DKU now 11 ranks higher compared to the last year’s Joongang Ilbo University Evaluation
DKU scores high in Education and History in Dong-A Ilbo Major Evaluation
Lately, Dankook University has been recording a continuous rise in its ranking in evaluations conducted by the press and other outside sources. This means that the university’s competitiveness has been strengthened driven by the focus on promoting the university’s specialization after it moved its location to Jukjeon from Seoul.
11 Ranks Up from Last Year’s Results in Joongang Ilbo’s University Evaluation
According to the University Rankings of 2013, announced by Joongang Ilbo on October 7, our university has risen 11 ranks.
This achievement is mainly due to DKU’s rise in the Globalization Index of the evaluations. According to Joongang Ilbo, the percentage of foreign professors of Dankook University has increased to 10 times greater than in 2008, and the Globalization Index rose intensely as the number of overseas exchange students has continued to increase by expanding relevant infrastructure including dormitories. Also, in the Faculty Research Index, the number of academic publications per professor in Humanities and Society and Physical Science recorded 7th place among universities around the nation. Moreover, the university was selected as the 16th university that corporate employers want to hire new employees from in the Reputation and Society Index.
Education, History Departments Selected in Top List of Dong-a Ilbo Department Evaluation
The Education Department took 4th place and the History Department took 7th place in the competitiveness rank for each department based on the results of the impact of academic paper publications on 7 different areas of Humanities and Society as announced on September 23 by Dong-a Ilbo.
These achievements are the result of joint projects executed by Dong-a Ilbo, Korea Research Foundation, and Trium― a social media analysis corporation― on analyzing the registered academic journal article database in the Humanities and Society area within the Korean Citation Index (KCI).
Specifically, in the top 20 list of most effective scholars in each field, the following professors from Dankook University were chosen: Professor Ga Sang-Jun in 9th place (Politics and Diplomacy), Professor Kim Eun-Kyung in 10th place and Professor Kim Ae-Hwa in 14th place (Education), Professor Kim Mun-Sik in 6th place with Professor Jeon Duk-Jae in 11th place and Professor Lee Jong-Su in 18th place (History), and Professor Huh Jae-Young in 7th place (Korean Language and Culture).
This is a direct result of the university’s support for each department’s competitiveness through our university’s continuous investment in Humanities and Social Sciences.
Recently, regarding the university’s continuous upward movement in evaluations, the Planning and Evaluation Team Manager said, “Finally, the fruits of our long-term investments of promoting the university’s specialization and moving the campus to a different location have been revealed in the effect on evaluation ranking”. Also, he said the university will do its best to push up the rank even further by preparing concentrated support for the areas that need more attention.