HUFS continuously made advances in the 2017 World University Rankings released by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS).

QS, a UK-based higher education consulting firm, announced on March 8 its university rankings in 46 majors. According to this result, the university entered the top 200 in four categories.

In the Arts& Humanities category, three majors were on the list. Modern languages was ranked 34th, jumping 12 spots from the 48th place last year. Linguistics and English Language& Literature rounded out the top 51-100 and top 101-150 respectively. In Social Sciences& Management category, Politics& International Studies reached the top 151-200.

Meanwhile, in this year’s QS rankings, 37 Korean universities made the top 200 list 372 times in 46 majors.

QS determined through analysis that Korean universities made improvements in their QS rankings this year, cracking the top 20 a total of 14 times, compared to eight times last year.

QS World University Rankings appraises universities based on four criteria: evaluations in the academic world, the reputation of the university graduates, the number of citations publications, and the H index.

By Lee Jae-won