Ranked 1st in the world for industry, innovation and infrastructure (SDG 9)
Source: THE Sustainability Impact Ratings: industry, innovation and infrastructure (SDG 9), 2026
Full ranking profile 57 placements
Every placement the Index records for Yonsei University. The headline figure is the strongest of these.
| Ranking table | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| THE Impact 2026 Headline industry, innovation and infrastructure (SDG 9) | Times Higher Education | =1 |
| THE Impact 2025 decent work and economic growth (SDG 8) | Times Higher Education | =5 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Social Policy & Administration | Quacquarelli Symonds | =14 |
| ARWU GRAS 2025 Biotechnology | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =18 |
| SCImago 2026 Dentistry | SCImago Research Group | =27 |
| THE Impact 2026 peace, justice and strong institutions (SDG 16) | Times Higher Education | =31 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Nursing | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =44 |
| QS 2026 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =50 |
| Leiden 2025 | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =60 |
| RUR 2026 international diversity | RUR Rankings Agency | =66 |
| Nature 2025 health sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =72 |
| NTU 2025 Engineering | National Taiwan University | =76 |
| SCImago 2026 Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | SCImago Research Group | =76 |
| ARTU 2025 | UNSW Sydney | =79 |
| SCImago 2025 Medicine | SCImago Research Group | =81 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | =86 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | =93 |
| SCImago 2025 Computer Science | SCImago Research Group | =93 |
| SCImago 2026 Chemistry | SCImago Research Group | =95 |
| URAP 2025-2026 | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =97 |
| Nature 2025 Earth & environmental sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =100 |
| NTU 2025 Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | =102 |
| SCImago 2026 | SCImago Research Group | =102 |
| SCImago 2025 Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics | SCImago Research Group | =105 |
| NTU 2025 Natural Sciences | National Taiwan University | =112 |
| MosIUR 2025 | Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR) | =112 |
| Nature 2025 | Nature / Springer Nature | =113 |
| SCImago 2025 Engineering | SCImago Research Group | =115 |
| RUR 2026 research | RUR Rankings Agency | =118 |
| SCImago 2026 Business, Management and Accounting | SCImago Research Group | =118 |
| Time 2026 | Time / Statista | =123 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =124 |
| RUR 2026 financial sustainability | RUR Rankings Agency | =129 |
| RUR 2026 | RUR Rankings Agency | =130 |
| SCImago 2025 Mathematics | SCImago Research Group | =137 |
| SCImago 2026 Environmental Science | SCImago Research Group | =142 |
| SCImago 2026 Physics and Astronomy | SCImago Research Group | =145 |
| NTU 2025 Life Sciences | National Taiwan University | =161 |
| NTU 2025 Social Sciences | National Taiwan University | =185 |
| THE-Rep 2025 reputation | Times Higher Education | =201 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | =236 |
| Nature 2025 physical sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =280 |
| NTU 2025 Agriculture | National Taiwan University | =301 |
| SCImago 2025 Psychology | SCImago Research Group | =302 |
| RUR 2026 teaching | RUR Rankings Agency | =309 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Studies in Human Society | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =312 |
| Nature 2025 biological sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =317 |
| SCImago 2025 Social Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =318 |
| SCImago 2025 Agricultural and Biological Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =323 |
| SCImago 2026 Arts and Humanities | SCImago Research Group | =370 |
| SCImago 2025 Economics, Econometrics and Finance | SCImago Research Group | =389 |
| Leiden 2025 physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =526 |
| Leiden 2025 mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =565 |
| Leiden 2025 life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =792 |
| Leiden 2025 social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =824 |
| Leiden 2025 biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =865 |
| Leiden 2025 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =938 |
Banded results are recorded at the lower bound of the band. For how the headline figure is selected, see the methodology.