10 Most Advanced Countries in Engineering

9. South Korea

Numbers of papers published: 32,331

Ranking according to number of papers published: 9

Number of citations made: 114,232

Ranking according to number of citations made: 10

Insider Monkey Score: 11

South Korea has been one of the surprise packages of Asia. In a matter of decades, the nation has become technologically advanced and has taken the engineering industry by storm. Now, a person is five times more likely to major in engineering here, as opposed to a person in the United States. In fact, South Korea’s education system is designed specifically to encourage students to enter engineering, which they very often do.

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