DGIST Achieves 409.5 Citations per Faculty, Ranks No. 1 Among Korean Universities for Second Consecutive Year

Surpassing the Global Average by Six Times at 409.5 Citations per Faculty
Announced by UK-Based Global University Evaluation Agency

DGIST announced on June 19 that it has achieved the top spot in South Korea for the second consecutive year in the "Citations per Faculty" category of the "2027 QS World University Rankings (QS WUR)," published by the UK-based global university evaluation agency Quacquarelli Symonds (QS).

The QS World University Rankings is an annual global university assessment based on a total of nine indicators, including academic and employer reputation, student-to-faculty ratio, citations per faculty, internationalization, and sustainability. It is widely used as a key measure to assess the competitiveness of higher education institutions worldwide.

Aerial view of DGIST, Dalseong-gun, Daegu City

Among these indicators, "Citations per Faculty" measures how frequently research papers published by a university's faculty are cited by researchers around the globe.

DGIST recorded 409.5 citations per faculty over the past five years, which is more than six times the global average of 59.9. For the second year in a row, DGIST achieved the highest possible score of 100 in this category.

In the past two years, only 11 universities worldwide, including Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), have received the top score in this category. Among science and engineering-focused universities in South Korea, DGIST is the only institution to have achieved the highest score for two consecutive years.

DGIST President Gunwoo Lee stated, "Building on our internationally recognized research competitiveness, we will further strengthen DGIST's unique interdisciplinary research and advance as a global research university leading the AI era."

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