Generally speaking, neither school belongs to a big city. One is in Jinzhou, gyeongsangnam-do, which is close to Chocatching Island and some distance from Busan. The other is in Qingbei-Qingshan, which is close to Daegu and belongs to the Qingshang Circle. Comparatively speaking, Shangqing University is a national university, founded in 1948, with comprehensive disciplines and advantages over Lingnan University.

South Korea does not encourage public schools to rank, but there are few national universities with good teachers.