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	Jiangnan University Jiangnan University China	286.2	34.0	100.0	100.0	41.8	10.4
2	China Agricultural University China Agricultural University China	214.6	14.1	71.7	76.2	42.5	10.0
3	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University China	212.7	32.6	61.8	64.1	43.7	10.4
4	South China University of Technology South China University of Technology China	206.5	24.1	66.1	60.2	43.9	12.2
5	Wageningen University & Research Wageningen University & Research Netherlands	198.8	33.4	51.6	58.6	39.3	15.9
6	Northwest A&F University Northwest A&F University China	198.6	18.8	59.3	67.8	43.8	8.8
7	University of Massachusetts, Amherst University of Massachusetts, Amherst United States	194.2	31.8	52.1	42.1	50.0	18.2
8	Northeast Agricultural University Northeast Agricultural University China	191.8	16.3	58.0	60.6	48.9	8.0
9	Jiangsu University Jiangsu University China	189.1	4.5	63.3	59.2	49.3	12.7
10	Nanjing Agricultural University Nanjing Agricultural University China	183.0	18.9	49.9	62.0	43.1	9.1
11	Nanchang University Nanchang University China	182.5	11.5	58.4	58.5	45.3	8.6
12	Beijing Technology and Business University China	179.2	8.2	58.1	60.9	43.7	8.4
13	Huazhong Agricultural University Huazhong Agricultural University China	171.4	2.9	58.2	57.1	42.7	10.6
14	Dalian Polytechnic University Dalian Polytechnic University China	165.2	5.5	53.1	56.2	42.9	7.5
15	University College Dublin University College Dublin Ireland	160.3	33.3	35.6	31.7	43.9	15.9
16	University of Campinas University of Campinas Brazil	157.8	24.3	35.7	49.3	36.5	12.0
17	University of Vigo University of Vigo Spain	153.3	5.1	44.3	42.3	43.2	18.3
18	University of Guelph University of Guelph Canada	152.6	40.0	29.3	29.9	38.0	15.4
19	South China Agricultural University South China Agricultural University China	149.9	5.1	43.5	51.1	41.1	9.1
20	Zhejiang Gongshang University Zhejiang Gongshang University China	149.4	14.5	41.7	39.8	42.6	10.8
21	Anhui Agricultural University Anhui Agricultural University China	146.5	12.7	36.9	41.1	46.6	9.1
22	Southwest University Southwest University China	144.6	0.0	46.5	46.1	43.2	8.7
23	Ocean University of China Ocean University of China China	143.8	0.0	46.8	46.7	41.9	8.4
24	Cornell University Cornell University United States	143.7	25.9	28.6	35.0	39.5	14.8
25	University of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen Denmark	142.2	19.9	33.1	37.1	35.7	16.5
26	RMIT University RMIT University Australia	140.9	27.7	30.2	27.4	38.9	16.6
27	The University of Auckland The University of Auckland New Zealand	140.8	18.3	33.9	29.7	42.9	16.1
28	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland Australia	138.6	8.2	37.8	36.2	39.3	17.1
29	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University China	137.2	0.0	42.8	43.0	41.0	10.5
30	Tianjin University of Science and Technology China	137.0	0.0	42.6	45.7	40.6	8.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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