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Yonsei University

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World University Rankings 2026 · 90% range 118–639 of 2,287 · score 51.0
Research Index 430

How it scores

Research
83
Alumni outcomes
81
Admissions & earnings
est.

Research and Alumni outcomes are percentiles among 2,287 universities; alumni outcomes are counted per student. Admissions & earnings is the position among universities in the same country.

No official admissions or earnings data is used for this university yet. Its in-country score is estimated from its standing among its own country’s universities on the global measures.

Admissions, outcomes and alumni

Internationally notable alumni (Wikidata)
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Heads of state or government (Wikidata)
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Founders, billionaires and $30M+ alumni
not on the published top lists; estimated
Students (undergraduate / total)
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Each figure links to its source. Admissions and earnings figures are comparable only within a country.

Research Index

A · Quality
53.3
B · Strength
92.3

Percentiles among 1,305 ranked universities. Rank on quality alone: 605. On strength alone: =101. The Research Index scores research only; admissions, earnings and alumni outcomes are scored in the overall ranking where data exists.

The numbers behind it (2020–2023)

Papers in the top 10% of their field
10.6% (10.2%–11.1%)
Papers in the top 1% of their field
0.8% (0.7%–1.0%)
Top-10% papers (fractional count)
1,489
All papers (fractional count)
13,996
International co-authored
35.8%
Open access
60.9%
Papers from 2020–23 since retracted
18 (0.58 per 1,000)

Core publications, fractional counting, field-normalised citation shares. Brackets show Leiden’s stability interval. Collaboration and open-access shares use full counting and aren’t field-normalised. Retraction counts come from the Retraction Watch database and include publishers’ mass retractions as well as honest-error retractions; a retraction is not by itself evidence of misconduct, and the count is never scored.

By field

Biomedical & health sciences=460range 302–618 of 1,671
Life & earth sciences=551range 420–688 of 1,092
Mathematics & computer science=328range 205–468 of 1,391
Physical sciences & engineering=233range 160–352 of 1,742
Social sciences & humanities=450range 314–620 of 1,262

Position over time

top 30%2006–2009: 392 of 5712020–2023: 430 of 1,305

The same method applied to each 4-year publication window. The number of ranked universities grows from period to period, so position is shown as a share of the field.

How other rankings place it

430Research Index 2026
42QS 2027
80THE 2027
–ARWU 2026 (not in top 100)

Other rankings are cited for comparison. The Research Index measures research only; QS and THE also use reputation surveys and figures universities submit, and ARWU counts prize winners and total output.

Prize winners

Alumni laureates
1
Staff laureates
0

Alumni: 1 Nobel. Most recent: Han Kang (Nobel Literature, 2024). Counted from Wikidata (CC0). Alumni laureates count toward the overall ranking per student (10 of 65 global weight points); staff laureates are shown for context only.