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)

100 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	World-Class Faculty	World-Class Output	High Quality Research	Research Impact	International Collaboration
1	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University China	217.6	19.5	59.5	93.7	36.4	8.4
2	Harbin Engineering University Harbin Engineering University China	207.5	2.1	60.0	100.0	36.5	8.9
3	Dalian University of Technology Dalian University of Technology China	188.2	0.0	56.1	87.2	34.9	10.0
4	Ocean University of China Ocean University of China China	178.5	2.1	50.7	80.9	34.4	10.3
5	Wuhan University of Technology Wuhan University of Technology China	178.1	6.5	43.0	75.3	41.8	11.5
6	Dalian Maritime University Dalian Maritime University China	178.0	0.0	46.5	82.9	40.5	8.1
7	University of Lisbon University of Lisbon Portugal	177.1	20.0	44.1	57.1	39.8	16.2
8	NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology Norway	164.0	6.2	50.6	56.8	35.5	14.9
9	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University China	156.3	0.0	41.3	70.4	35.7	8.9
10	University of Strathclyde University of Strathclyde United Kingdom	153.4	6.6	34.5	54.1	40.5	17.8
11	Tianjin University Tianjin University China	152.8	0.0	41.9	66.3	35.4	9.1
12	Delft University of Technology Delft University of Technology Netherlands	145.3	12.0	30.4	51.7	34.5	16.7
13	Hohai University Hohai University China	137.9	0.0	34.3	54.6	36.3	12.6
14	Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin Institute of Technology China	132.8	0.0	33.7	52.3	36.6	10.1
15	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University China	132.7	10.0	28.0	47.8	37.5	9.4
16	Jiangsu University of Science and Technology China	131.6	0.0	29.8	49.8	40.5	11.5
17	Shanghai Maritime University Shanghai Maritime University China	128.5	0.0	26.3	54.2	38.7	9.5
18	Northwestern Polytechnical University Northwestern Polytechnical University China	124.3	0.0	28.3	51.0	37.3	7.7
19	University College London University College London United Kingdom	122.2	14.5	18.9	30.4	39.5	18.9
20	Sun Yat-sen University Sun Yat-sen University China	121.0	0.0	27.8	47.7	35.0	10.5
21	Technical University of Denmark Technical University of Denmark Denmark	119.5	10.2	20.7	34.2	36.9	17.6
22	Liverpool John Moores University Liverpool John Moores University United Kingdom	118.3	10.7	13.9	24.3	50.0	19.4
23	University of Southampton University of Southampton United Kingdom	118.0	17.3	18.2	29.9	34.7	17.9
24	The University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia Australia	117.1	2.1	23.8	36.9	36.1	18.2
25	Huazhong University of Science and Technology China	116.2	4.5	25.9	42.2	36.3	7.4
26	China University of Petroleum (East China) China	115.6	0.0	26.3	42.2	37.1	10.0
27	Aalto University Aalto University Finland	115.0	0.0	17.8	30.8	47.7	18.6
28	Seoul National University Seoul National University South Korea	113.7	20.0	18.5	32.2	32.8	10.2
29	Tongji University Tongji University China	111.4	0.0	24.2	40.2	36.2	10.8
30	Istanbul Technical University Istanbul Technical University Turkey	110.6	4.3	23.1	35.9	36.1	11.2

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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