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	Tongji University Tongji University	296.4	49.0
2	Southeast University Southeast University	260.0	32.8
3	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	248.8	40.2
4	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University	235.9	40.2
5	Chongqing University Chongqing University	213.5	18.4
6	Hunan University Hunan University	200.1	32.4
7	Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin Institute of Technology	199.6	9.9
8	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University	188.6	16.7
9	Central South University Central South University	188.0	10.8
10	Beijing University of Technology Beijing University of Technology	179.9	8.7
11	Dalian University of Technology Dalian University of Technology	176.3	8.4
12	The University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong	173.1	32.5
13	Tianjin University Tianjin University	172.3	0.0
14	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University	170.6	10.1
15	South China University of Technology South China University of Technology	169.3	30.3
16	Delft University of Technology Delft University of Technology	167.8	26.3
17	Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology	166.3	0.0
18	Imperial College London Imperial College London	160.4	39.0
19	Southwest Jiaotong University Southwest Jiaotong University	159.2	0.0
20	University of Lisbon University of Lisbon	158.4	35.4
21	Hohai University Hohai University	156.6	5.2
21	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore	156.6	7.4
23	Guangzhou University Guangzhou University	156.5	5.2
24	The University of Tokyo The University of Tokyo	155.4	43.9
25	Huazhong University of Science and Technology	154.7	11.3
26	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia	154.5	30.3
27	Chang'an University Chang'an University	152.6	0.0
28	Seoul National University Seoul National University	152.0	47.1
29	Shenzhen University Shenzhen University	151.8	4.1
30	Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University	150.8	10.5

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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