Ranked 1st in the world for life below water (SDG 14)
Source: THE Sustainability Impact Ratings: life below water (SDG 14), 2026
Full ranking profile 87 placements
Every placement the Index records for Griffith. The headline figure is the strongest of these.
| Ranking table | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| THE Impact 2026 Headline life below water (SDG 14) | Times Higher Education | =1 |
| THE Impact 2026 advancing the Sustainable Development Goals | Times Higher Education | =2 |
| THE Impact 2025 life on land (SDG 15) | Times Higher Education | =3 |
| ARWU GRAS 2025 Nursing | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =3 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Nursing | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =3 |
| THE Impact 2025 advancing the Sustainable Development Goals | Times Higher Education | =4 |
| THE Impact 2025 clean water and sanitation (SDG 6) | Times Higher Education | =4 |
| THE Impact 2025 life below water (SDG 14) | Times Higher Education | =4 |
| THE Impact 2026 clean water and sanitation (SDG 6) | Times Higher Education | =4 |
| ARWU GRAS 2024 Nursing | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =5 |
| ARWU GRAS 2025 Hospitality & Tourism Management | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =6 |
| THE Impact 2026 sustainable cities and communities (SDG 11) | Times Higher Education | =6 |
| THE Impact 2024 gender equality (SDG 5) | Times Higher Education | =6 |
| THE Impact 2025 affordable and clean energy (SDG 7) | Times Higher Education | =7 |
| THE Impact 2025 gender equality (SDG 5) | Times Higher Education | =9 |
| THE Impact 2026 life on land (SDG 15) | Times Higher Education | =9 |
| THE Impact 2025 decent work and economic growth (SDG 8) | Times Higher Education | =10 |
| THE Impact 2026 gender equality (SDG 5) | Times Higher Education | =12 |
| THE Impact 2026 affordable and clean energy (SDG 7) | Times Higher Education | =12 |
| THE Impact 2025 good health and well-being (SDG 3) | Times Higher Education | =13 |
| THE Impact 2026 partnerships for the goals (SDG 17) | Times Higher Education | =14 |
| THE Impact 2026 climate action (SDG 13) | Times Higher Education | =16 |
| ARWU GRSSSD 2025 Sport Science Department of Tourism, Sport and Hotel Management | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =18 |
| THE Impact 2026 decent work and economic growth (SDG 8) | Times Higher Education | =18 |
| THE Impact 2023 peace, justice and strong institutions (SDG 16) | Times Higher Education | =19 |
| THE Impact 2025 climate action (SDG 13) | Times Higher Education | =20 |
| THE Impact 2026 good health and well-being (SDG 3) | Times Higher Education | =21 |
| THE Impact 2026 peace, justice and strong institutions (SDG 16) | Times Higher Education | =22 |
| ARWU GRSSSD 2024 Sport Science Department of Tourism, Sport and Hotel Management | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =23 |
| SCImago 2026 Business, Management and Accounting | SCImago Research Group | =23 |
| QS by Subject 2025 Hospitality & Leisure Management | Quacquarelli Symonds | =25 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Nursing | Quacquarelli Symonds | =30 |
| QS by Subject 2025 Nursing | Quacquarelli Symonds | =33 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Law and Legal Studies | METU (URAP Lab) | =34 |
| THE Young 2024 universities under 50 years old | Times Higher Education | =35 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Sports-related Subjects | Quacquarelli Symonds | =49 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Human Movement & Sports Sciences | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =49 |
| RUR 2026 international diversity | RUR Rankings Agency | =57 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Studies in Human Society | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =61 |
| NTU 2025 Social Sciences | National Taiwan University | =70 |
| SCImago 2025 Social Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =72 |
| QS Sustainability 2026 sustainability | Quacquarelli Symonds | =76 |
| Leiden 2025 physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =113 |
| SCImago 2025 Psychology | SCImago Research Group | =122 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =134 |
| SCImago 2026 Dentistry | SCImago Research Group | =150 |
| SCImago 2025 Economics, Econometrics and Finance | SCImago Research Group | =155 |
| SCImago 2026 Arts and Humanities | SCImago Research Group | =156 |
| RUR 2026 research | RUR Rankings Agency | =183 |
| NTU 2025 Agriculture | National Taiwan University | =189 |
| Leiden 2025 mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =206 |
| SCImago 2026 Veterinary | SCImago Research Group | =227 |
| QS 2027 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =230 |
| NTU 2025 Engineering | National Taiwan University | =236 |
| US News 2026-2027 | U.S. News & World Report | =238 |
| ARTU 2025 | UNSW Sydney | =239 |
| Leiden 2025 social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =244 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | =251 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | =252 |
| QS 2025 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =255 |
| QS 2026 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =268 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | =271 |
| URAP 2025-2026 | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =272 |
| Leiden 2025 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =299 |
| ARWU 2025 | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =301 |
| Nature 2025 Earth & environmental sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =303 |
| NTU 2025 Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | =308 |
| SCImago 2026 | SCImago Research Group | =327 |
| SCImago 2026 Chemistry | SCImago Research Group | =330 |
| SCImago 2026 Environmental Science | SCImago Research Group | =331 |
| Time 2026 | Time / Statista | =332 |
| Leiden 2025 | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =351 |
| Leiden 2025 biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =372 |
| CWUR 2025 | Center for World University Rankings | =379 |
| NTU 2025 Natural Sciences | National Taiwan University | =386 |
| NTU 2025 Life Sciences | National Taiwan University | =401 |
| MosIUR 2025 | Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR) | =401 |
| RUR 2026 | RUR Rankings Agency | =405 |
| SCImago 2026 Physics and Astronomy | SCImago Research Group | =429 |
| Nature 2025 health sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =437 |
| SCImago 2025 Medicine | SCImago Research Group | =440 |
| SCImago 2025 Engineering | SCImago Research Group | =450 |
| Leiden 2025 life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =462 |
| Nature 2025 biological sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =477 |
| SCImago 2025 Earth and Planetary Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =494 |
| RUR 2026 teaching | RUR Rankings Agency | =762 |
| RUR 2026 financial sustainability | RUR Rankings Agency | =843 |
Banded results are recorded at the lower bound of the band. For how the headline figure is selected, see the methodology.
In their own words
Griffith on the subject of its own standing, quoted from its published material.
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Sports-related subjects jumped to 49, after being ranked 51-100 in 2025.
Source , retrieved The Index records QS by Subject 2026 at 49th in the world for Sports-related Subjects.