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	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology United States	356.1	58.7	196.1	46.2	40.5	14.5
2	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University China	317.1	63.1	100.0	100.0	41.9	12.1
3	Stanford University Stanford University United States	295.2	39.9	151.9	45.5	44.3	13.6
4	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	269.7	52.0	121.7	32.9	48.6	14.5
5	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University China	264.4	60.1	64.6	89.7	38.0	12.0
6	The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Hong Kong, China	239.6	59.6	61.1	58.7	46.7	13.5
7	Princeton University Princeton University United States	232.3	49.1	86.3	31.5	50.0	15.4
8	Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University United States	230.4	20.0	113.8	40.7	41.4	14.5
9	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University China	227.0	18.8	62.2	96.0	38.1	11.9
10	Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University Singapore	217.9	23.5	48.0	80.1	47.9	18.5
11	University of Science and Technology of China China	214.7	38.9	50.0	75.4	39.0	11.5
12	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore Singapore	214.5	33.0	57.9	61.3	44.0	18.3
13	The Chinese University of Hong Kong The Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China	207.6	53.8	46.2	52.2	42.4	13.1
14	Peking University Peking University China	205.1	18.4	65.6	68.6	40.4	12.2
15	Wuhan University Wuhan University China	200.5	45.8	25.6	78.0	39.9	11.2
16	University of Electronic Science and Technology of China China	198.9	28.3	24.7	90.4	42.9	12.7
17	Southeast University Southeast University China	196.6	39.7	24.1	83.0	37.8	11.9
18	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	196.3	23.1	75.9	40.5	40.1	16.7
19	Harvard University Harvard University United States	195.2	32.1	51.8	56.0	40.1	15.2
20	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	194.2	39.2	54.9	43.4	40.3	16.3
21	Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Institute of Technology United States	192.7	37.7	64.9	41.6	35.1	13.3
22	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	191.6	19.2	96.1	29.1	33.7	13.5
23	Purdue University, West Lafayette Purdue University, West Lafayette United States	189.3	41.9	56.2	44.6	32.8	13.8
24	Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin Institute of Technology China	187.9	31.6	25.0	81.8	38.3	11.2
25	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University United States	187.8	50.9	43.1	40.4	39.8	13.6
26	Beihang University Beihang University China	187.7	13.3	44.9	81.4	36.9	11.3
27	Columbia University Columbia University United States	186.2	4.7	94.4	36.6	36.7	13.8
28	Xidian University Xidian University China	185.7	17.2	24.4	92.2	39.8	12.2
29	University of Illinois Urbana, Champaign United States	185.1	24.2	74.0	39.1	34.4	13.4
30	City University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China	182.9	19.7	37.7	72.1	40.6	12.9

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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