 2014. KAIST ranked 51^st among the top 100 global universities which included Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), University of Cambridge, Imperial College London, Harvard University, and University of Oxford. This year’s QS ranking is the highest record ever achieved by KAIST, a great leap from last year’s 60^th.

KAIST’s forte in engineering and technology remains high, ranking 17^th out of hundreds of universities around the world. Since 2004, KAIST has kept the number one place in this subject within Korea.

Since first being compiled in 2004, the QS rankings have expanded to feature more than 800 universities around the world, and the top 400 universities are given individual ranking positions. The rankings are compiled based on six indicators: academic reputation, employer reputation, faculty/student ratio, citations per faculty, international student ratio, and international staff ratio.

KAIST has earned high scores in three indicators: citations per faculty, academic reputation, and employer reputation.

President Steve Kang of KAIST said, “With concerted efforts made by all members of the KAIST community, faculty and students in particular, we have received a good result in the global rankings. Without dwelling on this result, we will continue to strive toward making KAIST one of the most sought-after universities in the world, academically praised and technologically innovative.”