World University Rankings

QS Sustainability Rankings
QS Sustainability Rankings Methodology
QS Sustainability Rankings Methodology
Assessment Area Indicator Weight Assessment Area Indicator Weight
Environmental Impact (E)
(45%)		 Sustainability 15% Social Impact (S)
(45%)		 Equality 12%
Sustainable Education 17% Knowledge Exchange 10%
Sustainable Research 13% Impact of Education 7%
Governance (G) (10%) Good Governance 10% Employability 11%
Health & Wellbeing 10%
Top 10 in Korea (QS Sustainability)
Top 10 in Korea (QS Sustainability)
University Korea Rank
(Previous Year)		 World Rank
(Previous Year)		 University Korea Rank
(Previous Year)		 World Rank
(Previous Year)
SNU 1 (1) 37 (57) PNU 6 (8) 238 (268)
Yonsei 2 (2) 92 (86) Kyung Hee 7 (5) 244 (239)
Korea Univ. 3 (3) 95 (101) Chung-Ang 8 (9) 346 (333)
Hanyang 4 (4) 161 (136) POSTECH 8 (14) 346 (418)
SKKU 5 (6) 187 (239) KNU 10 (10) 357 (346)
Comparison of QS Sustainability and THE Impact Rankings
Comparison of QS Sustainability and THE Impact Rankings
Category QS Sustainability Rankings THE Impact Rankings
Evaluation Method Overall ranking based on ESG performance through a comprehensive evaluation method
(The detailed items in the overall evaluation are composed of SDG elements)		 Participation is required in SDG 17 (Partnerships for the Goals) plus 3 SDGs selected by the university out of the 17 SDGs (a 3+1 evaluation approach)
Evaluation Singularity Universities cannot choose the evaluation items Universities can choose the evaluation items
(focused on areas where the university is strong)
2026 QS Sustainability Overall Rankings
2026 2025
Korea Rank University World Rank Environment (E) Social (S) Governance (G) World Rank Korea Rank
Global Korea Global Korea Global Korea
1 SNU 37 12 1 136 1 130 2 57 1
2 Yonsei 92 68 3 151 2 130 2 86 2
3 Korea Univ. 95 45 2 197 3 198 5 101 3
4 Hanyang 161 120 4 247 4 227 8 136 4
5 SKKU 187 155 6 287 5 126 1 245 6
6 PNU 238 186 7 382 7 250 11 268 8
7 Kyung Hee 244 254 8 294 6 207 7 239 5
8 Chung-Ang 346 362 13 439 10 204 6 333 9
8 POSTECH 346 137 5 819 26 304 24 418 14
10 KNU 357 297 9 526 12 283 19 346 10
11 Inha 359 306 10 526 12 243 10 408 12
12 Ewha 363 407 17 431 9 179 4 363 11
13 CNU 440 475 20 538 14 250 11 512 18
13 JBNU 440 324 11 722 20 250 11 410 13
15 JNU 462 334 12 737 24 265 16 477 16
16 Sejong 479 667 26 406 8 475 37 477 16
17 Konkuk 495 452 18 699 18 270 17 465 15
18 Kangwon 512 468 19 731 22 260 15 580 21
19 PKNU 519 362 13 878 27 345 27 540 19
20 Dongguk 558 746 30 468 11 592 41 583 22
20 Ajou 558 554 23 731 22 283 19 653 25
22 Jeju 587 485 21 907 30 381 31 649 24
23 HUFS 599 672 27 687 17 393 33 697 27
23 Sogang 599 746 30 625 15 275 18 735 29
25 UNIST 603 366 15 1063 35 586 40 561 20
26 GNU 629 583 24 889 28 300 23 1351-1400 41
27 Dankook 640 773 32 712 19 235 9 805 32
28 Gachon 658 867 35 661 16 283 19 677 26
29 GIST 667 382 16 1251+ 40 399 34 610 23
30 CBNU 672 601 25 996 31 255 14 710 28
30 UOS 672 544 22 1003 32 504 39 778 31
32 Hongik 781 691 29 1136 38 454 36 1501+ 43
33 Incheon 801 778 33 1089 36 316 25 1401-1450 42
34 SeoulTech 801 672 27 1237 39 381 31 737 30
35 Yeungnam 814 1116 41 773 25 320 26 1251-1300 40
36 Soonchunhyang 822 890 36 1033 33 345 27 875 33
37 Ulsan 824 1017 37 722 20 951 43 911-920 35
38 Catholic Univ. 860 1082 40 898 29 283 19 893 34
39 Kookmin 927 1075 39 1089 36 361 30 931-940 36
40 DGIST 977 858 34 1251+ 40 345 27 961-970 37
41 Hallym 1101-1150 1251+ 42 1251+ 40 618 42 1021-1040 38
41 Sookmyung 1101-1150 1048 38 1052 34 407 35 1061-1080 39
43 Sungshin 1501+ 1251+ 42 1251+ 40 486 38 1501+ 43
43 Duksung 1501+ 1251+ 42 1251+ 40 985 44 1501+ 43