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)

400 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	World-Class Faculty	World-Class Output	High Quality Research	Research Impact	International Collaboration
1	Southeast University Southeast University China	271.8	20.0	100.0	98.4	40.7	12.8
2	University of Electronic Science and Technology of China China	261.6	21.9	91.8	96.5	39.1	12.3
3	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University China	255.7	33.0	82.7	84.8	43.1	12.1
4	Xidian University Xidian University China	244.4	2.9	89.8	100.0	39.4	12.4
5	Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University Singapore	241.0	25.7	71.3	75.0	50.0	18.9
6	Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications China	237.2	12.3	79.0	93.3	40.6	12.1
7	Princeton University Princeton University United States	234.5	34.9	85.8	44.9	50.0	18.9
8	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology United States	215.1	40.0	96.5	26.7	35.5	16.4
9	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University China	211.9	18.5	68.2	72.9	40.2	12.1
10	The University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales Australia	211.3	36.2	53.1	54.1	50.0	17.9
11	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University China	206.2	15.5	66.4	71.8	40.1	12.4
12	The Chinese University of Hong Kong The Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China	204.3	37.5	72.1	38.7	43.7	12.4
13	University of Sydney University of Sydney Australia	199.5	23.2	63.3	46.6	48.6	17.8
14	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia Canada	199.4	19.0	72.7	42.7	46.6	18.5
15	University of Southampton University of Southampton United Kingdom	197.0	13.0	70.2	46.1	49.6	18.1
16	Stanford University Stanford University United States	193.2	45.9	86.2	15.4	32.1	13.7
17	Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing Institute of Technology China	191.7	0.0	68.0	73.1	38.2	12.3
18	Queen Mary University of London Queen Mary University of London United Kingdom	189.7	16.3	53.4	51.3	50.0	18.7
19	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore Singapore	188.7	21.9	52.3	46.4	50.0	18.2
20	Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications China	185.5	8.2	59.5	67.0	39.0	11.7
21	University of Waterloo University of Waterloo Canada	185.3	23.6	46.9	46.9	50.0	18.0
22	Singapore University of Technology and Design Singapore	184.6	11.5	52.0	51.8	50.0	19.2
23	University College London University College London United Kingdom	183.2	11.7	65.6	38.4	49.8	17.7
24	University of Houston University of Houston United States	180.4	11.5	49.5	51.3	48.9	19.3
25	Shenzhen University Shenzhen University China	176.1	3.1	56.1	61.9	41.5	13.6
26	Sun Yat-sen University Sun Yat-sen University China	176.0	11.5	53.7	60.2	39.8	10.8
27	City University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China	175.9	12.6	54.2	55.9	41.0	12.3
28	Beijing Jiaotong University Beijing Jiaotong University China	173.9	0.0	59.6	62.7	39.2	12.4
29	University of Technology Sydney University of Technology Sydney Australia	173.1	4.4	51.9	54.8	44.0	17.9
30	The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Hong Kong, China	172.5	10.8	52.8	48.2	47.2	13.5

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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