Kookmin University ranked 23rd out of 198 local universities in terms of online reputation, in a ranking recently conducted by 4icu.org, a website that provides ranking service on the world’s 10,200 universities in 200 countries.

This is the result of establishing an integrated system for the Kookmin University Website, which helps everyone find various information easily on portal sites and search engines through continuous SEO (Search engine optimization) work.

Kookmin University took 60th place in the ranking in 2009; however, it charted within the top 30 in 2010, and climbed to number 23 this year.

4icu.org is a reputable non-profit site with 28,000 unique visitors per day that provides online website rankings based on data from the major search engines. Famed search engines Google Page Rank, Yahoo Inbound Links, and Alexa Traffic Rank are used as a valuation basis for activation of website all over the world.

4icu.org is utilized as a resource by students who plan to study abroad and by school officials to establish academic ties with overseas universities. In this regard, the rise in ranking may actually have a positive effect on Kookmin University in promoting internalization through exchanges with many overseas universities.