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)

200 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	World-Class Faculty	World-Class Output	High Quality Research	Research Impact	International Collaboration
1	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore Singapore	267.3	60.0	96.4	56.0	40.5	14.5
2	University College London University College London United Kingdom	262.5	54.8	91.3	64.6	36.3	15.5
3	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	253.6	45.2	91.3	66.3	36.6	14.2
4	The University of Manchester The University of Manchester United Kingdom	238.1	51.5	81.6	51.5	38.9	14.5
5	Newcastle University Newcastle University United Kingdom	237.3	41.3	100.0	48.7	33.2	14.1
6	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	232.8	24.3	97.6	60.0	35.3	15.6
7	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia Canada	231.8	50.1	74.0	54.5	37.0	16.1
8	Durham University Durham University United Kingdom	229.6	33.4	91.3	49.3	39.7	16.1
9	The University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne Australia	226.5	43.4	72.4	61.2	35.7	13.8
10	Peking University Peking University China	225.1	40.3	59.8	68.0	44.3	12.8
11	Wuhan University Wuhan University China	221.4	23.8	43.6	100.0	42.4	11.5
12	King's College London King's College London United Kingdom	215.0	41.0	75.6	44.8	40.5	13.2
13	University of Glasgow University of Glasgow United Kingdom	214.8	57.2	65.5	41.7	35.3	15.1
14	The University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China	213.5	24.8	69.0	62.7	44.4	12.6
15	The Chinese University of Hong Kong The Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China	211.7	34.1	70.7	49.8	45.0	12.1
16	University of Bristol University of Bristol United Kingdom	210.3	41.5	69.0	44.1	38.3	17.4
17	Sun Yat-sen University Sun Yat-sen University China	199.5	14.1	63.6	69.6	39.1	13.0
18	University of Exeter University of Exeter United Kingdom	196.5	35.1	63.6	46.0	35.9	15.9
19	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	196.3	14.1	81.6	52.6	33.4	14.6
20	The Australian National University The Australian National University Australia	196.0	56.4	34.5	51.4	38.8	14.8
21	China University of Geosciences China University of Geosciences China	194.6	25.1	40.8	74.0	40.7	14.0
22	The London School of Economics and Political Science United Kingdom	191.4	36.4	51.2	48.0	42.7	13.1
23	University of Colorado Boulder University of Colorado Boulder United States	191.0	36.5	51.2	49.9	37.4	16.0
24	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong, China	187.5	25.8	55.6	49.0	44.0	13.1
25	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	186.7	42.4	55.6	39.1	36.5	13.1
26	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	185.8	40.1	59.8	39.6	32.2	14.1
27	Ohio State University, Columbus Ohio State University, Columbus United States	185.1	39.0	51.2	44.3	36.2	14.4
28	University of Wisconsin, Madison University of Wisconsin, Madison United States	184.7	38.9	48.8	47.0	35.7	14.3
29	Arizona State University Arizona State University United States	184.1	14.4	70.7	44.8	38.2	16.0
30	The University of Sheffield The University of Sheffield United Kingdom	183.9	13.1	72.4	48.1	35.1	15.2

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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