SKY (universities)

SKY is an acronym used to refer to the three most prestigious universities in South Korea: Seoul National University, Korea University, and Yonsei University.[1] The term is widely used in South Korea, both in media broadcast and by the universities themselves.[2][3]

This article is about South Korean universities. For other uses of "SKY", see Sky (disambiguation).
Locations of 'SKY' universities

In South Korea, admission to one of the SKY universities is widely considered as determining one's career and social status.[4][5] Many of South Korea's most influential politicians, lawyers, physicians, engineers, journalists, professors, and policymakers (bureaucrats) have graduated from one of the SKY universities.

Members
Institution Type Location Established Academic staff Undergraduate enrollment Postgraduate enrollment Rankings
ARWU World (2020)[6] THE World (2021)[7] QS World (2021)[8] THE Asia (2020)[9] QS Asia (2021)[10]
Seoul National University Public (National) Sillim-dong, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 1946 2,130
(2019)[11]		 16,556
(2019)[11]		 11,228
(2019)[11]		 101–150 60 37 9 14
Korea University Private Anam-dong, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 1905 1,442
(2019)[12]		 21,165
(2019)[12]		 8,592
(2019)[12]		 201–300 167 69 20 11
Yonsei University Private Sinchon-dong, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 1885 1,682
(2019)[13]		 19,087
(2019)[13]		 11,229
(2019)[13]		 201–300 187 85 22 21

History

National recognition

In 2010, it was reported that 46.3% of high government officials and 50% of CEOs of major financial industries were graduates of SKY universities.[14] Also, over 60% of the students who passed the 2010 Korean Bar examination were graduates of SKY universities.[15] Being admitted in one of these universities typically requires students to be within the top 1% of the Korean College Scholastic Ability Test.

Concerns

There have been a number of SKY university students who have dropped out of school to protest against South Korea's overheated academic elitism.[16]

  • SKY Castle, a 2018-2019 JTBC Friday-Saturday prime time drama, explores the employment of coordinators by parents who wishes their children to enter one of the three colleges, which sometimes does not come without consequences.
  • In the visual novel game Mystic Messenger, main character Yoosung Kim is a student at a school dubbed "SKY University".

See also

Further reading

References
  1. Asia Times Online :: Korea News and Korean Business and Economy, Pyongyang News
  2. , , "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-12-25. Retrieved 2007-10-18.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link), , ,
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-04-10. Retrieved 2008-04-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link), , , Archived 2008-04-11 at the Wayback Machine, (articles in English)
  4. New York Times, "A Taste of Failure Fuels an Appetite for Success at South Korea’s Cram Schools"
  6. "Academic Ranking of World Universities 2020". Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  7. "World University Rankings 2021". Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  8. "QS World University Rankings 2021". Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  9. "Asia University Rankings 2020". Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  10. "QS Asia University Rankings 2021". Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  11. "Facts". Seoul National University. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  12. "About KU". Korea University. Retrieved August 16, 2019.
  13. "Yonsei at a Glance". Yonsei University. Retrieved June 24, 2019.
  14. http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=101&oid=013&aid=0002007480
  15. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-01-01. Retrieved 2013-08-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  16. Kim (김), Gyeong-su (경수) (2011-11-17). 명문대 줄잇는 ‘공개 자퇴’ 왜？. 파이낸셜뉴스 (in Korean). Retrieved 2011-11-20.
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