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	373.7	120.0
2	Peking University Peking University	292.2	63.6
3	Nanjing University Nanjing University	287.4	63.0
4	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University	283.7	57.0
5	Sun Yat-sen University Sun Yat-sen University	269.6	57.3
6	Beijing Normal University Beijing Normal University	258.4	63.3
7	Delft University of Technology Delft University of Technology	250.0	70.6
8	Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin Institute of Technology	249.8	30.0
9	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland	249.2	64.0
10	Michigan State University Michigan State University	246.9	86.6
11	Wageningen University & Research Wageningen University & Research	242.5	70.4
12	Stanford University Stanford University	237.9	53.0
12	Tongji University Tongji University	237.9	19.0
14	Cornell University Cornell University	235.6	62.7
15	The University of Tokyo The University of Tokyo	224.5	64.3
16	The University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong	222.6	71.4
17	City University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong	221.4	60.8
18	Stockholm University Stockholm University	220.3	76.9
19	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University	219.8	30.9
20	The University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales	213.8	57.5
21	Harvard University Harvard University	213.5	21.7
22	Fudan University Fudan University	212.2	38.7
23	University of Washington University of Washington	211.4	62.4
24	Nankai University Nankai University	210.4	28.4
25	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park	209.6	55.7
26	Arizona State University Arizona State University	208.7	44.1
27	Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Institute of Technology	206.8	52.8
28	University of Exeter University of Exeter	205.4	64.3
28	University of Toronto University of Toronto	205.4	48.8
30	University College London University College London	204.6	72.7

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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