Ranked 4th in the world for financial sustainability
Source: Round University Ranking: Financial Sustainability (2026), 2026
Full ranking profile 45 placements
Every placement the Index records for KAIST. The headline figure is the strongest of these.
| Ranking table | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| RUR 2026 Headline financial sustainability | RUR Rankings Agency | =4 |
| RUR 2026 teaching | RUR Rankings Agency | =8 |
| ARWU GRAS 2025 Biotechnology | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =16 |
| ARWU GRAS 2025 Aerospace Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =26 |
| Nature 2025 physical sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =44 |
| QS 2026 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =53 |
| SCImago 2025 Computer Science | SCImago Research Group | =59 |
| SCImago 2025 Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics | SCImago Research Group | =61 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | =70 |
| Nature 2025 | Nature / Springer Nature | =81 |
| SCImago 2025 Engineering | SCImago Research Group | =92 |
| SCImago 2025 Mathematics | SCImago Research Group | =96 |
| THE-Rep 2025 reputation | Times Higher Education | =101 |
| NTU 2025 Engineering | National Taiwan University | =102 |
| SCImago 2026 Physics and Astronomy | SCImago Research Group | =113 |
| SCImago 2026 | SCImago Research Group | =146 |
| SCImago 2026 Chemistry | SCImago Research Group | =146 |
| SCImago 2026 Environmental Science | SCImago Research Group | =155 |
| Nature 2025 health sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =156 |
| NTU 2025 Natural Sciences | National Taiwan University | =163 |
| SCImago 2026 Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | SCImago Research Group | =168 |
| Leiden 2025 life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =184 |
| SCImago 2025 Agricultural and Biological Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =192 |
| Leiden 2025 | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =196 |
| MosIUR 2025 | Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR) | =213 |
| Leiden 2025 biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =217 |
| RUR 2026 | RUR Rankings Agency | =223 |
| Nature 2025 biological sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =239 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | =264 |
| SCImago 2025 Earth and Planetary Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =267 |
| SCImago 2025 Medicine | SCImago Research Group | =284 |
| URAP 2025-2026 | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =288 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | =304 |
| Leiden 2025 physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =334 |
| Time 2026 | Time / Statista | =359 |
| SCImago 2025 Social Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =365 |
| NTU 2025 Life Sciences | National Taiwan University | =401 |
| Leiden 2025 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =407 |
| SCImago 2026 Business, Management and Accounting | SCImago Research Group | =482 |
| SCImago 2025 Economics, Econometrics and Finance | SCImago Research Group | =492 |
| NTU 2025 Social Sciences | National Taiwan University | =551 |
| Leiden 2025 mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =557 |
| RUR 2026 international diversity | RUR Rankings Agency | =599 |
| RUR 2026 research | RUR Rankings Agency | =761 |
| Leiden 2025 social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =781 |
Banded results are recorded at the lower bound of the band. For how the headline figure is selected, see the methodology.