University of Science and Technology Korea: Rankings
Updated:
The University of Science and Technology Korea ranked 52nd in South Korea, 2978th in the global 2024 rating, and scored in the TOP 50% across 93 research topics. The University of Science and Technology Korea ranking is based on 3 factors: research output (EduRank's index has 19,124 academic publications and 328,101 citations attributed to the university), non-academic reputation, and the impact of notable alumni.
Ranking | Category |
---|---|
#2978 of 14,131 | In the World |
#949 of 5,830 | In Asia |
#52 of 193 | In South Korea |
#3 of 10 | In Daejeon |
#378 of 1,013 | For Nuclear Engineering |
#641 of 4,260 | For Chemical Engineering |
#653 of 1,654 | For Biomedical Engineering |
#5560 of 7,738 | For Alumni Impact |
#7114 of 14,131 | For Non-academic Prominence |
Top50% | For 90 other topics |
Jump to topical rankings below
- Chemistry
- Biology
- Engineering
- Physics
- Environmental Science
- Medicine
- Computer Science
- Psychology
- All the rest
Chemistry rankings
The University of Science and Technology Korea ranked 29th for Chemistry in South Korea and 1034th in the World with 15,381 publications made and 287,789 citations received. Main research topics: Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Physical chemistry.
Chemistry ranking | Location |
---|---|
#29 of 141 | In South Korea |
#362 of 2,750 | In Asia |
#1034 of 6,447 | In the World |
University of Science and Technology Korea Chemistry Publications & Citations
Year | Chemistry publications | Chemistry citations |
---|---|---|
1991 | 0 | 0 |
1992 | 1 | 1 |
1993 | 5 | 5 |
1994 | 1 | 1 |
1995 | 0 | 3 |
1996 | 8 | 2 |
1997 | 22 | 7 |
1998 | 16 | 15 |
1999 | 14 | 20 |
2000 | 26 | 30 |
2001 | 19 | 44 |
2002 | 18 | 77 |
2003 | 19 | 107 |
2004 | 17 | 86 |
2005 | 34 | 84 |
2006 | 46 | 137 |
2007 | 69 | 206 |
2008 | 91 | 345 |
2009 | 131 | 564 |
2010 | 242 | 934 |
2011 | 348 | 1728 |
2012 | 462 | 2617 |
2013 | 511 | 3709 |
2014 | 668 | 5223 |
2015 | 1055 | 7308 |
2016 | 1179 | 10434 |
2017 | 1151 | 14446 |
2018 | 1294 | 19119 |
2019 | 1303 | 24567 |
2020 | 1491 | 32936 |
2021 | 1561 | 43132 |
2022 | 1649 | 51165 |
2023 | 1727 | 55530 |
The following table provides academic rankings for The University of Science and Technology Korea in various areas of Chemistry.
Chemistry subfield | South Korea ranking | Asia ranking | World rank |
---|---|---|---|
Chemical Engineering | 25 | 262 | 641 |
Nanotechnology | 27 | 252 | 654 |
Biochemical Engineering | 21 | 207 | 740 |
Inorganic Chemistry | 20 | 286 | 761 |
Physical chemistry | 27 | 291 | 772 |
Environmental Chemistry | 20 | 263 | 799 |
Radiochemistry | 26 | 447 | 893 |
Materials Science | 30 | 348 | 949 |
Biochemistry | 31 | 350 | 986 |
Organic Chemistry | 29 | 363 | 999 |
Polymer science and Plastics engineering | 28 | 346 | 999 |
Nutrition and Food Science | 35 | 479 | 1229 |
Petrology and Geochemistry | 31 | 443 | 1331 |
Pharmacy | 33 | 548 | 1395 |
Computational Chemistry | 35 | 584 | 1497 |
Biology rankings
The University of Science and Technology Korea ranked 34th for Biology in South Korea and 1171st in the World with 13,912 publications made and 267,655 citations received. Main research topics: Biochemistry, Genetics, Nanotechnology, Paleontology, Immunology.
Biology ranking | Location |
---|---|
#34 of 144 | In South Korea |
#408 of 2,814 | In Asia |
#1171 of 6,770 | In the World |
University of Science and Technology Korea Biology Publications & Citations
Year | Biology publications | Biology citations |
---|---|---|
1991 | 0 | 0 |
1992 | 1 | 1 |
1993 | 3 | 5 |
1994 | 0 | 1 |
1995 | 0 | 2 |
1996 | 9 | 2 |
1997 | 15 | 16 |
1998 | 13 | 16 |
1999 | 12 | 18 |
2000 | 20 | 28 |
2001 | 14 | 43 |
2002 | 16 | 77 |
2003 | 14 | 761 |
2004 | 18 | 90 |
2005 | 31 | 102 |
2006 | 39 | 143 |
2007 | 59 | 219 |
2008 | 92 | 324 |
2009 | 132 | 585 |
2010 | 210 | 944 |
2011 | 286 | 1716 |
2012 | 412 | 2553 |
2013 | 455 | 3626 |
2014 | 588 | 5045 |
2015 | 922 | 6953 |
2016 | 1052 | 9834 |
2017 | 1034 | 13468 |
2018 | 1164 | 17917 |
2019 | 1241 | 22850 |
2020 | 1400 | 31317 |
2021 | 1401 | 40680 |
2022 | 1493 | 48292 |
2023 | 1572 | 51901 |
The following table provides academic rankings for The University of Science and Technology Korea in various areas of Biology.
Biology subfield | South Korea ranking | Asia ranking | World rank |
---|---|---|---|
Nanotechnology | 27 | 252 | 654 |
Biophysics | 20 | 209 | 775 |
Oncology and Cancer research | 37 | 294 | 830 |
Bioinformatics and Computational biology | 23 | 237 | 841 |
Molecular Biology | 36 | 319 | 943 |
Genetics | 35 | 327 | 977 |
Biochemistry | 31 | 350 | 986 |
Microbiology | 31 | 323 | 998 |
Biotechnology | 35 | 346 | 998 |
Immunology | 37 | 352 | 1036 |
Pharmacology | 40 | 406 | 1054 |
Astrobiology | 27 | 332 | 1130 |
Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation | 27 | 336 | 1156 |
Paleontology | 29 | 356 | 1169 |
Neuroscience | 35 | 340 | 1177 |
Virology | 34 | 394 | 1205 |
Nutrition and Food Science | 35 | 479 | 1229 |
Botany | 29 | 430 | 1260 |
Toxicology | 24 | 463 | 1273 |
Zoology | 31 | 389 | 1352 |
Evolutionary Biology | 32 | 465 | 1518 |
Horticulture | 32 | 596 | 1521 |
Agricultural Science | 31 | 607 | 1605 |
Animal Science | 42 | 713 | 1999 |
Forestry | 34 | 719 | 2070 |
Engineering rankings
The University of Science and Technology Korea ranked 33rd for Engineering in South Korea and 1127th in the World with 12,731 publications made and 225,185 citations received. Main research topics: Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering, Nanotechnology, Optical Engineering.
Engineering ranking | Location |
---|---|
#33 of 143 | In South Korea |
#394 of 2,809 | In Asia |
#1127 of 6,684 | In the World |
University of Science and Technology Korea Engineering Publications & Citations
Year | Engineering publications | Engineering citations |
---|---|---|
1991 | 0 | 0 |
1992 | 1 | 1 |
1993 | 3 | 2 |
1994 | 1 | 0 |
1995 | 1 | 2 |
1996 | 10 | 1 |
1997 | 27 | 8 |
1998 | 18 | 15 |
1999 | 18 | 18 |
2000 | 23 | 24 |
2001 | 15 | 32 |
2002 | 16 | 46 |
2003 | 18 | 71 |
2004 | 23 | 66 |
2005 | 31 | 66 |
2006 | 57 | 91 |
2007 | 86 | 149 |
2008 | 84 | 254 |
2009 | 115 | 395 |
2010 | 197 | 572 |
2011 | 289 | 1113 |
2012 | 367 | 1721 |
2013 | 417 | 2493 |
2014 | 561 | 3549 |
2015 | 844 | 5206 |
2016 | 925 | 7666 |
2017 | 947 | 11191 |
2018 | 1106 | 15330 |
2019 | 1064 | 20070 |
2020 | 1213 | 27173 |
2021 | 1276 | 35757 |
2022 | 1381 | 43040 |
2023 | 1423 | 46554 |
The following table provides academic rankings for The University of Science and Technology Korea in various areas of Engineering.
Physics rankings
The University of Science and Technology Korea ranked 31st for Physics in South Korea and 1129th in the World with 11,983 publications made and 212,819 citations received. Main research topics: Quantum and Particle physics, Materials Science, Nanotechnology, Optical Engineering, Astrophysics and Astronomy.
Physics ranking | Location |
---|---|
#31 of 142 | In South Korea |
#392 of 2,786 | In Asia |
#1129 of 6,603 | In the World |
University of Science and Technology Korea Physics Publications & Citations
Year | Physics publications | Physics citations |
---|---|---|
1991 | 0 | 0 |
1992 | 1 | 1 |
1993 | 3 | 2 |
1994 | 1 | 0 |
1995 | 0 | 3 |
1996 | 10 | 2 |
1997 | 21 | 17 |
1998 | 16 | 15 |
1999 | 16 | 17 |
2000 | 26 | 24 |
2001 | 15 | 35 |
2002 | 13 | 45 |
2003 | 17 | 69 |
2004 | 16 | 60 |
2005 | 29 | 53 |
2006 | 48 | 81 |
2007 | 68 | 126 |
2008 | 75 | 227 |
2009 | 104 | 364 |
2010 | 184 | 544 |
2011 | 274 | 1090 |
2012 | 345 | 1688 |
2013 | 387 | 2400 |
2014 | 509 | 3360 |
2015 | 811 | 4963 |
2016 | 850 | 7199 |
2017 | 910 | 10576 |
2018 | 1053 | 14484 |
2019 | 1021 | 18951 |
2020 | 1107 | 25021 |
2021 | 1227 | 32901 |
2022 | 1289 | 39591 |
2023 | 1368 | 43305 |
The following table provides academic rankings for The University of Science and Technology Korea in various areas of Physics.
Physics subfield | South Korea ranking | Asia ranking | World rank |
---|---|---|---|
Nanotechnology | 27 | 252 | 654 |
Biophysics | 20 | 209 | 775 |
Applied/Engineering Physics | 23 | 286 | 831 |
Materials Science | 30 | 348 | 949 |
Condensed Matter Physics | 32 | 391 | 1029 |
Quantum and Particle physics | 31 | 394 | 1129 |
Astrobiology | 27 | 332 | 1130 |
Optical Engineering | 34 | 411 | 1133 |
Nuclear Physics | 31 | 403 | 1157 |
Astrophysics and Astronomy | 27 | 352 | 1189 |
Atomic and Molecular physics | 36 | 524 | 1452 |
Acoustical Engineering | 41 | 538 | 1478 |
Theoretical Physics | 39 | 608 | 1716 |
Environmental Science rankings
The University of Science and Technology Korea ranked 29th for Environmental Science in South Korea and 1295th in the World with 8,446 publications made and 141,988 citations received. Main research topics: Geology, Ecology, Paleontology, Geography and Cartography, Oceanography.
Environmental Science ranking | Location |
---|---|
#29 of 142 | In South Korea |
#410 of 2,811 | In Asia |
#1295 of 6,798 | In the World |
University of Science and Technology Korea Environmental Science Publications & Citations
Year | Environmental Science publications | Environmental Science citations |
---|---|---|
1991 | 0 | 0 |
1992 | 0 | 0 |
1993 | 1 | 2 |
1994 | 0 | 1 |
1995 | 0 | 1 |
1996 | 8 | 2 |
1997 | 18 | 14 |
1998 | 9 | 13 |
1999 | 8 | 13 |
2000 | 15 | 14 |
2001 | 10 | 27 |
2002 | 12 | 43 |
2003 | 11 | 804 |
2004 | 16 | 47 |
2005 | 23 | 47 |
2006 | 31 | 85 |
2007 | 54 | 125 |
2008 | 70 | 190 |
2009 | 85 | 319 |
2010 | 142 | 466 |
2011 | 206 | 869 |
2012 | 247 | 1212 |
2013 | 267 | 1763 |
2014 | 390 | 2515 |
2015 | 566 | 3569 |
2016 | 616 | 5074 |
2017 | 584 | 6860 |
2018 | 687 | 9559 |
2019 | 705 | 12436 |
2020 | 805 | 17480 |
2021 | 861 | 22564 |
2022 | 910 | 27394 |
2023 | 975 | 29189 |
The following table provides academic rankings for The University of Science and Technology Korea in various areas of Environmental Science.
Environmental Science subfield | South Korea ranking | Asia ranking | World rank |
---|---|---|---|
Environmental Chemistry | 20 | 263 | 799 |
Oceanography | 20 | 237 | 839 |
Environmental Engineering | 22 | 318 | 896 |
Mining Engineering | 15 | 358 | 937 |
Environmental Management | 22 | 330 | 965 |
Geotechnical Engineering | 25 | 369 | 1031 |
Earth science and Geophysics | 24 | 359 | 1092 |
Meteorology and Atmospheric Science | 26 | 373 | 1120 |
Geology | 28 | 344 | 1134 |
Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation | 27 | 336 | 1156 |
Paleontology | 29 | 356 | 1169 |
Ecology | 26 | 374 | 1226 |
Petrology and Geochemistry | 31 | 443 | 1331 |
Agricultural Science | 31 | 607 | 1605 |
Geography and Cartography | 32 | 533 | 1688 |
Forestry | 34 | 719 | 2070 |
Medicine rankings
The University of Science and Technology Korea ranked 40th for Medicine in South Korea and 1420th in the World with 6,878 publications made and 118,020 citations received. Main research topics: Pathology, Immunology, Oncology and Cancer research, Pharmacology, Psychiatry.
Medicine ranking | Location |
---|---|
#40 of 141 | In South Korea |
#477 of 2,781 | In Asia |
#1420 of 6,680 | In the World |
University of Science and Technology Korea Medicine Publications & Citations
Year | Medicine publications | Medicine citations |
---|---|---|
1991 | 0 | 0 |
1992 | 0 | 0 |
1993 | 4 | 2 |
1994 | 0 | 1 |
1995 | 0 | 2 |
1996 | 6 | 2 |
1997 | 4 | 4 |
1998 | 8 | 4 |
1999 | 5 | 5 |
2000 | 3 | 12 |
2001 | 8 | 16 |
2002 | 6 | 33 |
2003 | 4 | 36 |
2004 | 12 | 44 |
2005 | 15 | 57 |
2006 | 16 | 77 |
2007 | 20 | 96 |
2008 | 52 | 142 |
2009 | 63 | 274 |
2010 | 109 | 444 |
2011 | 139 | 770 |
2012 | 191 | 1162 |
2013 | 210 | 1687 |
2014 | 256 | 2208 |
2015 | 435 | 3072 |
2016 | 545 | 4264 |
2017 | 520 | 5748 |
2018 | 562 | 7406 |
2019 | 605 | 9491 |
2020 | 693 | 13719 |
2021 | 729 | 18461 |
2022 | 766 | 21622 |
2023 | 809 | 22855 |
The following table provides academic rankings for The University of Science and Technology Korea in various areas of Medicine.
Medicine subfield | South Korea ranking | Asia ranking | World rank |
---|---|---|---|
Biomedical Engineering | 30 | 198 | 653 |
Oncology and Cancer research | 37 | 294 | 830 |
Respiratory Therapy | 34 | 309 | 985 |
Immunology | 37 | 352 | 1036 |
Pharmacology | 40 | 406 | 1054 |
Physical Therapy | 40 | 296 | 1123 |
Ophthalmology | 43 | 370 | 1148 |
Radiation Therapy | 42 | 484 | 1199 |
Virology | 34 | 394 | 1205 |
Veterinary | 27 | 469 | 1232 |
Anatomy and Physiology | 40 | 416 | 1262 |
Toxicology | 24 | 463 | 1273 |
Pathology | 39 | 459 | 1320 |
Gastroenterology and Hepatology | 44 | 518 | 1321 |
Audiology | 39 | 408 | 1389 |
Pharmacy | 33 | 548 | 1395 |
Sports Medicine | 53 | 423 | 1511 |
Dermatology | 45 | 592 | 1550 |
Urology | 46 | 617 | 1554 |
Psychiatry | 40 | 489 | 1554 |
Radiology and Nuclear medicine | 48 | 569 | 1628 |
Anesthesiology | 46 | 583 | 1641 |
Surgery | 45 | 617 | 1783 |
Cardiology | 44 | 645 | 1785 |
Gerontology | 69 | 588 | 2115 |
Nursing | 51 | 716 | 2334 |
Public Health | 50 | 834 | 2418 |
Family medicine | 50 | 786 | 2425 |
Health Science | 56 | 957 | 2997 |
Computer Science rankings
The University of Science and Technology Korea ranked 42nd for Computer Science in South Korea and 1566th in the World with 6,162 publications made and 94,420 citations received. Main research topics: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Telecommunications, Computer Vision, Neuroscience, Bioinformatics and Computational biology.
Computer Science ranking | Location |
---|---|
#42 of 143 | In South Korea |
#548 of 2,809 | In Asia |
#1566 of 6,752 | In the World |
University of Science and Technology Korea Computer Science Publications & Citations
Year | Computer Science publications | Computer Science citations |
---|---|---|
1993 | 2 | 4 |
1994 | 0 | 0 |
1995 | 1 | 1 |
1996 | 4 | 1 |
1997 | 12 | 4 |
1998 | 2 | 2 |
1999 | 8 | 4 |
2000 | 7 | 8 |
2001 | 10 | 13 |
2002 | 8 | 28 |
2003 | 10 | 67 |
2004 | 17 | 33 |
2005 | 19 | 35 |
2006 | 43 | 71 |
2007 | 61 | 94 |
2008 | 52 | 151 |
2009 | 79 | 242 |
2010 | 114 | 321 |
2011 | 129 | 597 |
2012 | 200 | 871 |
2013 | 201 | 1197 |
2014 | 258 | 1599 |
2015 | 381 | 2285 |
2016 | 439 | 2883 |
2017 | 435 | 4287 |
2018 | 488 | 5945 |
2019 | 465 | 8084 |
2020 | 588 | 11610 |
2021 | 653 | 16163 |
2022 | 669 | 19658 |
2023 | 733 | 21046 |
The following table provides academic rankings for The University of Science and Technology Korea in various areas of Computer Science.
Computer Science subfield | South Korea ranking | Asia ranking | World rank |
---|---|---|---|
Bioinformatics and Computational biology | 23 | 237 | 841 |
Game Design and Development | 32 | 238 | 908 |
UX/UI Desgin | 25 | 297 | 992 |
Robotics | 35 | 392 | 1023 |
Telecommunications | 38 | 406 | 1124 |
Neuroscience | 35 | 340 | 1177 |
Computer Vision | 36 | 480 | 1274 |
Computer Graphics | 39 | 444 | 1317 |
Data Science | 29 | 356 | 1319 |
Computer Engineering | 44 | 534 | 1334 |
Human-Computer Interaction | 46 | 500 | 1555 |
Blockchain and Cryptography | 54 | 688 | 1613 |
Computer Networking | 54 | 670 | 1662 |
Computational Linguistics | 43 | 687 | 1721 |
Artificial Intelligence (AI) | 45 | 729 | 1840 |
Cognitive Science | 40 | 713 | 1840 |
Multimedia | 54 | 709 | 1928 |
Cyber Security | 53 | 773 | 1957 |
Machine Learning | 51 | 863 | 2035 |
Software Engineering | 60 | 908 | 2375 |
Management Information Systems | 55 | 933 | 2656 |
Psychology rankings
The University of Science and Technology Korea ranked 42nd for Psychology in South Korea and 1877th in the World with 2,530 publications made and 39,674 citations received. Main research topics: Neuroscience, Psychiatry, Cognitive Science, Social Psychology, Education Majors.
Psychology ranking | Location |
---|---|
#42 of 141 | In South Korea |
#619 of 2,703 | In Asia |
#1877 of 6,528 | In the World |
University of Science and Technology Korea Psychology Publications & Citations
Year | Psychology publications | Psychology citations |
---|---|---|
1993 | 2 | 3 |
1994 | 0 | 0 |
1995 | 0 | 0 |
1996 | 1 | 0 |
1997 | 4 | 3 |
1998 | 3 | 2 |
1999 | 4 | 3 |
2000 | 0 | 4 |
2001 | 3 | 5 |
2002 | 2 | 14 |
2003 | 3 | 12 |
2004 | 8 | 20 |
2005 | 7 | 17 |
2006 | 12 | 28 |
2007 | 14 | 35 |
2008 | 13 | 45 |
2009 | 21 | 93 |
2010 | 32 | 129 |
2011 | 42 | 253 |
2012 | 69 | 373 |
2013 | 64 | 550 |
2014 | 89 | 735 |
2015 | 156 | 949 |
2016 | 181 | 1318 |
2017 | 185 | 1845 |
2018 | 186 | 2563 |
2019 | 199 | 3332 |
2020 | 241 | 4765 |
2021 | 300 | 6301 |
2022 | 318 | 7673 |
2023 | 338 | 8411 |
The following table provides academic rankings for The University of Science and Technology Korea in various areas of Psychology.
Psychology subfield | South Korea ranking | Asia ranking | World rank |
---|---|---|---|
Neuroscience | 35 | 340 | 1177 |
Psychiatry | 40 | 489 | 1554 |
Cognitive Science | 40 | 713 | 1840 |
Social Psychology | 69 | 1080 | 3057 |
Child Psychology | 75 | 1084 | 3118 |
Education Majors | 59 | 1076 | 3207 |
Other rankings
Non-core subjects for the University of Science and Technology Korea
Speciality | South Korea | Asia | World Rank |
---|---|---|---|
Archaeology | 38 | 651 | 1937 |
Fashion Design | 42 | 626 | 1962 |
Statistics | 50 | 760 | 1970 |
History | 36 | 644 | 2049 |
Mathematics | 51 | 846 | 2145 |
Classics and Ancient History | 31 | 606 | 2189 |
Art & Design | 45 | 717 | 2267 |
Management | 58 | 888 | 2327 |
Applied Mathematics | 54 | 1069 | 2404 |
Finance | 48 | 902 | 2470 |
Business | 57 | 958 | 2588 |
Linguistics | 55 | 1012 | 2594 |
Aesthetics | 49 | 895 | 2611 |
Demography | 50 | 926 | 2617 |
Theology / Divinity / Religious studies | 38 | 795 | 2651 |
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences | 45 | 852 | 2725 |
Law | 50 | 942 | 2761 |
Literature | 48 | 898 | 2765 |
Marketing | 68 | 1055 | 2773 |
Econometrics and Mathematical Economics | 59 | 1113 | 2789 |
Economics | 51 | 1024 | 2835 |
Political Science | 48 | 887 | 2892 |
Math Teachers | 52 | 1020 | 2952 |
Philosophy | 50 | 962 | 2983 |
Development Studies | 55 | 1110 | 3068 |
Sociology | 57 | 990 | 3070 |
Anthropology | 65 | 1183 | 3480 |