The World University Index

Daejeon, South Korea

KAIST

Ranked in the world

4

KAIST is ranked 4th in the world for financial sustainability.

Source: Round University Ranking: Financial Sustainability (2026), 2026

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Full ranking profile

KAIST's placement across the international ranking systems recorded by the Index. The headline figure above is the strongest of these.

RankingPublisherWorld rank
RUR 2026Headlinein the world for financial sustainabilityRUR Rankings Agency4
RUR 2026in the world for teachingRUR Rankings Agency8
ARWU GRAS 2025in the world for BiotechnologyShanghaiRanking Consultancy16
ARWU GRAS 2025in the world for Aerospace EngineeringShanghaiRanking Consultancy26
Nature 2025in the world for physical sciencesNature / Springer Nature44
QS 2026Quacquarelli Symonds53
SCImago 2025in the world for Computer ScienceSCImago Research Group59
SCImago 2025in the world for Pharmacology, Toxicology and PharmaceuticsSCImago Research Group61
THE 2026Times Higher Education70
Nature 2025Nature / Springer Nature81
SCImago 2025in the world for EngineeringSCImago Research Group92
SCImago 2025in the world for MathematicsSCImago Research Group96
THE-Rep 2025in the world for reputationTimes Higher Education101
NTU 2025in the world for EngineeringNational Taiwan University102
SCImago 2026in the world for Physics and AstronomySCImago Research Group113
SCImago 2026SCImago Research Group146
SCImago 2026in the world for ChemistrySCImago Research Group146
SCImago 2026in the world for Environmental ScienceSCImago Research Group155
Nature 2025in the world for health sciencesNature / Springer Nature156
NTU 2025in the world for Natural SciencesNational Taiwan University163
SCImago 2026in the world for Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologySCImago Research Group168
Leiden 2025in the world for life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)CWTS, Leiden University184
SCImago 2025in the world for Agricultural and Biological SciencesSCImago Research Group192
Leiden 2025Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University196
MosIUR 2025Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR)213
Leiden 2025in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)CWTS, Leiden University217
RUR 2026RUR Rankings Agency223
Nature 2025in the world for biological sciencesNature / Springer Nature239
NTU 2025National Taiwan University264
SCImago 2025in the world for Earth and Planetary SciencesSCImago Research Group267
SCImago 2025in the world for MedicineSCImago Research Group284
URAP 2025-2026URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University288
Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025)Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC304
Leiden 2025in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University334
Time 2026Time / Statista359
SCImago 2025in the world for Social SciencesSCImago Research Group365
NTU 2025in the world for Life SciencesNational Taiwan University401
Leiden 2025in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University407
SCImago 2026in the world for Business, Management and AccountingSCImago Research Group482
SCImago 2025in the world for Economics, Econometrics and FinanceSCImago Research Group492
NTU 2025in the world for Social SciencesNational Taiwan University551
Leiden 2025in the world for mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers)Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University557
RUR 2026in the world for international diversityRUR Rankings Agency599
RUR 2026in the world for researchRUR Rankings Agency761
Leiden 2025in the world for social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers)CWTS, Leiden University781

Banded results are recorded at the lower bound of the band. For how the headline figure is selected, see the methodology.