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	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University China	288.3	46.9	92.1	100.0	39.5	9.8
2	Tianjin University Tianjin University China	264.3	22.6	98.5	97.9	36.5	8.8
3	Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin Institute of Technology China	245.4	13.7	90.5	90.7	41.6	8.9
4	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University China	243.0	17.0	90.2	89.1	37.0	9.7
5	Sichuan University Sichuan University China	229.3	0.0	100.0	82.5	38.7	8.0
6	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University China	229.2	23.4	77.7	80.8	37.4	10.0
7	East China University of Science and Technology China	225.4	28.4	83.9	71.9	32.6	8.6
8	University of Science and Technology of China China	224.8	16.9	75.4	83.3	40.4	8.8
9	Nanjing Tech University Nanjing Tech University China	224.6	29.0	76.1	73.1	36.5	10.0
10	Huazhong University of Science and Technology China	215.4	8.8	71.9	84.8	40.3	9.7
11	Dalian University of Technology Dalian University of Technology China	213.8	10.0	78.4	80.5	36.9	8.0
12	Xi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an Jiaotong University China	211.2	6.1	75.7	81.7	38.1	9.6
13	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore Singapore	210.6	37.4	55.0	57.7	42.3	18.1
14	Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Institute of Technology United States	208.1	54.7	55.7	42.0	40.0	15.8
15	South China University of Technology South China University of Technology China	207.9	5.1	78.6	75.9	39.6	8.7
16	Zhengzhou University Zhengzhou University China	205.8	3.7	72.0	75.8	44.7	9.5
17	Beijing University of Chemical Technology China	204.7	16.1	77.0	65.6	37.1	8.8
18	Central South University Central South University China	200.7	0.0	71.0	81.0	40.1	8.6
19	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology United States	197.4	56.6	52.2	32.7	40.2	15.7
20	Chongqing University Chongqing University China	195.4	7.2	63.5	75.9	39.4	9.4
21	Nankai University Nankai University China	191.4	6.7	67.5	66.6	42.3	8.4
22	Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University Singapore	189.1	20.1	52.9	54.8	43.0	18.3
23	Hunan University Hunan University China	188.5	0.0	65.5	65.4	48.2	9.3
24	Tongji University Tongji University China	187.6	0.0	67.9	69.3	41.1	9.3
25	Southeast University Southeast University China	187.3	8.1	61.6	71.4	35.9	10.3
26	Imperial College London Imperial College London United Kingdom	184.7	40.0	43.1	46.6	37.7	17.3
27	Shandong University Shandong University China	183.3	0.0	64.2	68.3	41.3	9.5
28	Jiangsu University Jiangsu University China	181.3	0.0	58.7	70.4	42.3	9.9
29	Jilin University Jilin University China	180.3	6.1	62.4	62.6	40.8	8.4
29	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	180.3	54.1	45.3	32.4	35.3	13.2

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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