Kyung Hee is committed to building a culture of diversity and excellence by respecting the unique characteristics of each department and college, as well as the graduate school. This approach is based on the philosophy that achieving academic diversity and excellence is essential to the University’s mission. Underpinned by these visionary efforts, all academic fields, including humanities, medicine, social science, natural science, engineering, sports, and fine arts, have developed in a balance, leading to an increase in the number of globally recognized academic fields at the University. The outstanding achievements in each academic field have propelled the University’s advancement.
In the 2021 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) by Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Kyung Hee ranked 15th in hospitality and tourism management, and 48th globally and 1st in Korea in telecommunication engineering, highlighting its world-class research capabilities in these fields. The University also placed among the top 100 universities in the world in fields such as library and information science, nursing, and international development studies, along with hospitality and tourism management and telecommunication engineering, in various global university evaluation rankings.