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NEW [16.11.08] Reuters delivers a commemorative plaque to Ajou after it ranked 9th in Korea in 'Asia's Most Innovative Unive

  • 2016-11-17
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Reuters delivers a commemorative plaque to Ajou after it ranked 9th in Korea in 'Asia's Most Innovative Universities' ranking

[16.11.08]


Ajou University took 22nd place, which was the 9th place among South Korean universities, in the 'Top 75: Asia's Most Innovative Universities' ranking released by Reuters and Thomson Reuters. On November 8th, President Dong Yeon Kim received a commemorative plaque from a Reuters official in his office.


Reuters is an international news agency and announces Asia's Most Innovative Universities annually based on the academic papers and patent filings owned by Thomson Reuters, an information firm. The ranking evaluates individual universities in terms of the number and influence of their science research papers, patent applications and their commercialization, and academic and commercial citations of research findings, etc.


This year's ranking includes 22 universities from China, 20 each from South Korea and Japan, 6 from Australia, 2 each from Singapore, India, and Malaysia, and 1 from New Zealand. In Korea, Ajou, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), and Seoul National University, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Sungkyunkwan University, Yonsei University, and Korea University, etc., made the list.