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SKY (Korean language: 스카이 대학) is an acronym for the three most prestigious universities in South Korea: Seoul National University, Korea University, and Yonsei University. The term is widely used nationwide in Korea, in the Korean broadcast media and even by the universities themselves. .

Regardless of the academic standing of the SKY universities internationally, inside Korea, admission to one of them is widely considered as determining one's career and social status. Many Korean politicians and policy makers have a degree from a SKY university. The President's cabinet is usually filled with SKY graduates (predominantly from Seoul National University).

Members

History

• 1885 April 10: Gwanghyewon founded
• 1885 April 23: Gwanghyewon renamed Jejungwon
• 1904: Jejungwon Medical School renamed Severance Union Medical College
• 1905 May: Bosung College founded
• 1915 March 5: Chosun Christian College founded
• 1946: Establishment as a university; Yonhi College renamed Yonhi University
• 1946 August: Establishment as a university; Boseong College renamed Korea University
• 1946 August 22: Seoul National University founded by merging ten institutions of higher education around Seoul
• 1957 January: Severance Medical College and Hospital and Yonhi University merged into Yonsei University

See also

• Ivy League, a group of United States universities
• Seven Sisters, a group of liberal arts women's colleges in the US
• Russell Group, a group of British research universities
• Group of Eight, a group of Australian universities
• Group of Thirteen, a group of Canadian universities
• Big Three, collective term for Harvard, Yale, and Princeton
• Oxbridge, collective term for Oxford and Cambridge
• IDEA League, a group of European universities specializing in engineering and science
• LERU, a group of research-oriented European universities

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