SKY (universities)

• 1895: The year when the Beopgwan Yangseongso (Judicial Training Center), the first modern legal training institution in Korea established by King Gojong, was founded. It later became one of the ten schools integrated into Seoul National University, and 1895 is recognized as the university's symbolic founding year.

• August 1946: The official founding year of Seoul National University as a national university under the National Seoul National University Establishment Act.

• 1905: Bosung College was established as the first modern private institution of higher education in Korea.
• 1932: Bosung College moved to its current location in Anam-dong, Seoul, expanding its facilities and academic programs.
• 1946 August: "Bosung College" was renamed "Korea University" and became a comprehensive university, expanding into various academic disciplines.

• 1885: Former Institute of Severance Medical College and Hospital (later part of Yonsei University) was established. First modern hospital and academic institution built in Korea.
• 1915: Yonhi College established
• 1957 January: Severance Medical College and Hospital and Yonhi University merged into Yonsei University

In 2010, it was reported that 46.3% of high government officials and 50% of CEOs of major financial industries were graduates of SKY universities.{{Cite web|url=http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=101&oid=013&aid=0002007480|title=금융권 CEO 출신대학..서울대＞고려대＞연세대 順|website=Naver News|access-date=2013-08-11|archive-date=2019-10-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191013112109/https://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=101&oid=013&aid=0002007480|url-status=live}} Also, over 60% of the students who passed the 2010 Korean Bar examination were graduates of SKY universities.{{cite web |url=http://news.lec.co.kr/gisaView/detailView.html?menu_code=10&gisaCode=L001012006090001&tblName=tblNews |title=사법시험 로스쿨 행외시 수험의 동반자|access-date=2013-08-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140101231836/http://news.lec.co.kr/gisaView/detailView.html?menu_code=10&gisaCode=L001012006090001&tblName=tblNews |archive-date=2014-01-01 }}

Being admitted in one of these universities typically requires students to be within the top 1% of the Korean College Scholastic Ability Test{{citation needed|date=August 2019}}.

There have been a number of SKY university students who have dropped out of school to protest against South Korea's overheated academic elitism.{{cite news | last = Kim | first = Gyeong-su | script-title = ko:명문대 줄잇는 ‘공개 자퇴’ 왜？ | date = 2011-11-17 | url = http://www.fnnews.com/view?ra=Sent1501m_View&corp=fnnews&arcid=0922468861&cDateYear=2011&cDateMonth=11&cDateDay=17 | work=The Financial News | access-date = 2011-11-20 | language = Korean | archive-date = 2014-01-04 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140104185657/http://www.fnnews.com/view?ra=Sent1501m_View&corp=fnnews&arcid=0922468861&cDateYear=2011&cDateMonth=11&cDateDay=17 | url-status = live }}

• SKY Castle, a 2018–2019 JTBC Friday-Saturday prime time drama, explores the employment of coordinators by parents who wish their children to enter one of the three colleges, which sometimes does not come without consequences.

• Korea University–Yonsei University rivalry
• Oxbridge, referring to the UK's oldest universities, Oxford and Cambridge
• Golden triangle, informal grouping of universities in London and southeast England
• Russell Group, a self-selected association of twenty-four public research universities in the United Kingdom
• Ivy League, formal grouping of elite older private universities in the United States
• Big Three, informal term grouping Harvard, Yale, and Princeton
• Big Four, informal term grouping the four most prestigious universities in the Philippines
• TU9, alliance of nine leading Technical Universities in Germany
• Group of Eight, a group of Australia's top research universities
• National Institutes of Technology, 31 leading public engineering universities in India
• Imperial Universities, grouping of elite older universities in Japan
• Double First-Class Construction, funding schemes for universities in China

• Jambor, Paul Z, [http://flecoree.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/south_korean_uni_ranking.pdf "Why South Korean Universities Have Low International Rankings"], Academic Leadership: Volume 7, Issue 1, February 20, 2009
• Jambor, Paul Z, [http://flecoree.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/south_korean_uni_ranking2.pdf "Why South Korean Universities Have Low International Rankings - Part II: The Student Side of the Equation"], Academic Leadership: Volume 7, Issue 3, August 10, 2009
• Park, Chung-a, [https://web.archive.org/web/20070310222354/http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/200511/kt2005112419013968040.htm "Students Hold Anti-Exam Festival"], The Korea Times, November 24, 2005, retrieved December 18, 2005

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