For 450 years Pontifical Gregorian University Rome, Italy (1551) Messina Sicily (1548) St. Paul's College Macau, China (1594) Medical College Bahia, Brazil (1556) St. Paul's College Goa, India (1542) Jesuits maintain the largest, most extensive and oldest higher education system in the world
28 in United States Boston College Ranked 16th on the Forbes.com 2009 edition of "America's Best Colleges. One of the largest higher education systems with over 210,000 students (ref UC system 190,000 students) 10% of 112th U.S. Congress are Jesuit college alumni 30 alumni served in appointed positions in the Obama Administration. Fordham University Ranked amongst the top 60 national universities Santa Clara University Ranked 2nd in the U.S. News & World Report's 2010 collegiate rankings master's universities (West)
28 in United States Georgetown University Ranked 21st in the U.S. News & Reports Produced 12 head of states including Bill Clinton College of the Holy Cross Forbes ranked Holy Cross 27th in its "America's Best Colleges" list. Ranked 3 rd on Payscale s list of graduates salary Loyola Marymount University Ranked 3rd in the U.S. News & World Report's 2010 collegiate rankings master's universities (West)
2011 QS World Universities Ranking Latin America Rank Universities Country 15 Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro Brazil 23 Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Colombia 24 Universidad Iberoamericana (UIA) Mexico 79 Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Ecuador Ecuador 99 Universidad Catolica Andres Bello Venezuela 30 in Latin America Pontifical Catholic University Of Rio de Janeiro The best private university in Brazil Pontificia Universidad Javeriana One of the best universities in Columbia
32 in Europe ESADE University ranked as one of the world's foremost international business school by the U.S. newspaper The Wall Street Journal in 2006 and 2007 Pontifical Gregorian University Primarily a Theology school that has produced 17 popes.
St. Xavier's College, Kolkata Ranked as the best commerce college in India by India today 66 in South Asia India Today 2011 University Ranking Loyola College, Chennai Ranked 1 st in both its Science and Humanities courses in India University Arts Commerce Science Loyola College, Chennai 3 3 2 St. Xavier's College, Mumbai 4-18 St. Xavier's College, Kolkata 7 2 3 St. Xavier's College, Ahmedabad 23-15 St. Joseph's College, Bangalore 29 14 9
14 in Asia Pacific Ateneo de Manila University Ranked No.1 in Philippines by QS World University Ranking Sophia University Top 20 university of Japan Sogang University The best university in Korea without medical school
Over 200 institutions in 40 countries
Sophia University Case Study 1 Jesuits operating an elite private university among public university system in Japan
Sophia University Founded in 1913, reorganized as a university in 1948 under the new Japanese educational system. Sophia now holds 8 faculties and 27 departments, having 10,528 undergrad, 1208 post grad students Famous alumni: Morihiro Hosokawa 細川護煕 79th Prime Minister of Japan Kōichi Mashimo 真下耕一 Animator and Producer ( 龍之子四大天王 ) Agnes Chan 陳美齡 A HK/Japan pop singer
One of the most Internationalized universities in Japan 7% international students 17% international faculty 148 Partner Universities from 35 countries
中国の温家宝首相が上智大学学生と交流 2010 年 5 月 31 日 http://www.sophia.ac.jp/jpn/info/news/2010/5/globalnews_053/2010news_press100531
Top 20 Most Selective Universities out of 726 (public 135, others are private) National Public University of Tokyo ( 東京大学 ) Kyoto University ( 京都大学 ) Hitotsubashi University ( 一橋大学 ) Tokyo Institute of Technology ( 東京工業大学 ) Osaka University ( 大阪大学 ) Hokkaido University Tohoku University Nagoya University Kobe University Kyushu University University of Tsukuba Ochanomizu University Tokyo University of Foreign Studies Yokohama National University Hiroshima University Private 3 rd International Affairs 2 nd Social Work 2 nd Psychology 1 st Foreign Languages 14 th Law School Waseda University ( 早稲田大学 ) Keio University ( 慶應義塾大学 ) Sophia University ( 上智大学 ) Tokyo University of Science ( 東京理科大学 ) International Christian University - ICU ( 国際基督教大学 ) 8 th best employment rate 6 th best graduate salary
Sogang University Case Study 2 Jesuits started building an elite private university in Korea in the 1960s
Sogang University Established in 1960, Sogang University has 8100 undergraduate students and 4000 graduate students, with 7 schools and 24 departments
Microcosm of global society Over 3000 international students 30% of classes taught in English 211 partner Universities in 54 countries
Reputation Best university in Korea without medical school Many students from top 1% of national exam Ranked 2 nd for graduates ability Received 1 st in graduates salary Received presidential Award for higher education
Development timeline 1960 - Sogang College began as a liberal arts college with six departments-english Language and Literature, History, Philosophy, Mathematics, Physics, Economics 1968 - The Graduate school was opened with Masters program 1970 - University Charter was granted by the Ministry of Education 1976 - Research Institute for Communications was established 1977 - Advanced Institute of Accounting was established 1981 - Research Institute for English as an International Language was established 1984 - Technology Management Institute was established 1988 - College of Social Science and Law Department were opened 1988 - Research Institute for Philosophy was established 1988 1999 Opened 7 Graduate Schools in 11 years 1988 - Graduate School of Public Policy was opened with three departments 1990 - Graduate School of Education was opened with ten majors 1991 - Graduate School of Economics was opened with six departments 1992 - Graduate School of Mass Communication was opened with four majors 1997 - Graduate School of International Studies was opened 1997 - Graduate School of Information and Technology was opened 1999 - Graduate School of Media Communications was opened 2009 - Law School was opened