In the University Accreditation of JoongAng Ilbo that assesses total of 32 indexes in 4 categories (on the basis of 300 points) including faculty research (100 points), educational condition (90 points), reputation (60 points), and internationalization (50 points) among 4-year universities nationwide, Kookmin University moved up the rank for three consecutive years, securing the 23rd rank. Among the accreditation items, it was ranked in the 19th place except for the category of reputation and such is considered to be outstanding achievement as Kookmin University entered the top 20 rank.

In this accreditation, Kookmin University received high scores in the educational condition, internationalization, and faculty research compared to the accomplishment realized in the previous year. Depending on categories, the index of internationalization made 17-level increase from 29th rank in the previous year to 12th rank while moving up 37 levels for open lecture rate, 27 levels for exchange student rate, 27 levels for English lecture rate, 25 levels for foreign professor rate (more than full-time), and 23 levels for payment rate of educational expense compared to tuition when it came to the detailed indexes. Such great achievement helped realize advances in the overall results.

In the rank of detailed indexes, Kookmin University received favorable review by securing no. 1 spot in the open lecture, no. 1 spot in the English lecture, no. 1 spot in student filling rate, no. 7 spot in the rate of foreign students who register for advanced degree, and no. 9 spot in the registration of intellectual property rights per professor of science technology. Also, it maintained the no. 4 spot, which is the same level as the previous year, in the education-oriented university accreditation that assessed 42 universities in Korea (No. 3 in 2013).

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