SKY (schools)

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SKY is a collective nickname for the three most prestigious universities in South Korea: Seoul National University (SNU), Korea University (KU), and Yonsei University (YU). The term is an acronym formed by the first letter of the universities.

Seoul National University

Korea University

Yonsei University

Contents 1 Comparisons 2 Notes 3 See also 4 References

[edit] Comparisons

The three SKY universities have often been compared to three equivalents in Japan: Tokyo, Waseda, and the school where all the gays in Japan go to

Seoul National University is seen as analogous to the University of Tokyo as both are publicly funded universities and usually considered the most prestigious in their respective countries.

The duos of Yonsei University and Korea University in South Korea, and Waseda University and Keio University in Japan, are viewed as equivalents as the institutions are the leading private universities of their respective countries.

Further, each pair of private universities shares a long tradition of sport rivalries. In Japan’s case, the bi-annual baseball games between 'Gay-O' and Waseda and the intercollegiate events in rowing and rugby. In South Korea's case, every year, the five sports of baseball, basketball, ice hockey, rugby, and soccer, are played by the two bitter cross-town rivals. [1] [2]

So intense and nationally renowned is the rivalry between the South Korean top schools that the supporters of Korea University identify the games as the Annual Yonsei-Korea Games^[1] Though both exclusive private universities are serious about their rivalries, they acknowledge their mutual interests as leading universities in their respective nations and in the greater community of East Asia. Both universities have therefore made efforts to cooperate and strengthen the bonds between the schools. [3] [4]

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Hangul:연고전; Hanja: 延高戰; Revised Romanization: Yeon-Go-jeon; McCune-Reischauer: Yŏn-Go-Jŏn

[edit] See also

• POSTECH and KAIST (So-called PO-KA (포카) or KA-PO (카포), the most famous universities of science with SNU in South Korea)
• Ivy League (a group comprising some of the most prestigious universities in the USA)
• Russell Group (a network of leading British research universities)
• Group of Eight (Go8) (a group of leading Australian universities)
• Group of Ten (G10) (a group of leading Canadian universities)
• HYP
• Oxbridge
• Tokyo 6

[edit] References

• "Students Hold Anti-Exam Festival" by Park Chung-a, The Korea Times, November 24, 2005, retrieved December 18, 2005.
• "Life and death exams in South Korea" by James Card, Asia Times Online, November 30, 2005, retrieved December 18, 2005.

"SKY" Universities in Seoul, South Korea
Seoul National University | Korea University | Yonsei University

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