Ranked 1st in the world for decent work and economic growth (SDG 8)
Source: THE Sustainability Impact Ratings: decent work and economic growth (SDG 8), 2025
Full ranking profile 52 placements
Every placement the Index records for Korea University. The headline figure is the strongest of these.
| Ranking table | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| THE Impact 2025 Headline decent work and economic growth (SDG 8) | Times Higher Education | =1 |
| THE Impact 2026 industry, innovation and infrastructure (SDG 9) | Times Higher Education | =19 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Modern Languages | Quacquarelli Symonds | =29 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Marketing | Quacquarelli Symonds | =33 |
| NTU 2025 Energy Science & Engineering | National Taiwan University | =38 |
| NTU 2025 Biomedical Engineering | National Taiwan University | =47 |
| QS 2026 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =61 |
| SCImago 2026 Environmental Science | SCImago Research Group | =72 |
| NTU 2025 Engineering | National Taiwan University | =74 |
| SCImago 2026 Chemistry | SCImago Research Group | =78 |
| SCImago 2025 Computer Science | SCImago Research Group | =86 |
| SCImago 2025 Engineering | SCImago Research Group | =95 |
| NTU 2025 Natural Sciences | National Taiwan University | =100 |
| Leiden 2025 | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =103 |
| SCImago 2026 Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | SCImago Research Group | =112 |
| SCImago 2026 | SCImago Research Group | =117 |
| NTU 2025 Agriculture | National Taiwan University | =117 |
| ARTU 2025 | UNSW Sydney | =120 |
| SCImago 2025 Mathematics | SCImago Research Group | =125 |
| SCImago 2026 Physics and Astronomy | SCImago Research Group | =129 |
| URAP 2025-2026 | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =140 |
| SCImago 2025 Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics | SCImago Research Group | =145 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | =148 |
| SCImago 2025 Medicine | SCImago Research Group | =153 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | =156 |
| Nature 2025 | Nature / Springer Nature | =165 |
| Time 2026 | Time / Statista | =167 |
| Nature 2025 health sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =170 |
| SCImago 2026 Dentistry | SCImago Research Group | =178 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =211 |
| NTU 2025 Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | =239 |
| MosIUR 2025 | Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR) | =246 |
| NTU 2025 Life Sciences | National Taiwan University | =254 |
| Nature 2025 biological sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =259 |
| NTU 2025 Social Sciences | National Taiwan University | =286 |
| SCImago 2026 Business, Management and Accounting | SCImago Research Group | =312 |
| SCImago 2025 Psychology | SCImago Research Group | =319 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | =328 |
| SCImago 2025 Agricultural and Biological Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =337 |
| SCImago 2025 Economics, Econometrics and Finance | SCImago Research Group | =338 |
| SCImago 2025 Social Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =355 |
| Nature 2025 physical sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =416 |
| SCImago 2026 Veterinary | SCImago Research Group | =423 |
| Nature 2025 Earth & environmental sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =425 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Studies in Human Society | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =446 |
| SCImago 2026 Arts and Humanities | SCImago Research Group | =494 |
| Leiden 2025 physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =682 |
| Leiden 2025 social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =803 |
| Leiden 2025 life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =946 |
| Leiden 2025 biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =989 |
| Leiden 2025 mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =1000 |
| Leiden 2025 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =1087 |
Banded results are recorded at the lower bound of the band. For how the headline figure is selected, see the methodology.