KAIST was evaluated 1^st in the Joong Ang Newspaper University Evaluation scoring 241 points out of a total of 300 points. This is KAIST’s 5^th consecutive year being ranked 1^st by Joong Ang Newspaper’s University Evaluation.

POSTECH, Yonsei University, Seoul National University, Sungkyunkwan University, and Korea University followed behind.

The Joong Ang Newspaper University Evaluation started in 1994 and KAIST is the first university to be evaluated 1^st for 5 consecutive years.

KAIST scored high in education environment, finance, and professor research criteria.

Joong Ang Newspaper evaluated 102 universities and based the evaluation on: education environment (90 points), globalization (50 points), professor research (100 points), and reputation (60 points).