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	286.2	34.0
2	China Agricultural University China Agricultural University	214.6	14.1
3	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University	212.7	32.6
4	South China University of Technology South China University of Technology	206.5	24.1
5	Wageningen University & Research Wageningen University & Research	198.8	33.4
6	Northwest A&F University Northwest A&F University	198.6	18.8
7	University of Massachusetts, Amherst University of Massachusetts, Amherst	194.2	31.8
8	Northeast Agricultural University Northeast Agricultural University	191.8	16.3
9	Jiangsu University Jiangsu University	189.1	4.5
10	Nanjing Agricultural University Nanjing Agricultural University	183.0	18.9
11	Nanchang University Nanchang University	182.5	11.5
12	Beijing Technology and Business University	179.2	8.2
13	Huazhong Agricultural University Huazhong Agricultural University	171.4	2.9
14	Dalian Polytechnic University Dalian Polytechnic University	165.2	5.5
15	University College Dublin University College Dublin	160.3	33.3
16	University of Campinas University of Campinas	157.8	24.3
17	University of Vigo University of Vigo	153.3	5.1
18	University of Guelph University of Guelph	152.6	40.0
19	South China Agricultural University South China Agricultural University	149.9	5.1
20	Zhejiang Gongshang University Zhejiang Gongshang University	149.4	14.5
21	Anhui Agricultural University Anhui Agricultural University	146.5	12.7
22	Southwest University Southwest University	144.6	0.0
23	Ocean University of China Ocean University of China	143.8	0.0
24	Cornell University Cornell University	143.7	25.9
25	University of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen	142.2	19.9
26	RMIT University RMIT University	140.9	27.7
27	The University of Auckland The University of Auckland	140.8	18.3
28	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland	138.6	8.2
29	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University	137.2	0.0
30	Tianjin University of Science and Technology	137.0	0.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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