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Industry Collaboration Index 2026 · University profile

Yeungnam University

South Korea · Asia-Pacific

#882World rank of 1,038
29.0ICI scoreout of 100
#28National rank, of 28 in South Korea
#281Regional rank, of 343 in Asia-Pacific
250Verified industry works, 2021 to 2025
113Company groups worked with (41 on two or more works)

Yeungnam University is ranked #882 of 1,038. It is held back most by co-creation (13): 250 verified industry works against about 549 expected for its mix of fields; and by scale (27): a network of 41 company groups on two or more joint works.

Research Collaboration Index 2026: #777 of 1,195 · View the RCI profile →

Why this position

Four pillars, as percentiles

Co-creation30% of the score
13

How often it co-authors with companies, compared with what its own mix of research fields would predict; size makes no difference. 250 verified works against about 549 expected for its fields (0.46 times the expected rate).

Durability20% of the score
48

How much of its industry work sits in sustained partnerships with the same company group. 8 sustained partnerships: five or more joint works in three or more of the five years.

Scale30% of the score
27

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. 41 company groups on two or more joint works; 8 sustained partnerships.

Breadth20% of the score
37

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 (29.0) is the weighted average of the four percentiles. Rank 882 of 1,038 overall; 28 of 28 in South Korea; 281 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

1.8%of its 13,762 research works in 2021 to 2025 were co-authored with a verified company
0.46Industry co-authorship rate: 0.46 times what its mix of research fields would predict (250 verified works; about 549 expected)
8sustained partnerships: the same company group on five or more joint works in three or more of the five years

In South Korea

28 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: 281 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.

Sector positions

#276 of 481Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology38 verified works in the sector
#488 of 638Pharmaceuticals and Therapeutics40.5 verified works in the sector
#291 of 295Clean Energy Transition20 verified works in the sector
Pharmaceuticals and Therapeutics
40.5#488 of 638
Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology
38#276 of 481
Clean Energy Transition
20#291 of 295
Batteries and Energy Storage
13.5under 20 works
Advanced Manufacturing and Industry 4.0
12under 20 works
Biotechnology and Advanced Therapies
11.5under 20 works
Chemicals, Process and Resources
9under 20 works
Artificial Intelligence
7under 20 works
Next-Generation Communications
7under 20 works
Semiconductors and Microelectronics
5under 20 works
Climate, Environment and Sustainability
4under 20 works
Medical Technology and Digital Health
4under 20 works
Automotive and Mobility
4under 20 works
Software, Cloud and Data
4under 20 works
Robotics and Autonomous Systems
3ranking withheld (under 10 eligible)
Built Environment and Infrastructure
2under 20 works
Cybersecurity and Digital Trust
1under 20 works
Not in any of the 21 sectors
64counted in the overall index

186 of its 250 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

Yeungnam University co-authored verified work with 113 company groups, consortium papers aside: 41 of them on two or more works, and 8 as sustained partners.

The largest 12 of its 113 company groups, by joint works

Company groupBased inCompany's main research fieldJoint worksYears with a joint work
SamsungSouth KoreaEngineering345 of 5
Korea Electric Power CorporationSTATE-OWNEDSouth KoreaEngineering205 of 5
Pohang Iron and SteelSouth KoreaEngineering104 of 5
Saudi Arabia Basic IndustriesSaudi ArabiaMaterials Science104 of 5
Hyundai MotorsSouth KoreaEngineering105 of 5
Hanmi PharmaceuticalSouth KoreaMedicine93 of 5
Hanwha SolutionsEngineering74 of 5
SK GroupSouth KoreaEngineering62 of 5
LGSouth KoreaEngineering63 of 5
SK HynixSouth KoreaEngineering62 of 5
Optos Public Limited CompanyUnited KingdomMedicine52 of 5
YuhanSouth KoreaMedicine42 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

592021
47.52022
56.52023
432024
442025

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.

Clinical trials (reported, not scored)

2 industry-partnered clinical trials

Trials starting 2021 to 2025 in ClinicalTrials.gov in which a company and this university are the sponsor and a collaborator. Names are matched exactly, so a trial registered only under an affiliated hospital's own name is not counted here, and the count can be well below the university's real trial activity. Trials do not enter the score.

Examples:

  • NCT06088121 Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of ATNC-MDD V1(TMS With Cognitive Training) in Mild Alzheimer's Dementia with Advanced Technology & Communications, 2023
  • NCT05672979 Prospective triAl of Modified Treat-and-extend Regimens With BroLucizumab in pachychOroid Neovasculopathy with Novartis, 2023

Evidence checked

297 verified company links

Each counted link (one work, this university and one company) was confirmed against the affiliation text its author wrote; 223 of 520 candidate links were set aside.

Why links were set aside
  • 126 company name not written in the author's affiliation
  • 56 part of a university or public institute's own unit
  • 26 ordinary-word name without a company suffix
  • 5 part of a street or district address
  • 5 a place or common word that failed its stricter rule
  • 2 excluded after hand audit: A WHO/ITU focus group and a hospital programme, not a company
  • 3 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, Yeungnam University ranks #777 of 1,195. 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.