Seoul National University, also known as Seoul National University, formerly known as Seoul National University, is the first comprehensive ranking of institutions of higher learning in Korea. Located in Seoul, South Korea, Seoul National University is the earliest established national comprehensive university in Korea (its predecessor as the old Kyoto Imperial University), has been a model of higher education in Korea, known as the "highest institution of the Korean nation. Seoul National University has been ranked the first in Korea in the world and is the top institution of higher education in Asia.