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	Central South University Central South University	206.9	23.1
2	China University of Mining and Technology	198.8	28.3
3	University of Science and Technology Beijing	186.5	24.0
4	Monash University Monash University	170.9	28.3
5	Northeastern University (Shenyang) Northeastern University (Shenyang)	160.0	6.3
6	China University of Mining and Technology-Beijing	150.0	0.0
7	Sichuan University Sichuan University	137.3	0.0
8	Curtin University Curtin University	137.0	31.3
9	Chongqing University Chongqing University	133.3	0.0
10	China University of Geosciences China University of Geosciences	132.2	0.0
11	Pennsylvania State University, University Park	129.3	28.3
12	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland	125.6	0.0
13	China University of Geosciences Beijing China University of Geosciences Beijing	124.7	0.0
14	Shandong University Shandong University	122.4	20.0
15	Kunming University of Science and Technology	121.1	0.0
16	Shandong University of Science and Technology	120.5	0.0
17	Wuhan University Wuhan University	120.4	0.0
18	The University of Adelaide The University of Adelaide	119.2	6.3
19	Southeast University Southeast University	118.7	0.0
20	NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology	117.7	28.3
20	Shenzhen University Shenzhen University	117.7	0.0
22	Dalian University of Technology Dalian University of Technology	115.7	0.0
23	The University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales	114.8	0.0
24	Imperial College London Imperial College London	114.4	22.8
25	The University of Newcastle, Australia The University of Newcastle, Australia	113.0	20.0
26	Hohai University Hohai University	110.1	0.0
27	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia	108.5	6.3
28	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University	107.3	0.0
29	Tianjin University Tianjin University	107.2	6.3
30	Henan Polytechnic University Henan Polytechnic University	106.2	0.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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