Ranked 7th in the world for Biomedical Engineering
Source: ShanghaiRanking Global Ranking of Academic Subjects: Biomedical Engineering, 2025
Full ranking profile 58 placements
Every placement the Index records for Seoul National University. The headline figure is the strongest of these.
| Ranking table | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| ARWU GRAS 2025 Headline Biomedical Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =7 |
| ARWU GRAS 2025 Textile Science & Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =7 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Social Policy & Administration | Quacquarelli Symonds | =11 |
| RUR 2026 teaching | RUR Rankings Agency | =12 |
| SCImago 2026 Dentistry | SCImago Research Group | =19 |
| Leiden 2025 | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =21 |
| Nature 2025 health sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =35 |
| SCImago 2026 Veterinary | SCImago Research Group | =37 |
| QS 2026 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =38 |
| Nature 2025 Earth & environmental sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =42 |
| NTU 2025 Materials Science | National Taiwan University | =45 |
| SCImago 2025 Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics | SCImago Research Group | =48 |
| SCImago 2025 Computer Science | SCImago Research Group | =50 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Chemical Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =50 |
| Nature 2025 | Nature / Springer Nature | =51 |
| ARTU 2025 | UNSW Sydney | =51 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | =52 |
| THE-Rep 2025 reputation | Times Higher Education | =52 |
| SCImago 2026 Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | SCImago Research Group | =52 |
| URAP 2025-2026 | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =57 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | =58 |
| SCImago 2026 | SCImago Research Group | =58 |
| Nature 2025 physical sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =58 |
| NTU 2025 Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | =67 |
| NTU 2025 Natural Sciences | National Taiwan University | =67 |
| SCImago 2025 Engineering | SCImago Research Group | =67 |
| SCImago 2025 Medicine | SCImago Research Group | =67 |
| MosIUR 2025 | Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR) | =70 |
| SCImago 2026 Chemistry | SCImago Research Group | =70 |
| RUR 2026 | RUR Rankings Agency | =77 |
| Time 2026 | Time / Statista | =81 |
| Nature 2025 biological sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =82 |
| SCImago 2026 Physics and Astronomy | SCImago Research Group | =83 |
| NTU 2025 Engineering | National Taiwan University | =84 |
| NTU 2025 Life Sciences | National Taiwan University | =87 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =91 |
| SCImago 2025 Agricultural and Biological Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =93 |
| SCImago 2025 Mathematics | SCImago Research Group | =95 |
| NTU 2025 Agriculture | National Taiwan University | =101 |
| SCImago 2026 Environmental Science | SCImago Research Group | =122 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | =127 |
| SCImago 2025 Social Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =153 |
| RUR 2026 research | RUR Rankings Agency | =167 |
| SCImago 2025 Psychology | SCImago Research Group | =189 |
| SCImago 2025 Economics, Econometrics and Finance | SCImago Research Group | =205 |
| SCImago 2026 Business, Management and Accounting | SCImago Research Group | =217 |
| NTU 2025 Social Sciences | National Taiwan University | =233 |
| RUR 2026 international diversity | RUR Rankings Agency | =245 |
| SCImago 2026 Arts and Humanities | SCImago Research Group | =252 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Studies in Human Society | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =272 |
| SCImago 2025 Earth and Planetary Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =350 |
| Leiden 2025 physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =612 |
| Leiden 2025 mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =800 |
| Leiden 2025 social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =847 |
| RUR 2026 financial sustainability | RUR Rankings Agency | =873 |
| Leiden 2025 biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =977 |
| Leiden 2025 life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =1018 |
| Leiden 2025 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =1077 |
Banded results are recorded at the lower bound of the band. For how the headline figure is selected, see the methodology.