2025 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects

ShanghaiRanking first introduced the world university rankings by academic subjects in 2009, which was officially renamed the ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS) in 2017. GRAS evaluates world universities across 57 subjects in the fields of Natural Sciences, Engineering, Life Sciences, Medical Sciences, and Social Sciences. GRAS is based on nine objective indicators grouped into five categories: World-Class Faculty, World-Class Research Output, High-Quality Research, Research Impact, and International Collaboration. Each year, GRAS presents around 20,000 subject units from approximately 2,000 universities across some 100 countries and regions.(See full Methodology)

500 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	World-Class Faculty World-Class Output High Quality Research Research Impact International Collaboration
1	University of Colorado Boulder University of Colorado Boulder	299.6	46.6
2	Harvard University Harvard University	289.0	64.6
3	China University of Geosciences China University of Geosciences	283.0	47.8
4	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge	282.8	52.5
5	ETH Zurich ETH Zurich	274.6	55.5
6	California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology	263.2	12.6
7	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology	261.8	49.2
8	Utrecht University Utrecht University	261.6	85.2
9	Columbia University Columbia University	252.4	30.7
10	China University of Geosciences Beijing China University of Geosciences Beijing	251.7	60.0
11	Peking University Peking University	247.0	51.9
12	Nanjing University Nanjing University	241.4	39.5
13	Sorbonne University Sorbonne University	236.7	45.1
14	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego	234.8	22.7
15	University of Bristol University of Bristol	230.2	64.9
16	Université Paris Cité Université Paris Cité	228.9	32.5
17	PSL University PSL University	227.2	60.2
18	University of Exeter University of Exeter	223.3	73.2
19	University of Arizona University of Arizona	223.0	55.3
20	Princeton University Princeton University	221.7	10.7
21	Université Grenoble Alpes Université Grenoble Alpes	221.6	45.1
22	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin	210.0	38.0
23	Yale University Yale University	209.5	60.5
24	Paul Sabatier University (Toulouse 3) Paul Sabatier University (Toulouse 3)	207.6	43.8
24	University of Science and Technology of China	207.6	32.2
26	University of Leeds University of Leeds	207.3	35.4
27	University of Bern University of Bern	204.9	47.8
28	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles	202.9	17.6
29	Imperial College London Imperial College London	200.7	39.4
30	Stanford University Stanford University	200.1	41.5

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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