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Industry Collaboration Index 2026 · University profile

Sejong University

South Korea · Asia-Pacific

#762World rank of 1,038
35.2ICI scoreout of 100
#26National rank, of 28 in South Korea
#238Regional rank, of 343 in Asia-Pacific
288Verified industry works, 2021 to 2025
130Company groups worked with (40 on two or more works)

Sejong University is ranked #762 of 1,038. Its strongest pillar is durability (60): 11 of its company groups are sustained partners (five or more joint works in three or more of the five years). It is held back most by co-creation (26): 288 verified industry works against about 436 expected for its mix of fields; and by breadth (22): partners concentrated in a few research fields.

Research Collaboration Index 2026: #534 of 1,195, Silver standing · View the RCI profile →

Why this position

Four pillars, as percentiles

Co-creation30% of the score
26

How often it co-authors with companies, compared with what its own mix of research fields would predict; size makes no difference. 288 verified works against about 436 expected for its fields (0.66 times the expected rate).

Durability20% of the score
60

How much of its industry work sits in sustained partnerships with the same company group. 11 sustained partnerships: five or more joint works in three or more of the five years.

Scale30% of the score
36

The size of its industry network: company groups on two or more works, sustained partnerships, and its place in the worldwide network of universities and companies. 40 company groups on two or more joint works; 11 sustained partnerships.

Breadth20% of the score
22

How varied its partners are, judged by each company's main research field. Measured across the main research fields of all the company groups it worked with.

Each pillar is a percentile among the 1,038 ranked universities: a value of 80 means a higher value than about 80 in every 100 of them. The ICI score (35.2) is the weighted average of the four percentiles. Rank 762 of 1,038 overall; 26 of 28 in South Korea; 238 of 343 in Asia-Pacific. Standing bands: Platinum for ranks 1 to 100, Gold 101 to 300, Silver 301 to 600. How the index is built →

In numbers

The evidence behind the position

2.5%of its 11,335 research works in 2021 to 2025 were co-authored with a verified company
0.66Industry co-authorship rate: 0.66 times what its mix of research fields would predict (288 verified works; about 436 expected)
11sustained partnerships: the same company group on five or more joint works in three or more of the five years

In South Korea

26 of 28 ranked universities in South Korea

  1. #24 Korea University of Science and Technology world #736, score 37.4
  2. #25 Gyeongsang National University world #752, score 36.0
  3. #26 Sejong University world #762, score 35.2
  4. #27 Dongguk University world #824, score 32.2
  5. #28 Yeungnam University world #882, score 29.0

All ranked universities →   Asia-Pacific: 238 of 343 →

Where it works with industry

Sector strengths

Verified industry works by sector, with its position in each sector ranking. A university is ranked in a sector once it has at least 20 verified works there; sectors with fewer than 50 eligible universities are provisional.

Strongest sector positions

#236 of 481Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology38.5 verified works in the sector
Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology
38.5#236 of 481
Next-Generation Communications
28.5#118 of 188
Artificial Intelligence
14.5under 20 works
Advanced Manufacturing and Industry 4.0
10.5under 20 works
Built Environment and Infrastructure
10.5under 20 works
Chemicals, Process and Resources
10under 20 works
Climate, Environment and Sustainability
10under 20 works
Software, Cloud and Data
9.5under 20 works
Batteries and Energy Storage
9under 20 works
Semiconductors and Microelectronics
9under 20 works
Clean Energy Transition
7under 20 works
Pharmaceuticals and Therapeutics
5under 20 works
Agriculture and Food Technology
4under 20 works
Cybersecurity and Digital Trust
3under 20 works
Space and Satellite Technology
2.5under 20 works
Aerospace and Aviation
2under 20 works
Medical Technology and Digital Health
2under 20 works
Automotive and Mobility
2under 20 works
Robotics and Autonomous Systems
2ranking withheld (under 10 eligible)
Biotechnology and Advanced Therapies
1under 20 works
Not in any of the 21 sectors
107.5counted in the overall index

180.5 of its 288 verified industry works fall within the 21 sectors. The rest have research topics that belong to no industry sector (basic science, for example) or are consortium papers with 100 or more authors, which the sector indices leave out; all of them count fully in the overall index.

Who it works with

Company partners, 2021 to 2025

Sejong University co-authored verified work with 130 company groups, consortium papers aside: 40 of them on two or more works, and 11 as sustained partners.

The largest 12 of its 130 company groups, by joint works

Company groupBased inCompany's main research fieldJoint worksYears with a joint work
SamsungSouth KoreaEngineering39.55 of 5
Hyundai MotorsSouth KoreaEngineering205 of 5
Hanwha SolutionsEngineering165 of 5
AmorepacificSouth KoreaMedicine164 of 5
Owlstone MedicalUnited KingdomEngineering122 of 5
Korea Electric Power CorporationSTATE-OWNEDSouth KoreaEngineering104 of 5
Wonik IPSSouth KoreaEngineering74 of 5
SK GroupSouth KoreaEngineering64 of 5
Gumi Electronics & Information Technology Research InstituteSouth KoreaEngineering63 of 5
JEOLJapanMaterials Science53 of 5
Hankook TireSouth KoreaEngineering53 of 5
Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications GroupVietnamEngineering54 of 5

A company group brings together a company's subsidiaries and research labs under one name. A work counts half when its only company author also holds a post at this university. Consortium papers with 100 or more authors are left out of this table.

Examples of its work with industry

Most-cited verified joint works

Its most-cited verified works with 30 or fewer authors, leaving out guidelines and consensus statements. Citation counts are those of the open scholarly record at harvest. Each title links to the work.

Over time

Verified industry works by year

602021
392022
652023
632024
612025

2025 is not yet complete: papers published late in the year are still being added to the open record, and coverage may not be equally complete for every university, so compare years with care. A work counts half when its only company author also holds a post at the university, so some totals end in .5.

Funded partnerships (reported, not scored)

Publicly funded research projects with companies

European Union: 1 Horizon projects with company partners

Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe projects starting 2021-2025 in which this university and at least one company take part (7 distinct companies). Company partners include: Athens Technology Center Anonymi Viomichaniki Emporiki Kai Techniki Et, Business and Technology University LLC, Limited Liability Company Scientific Park of Lviv Polytechnic National, Martel GmbH, Regionalis Informacios Es Fejleszto Tudaskozpont Korlatolt Felelossegu.

  • INPACE Indo-Pacific-European Hub for Digital Partnerships: Trusted Digital Technologies for Sustainable Well-Being 2024, 7 companies

Shown for context from the public grant registries; they do not enter the score in Edition 1. Comparable open registries of company partners exist for the European Union and the United Kingdom but not yet for most other research systems, and in some countries national research organisations take part on behalf of university laboratories, so these counts are not comparable between countries.

Evidence checked

335 verified company links

Each counted link (one work, this university and one company) was confirmed against the affiliation text its author wrote; 335 of 670 candidate links were set aside.

Why links were set aside
  • 197 company name not written in the author's affiliation
  • 30 part of a university or public institute's own unit
  • 30 refresh_university_not_on_work
  • 24 a place or common word that failed its stricter rule
  • 22 ordinary-word name without a company suffix
  • 12 excluded after hand audit: Matched from street addresses (State Street)
  • 20 for other reasons: smaller hand-audit findings, and links the current open record no longer supports

If a partner is missing or should not be here, send the evidence; corrections are free and reviewed against the public record.

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The other GRP index

Research Collaboration Index

In the Research Collaboration Index 2026, Sejong University ranks #534 of 1,195, with Silver standing. It measures the whole research network, not only industry.

View the RCI profile →

Something wrong? Every figure comes from the public record and can be checked. If a partner is missing or should not be there, tell us and we will review it with the evidence. The 2027 edition will be calculated with the same published methodology. The window for universities to submit data for it is open now: submit data for the 2027 edition. The index is free, public and independent. No commercial relationship with any university or company changes any position, and no one can pay to be included, excluded or moved.