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	288.3	46.9
2	Tianjin University Tianjin University	264.3	22.6
3	Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin Institute of Technology	245.4	13.7
4	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University	243.0	17.0
5	Sichuan University Sichuan University	229.3	0.0
6	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University	229.2	23.4
7	East China University of Science and Technology	225.4	28.4
8	University of Science and Technology of China	224.8	16.9
9	Nanjing Tech University Nanjing Tech University	224.6	29.0
10	Huazhong University of Science and Technology	215.4	8.8
11	Dalian University of Technology Dalian University of Technology	213.8	10.0
12	Xi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an Jiaotong University	211.2	6.1
13	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore	210.6	37.4
14	Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Institute of Technology	208.1	54.7
15	South China University of Technology South China University of Technology	207.9	5.1
16	Zhengzhou University Zhengzhou University	205.8	3.7
17	Beijing University of Chemical Technology	204.7	16.1
18	Central South University Central South University	200.7	0.0
19	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology	197.4	56.6
20	Chongqing University Chongqing University	195.4	7.2
21	Nankai University Nankai University	191.4	6.7
22	Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University	189.1	20.1
23	Hunan University Hunan University	188.5	0.0
24	Tongji University Tongji University	187.6	0.0
25	Southeast University Southeast University	187.3	8.1
26	Imperial College London Imperial College London	184.7	40.0
27	Shandong University Shandong University	183.3	0.0
28	Jiangsu University Jiangsu University	181.3	0.0
29	Jilin University Jilin University	180.3	6.1
29	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin	180.3	54.1

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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