Ranked 16th in the world
Full ranking profile 25 placements
Every placement the Index records for Sungkyunkwan University. The headline figure is the strongest of these.
| Ranking table | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| QS Asia 2025 Headline | Quacquarelli Symonds | =16 |
| QS Asia 2026 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =16 |
| THE Asia 2025 | Times Higher Education | =19 |
| THE Asia 2026 | Times Higher Education | =20 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =24 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Medical Technology | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =28 |
| THE by Subject 2026 Clinical and Health | Times Higher Education | =40 |
| THE ISR 2026 interdisciplinary science | Times Higher Education | =43 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Robotic Science & Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =45 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Materials Science & Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =46 |
| THE by Subject 2025 Clinical and Health | Times Higher Education | =50 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =51 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Telecommunication Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =101 |
| Leiden Open 2024 | CWTS, Leiden University | =106 |
| Leiden Open 2025 | CWTS, Leiden University | =114 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Statistics | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =151 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Mathematics | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =201 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Mechanical Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =201 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Metallurgical Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =201 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Physics | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =201 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Political Sciences | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =201 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Public Health | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =201 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Psychology | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =301 |
| Leiden Open 2024 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =845 |
| Leiden Open 2025 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =1083 |
Banded results are recorded at the lower bound of the band. For how the headline figure is selected, see the methodology.