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)

300 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	World-Class Faculty World-Class Output High Quality Research Research Impact International Collaboration
1	University of Science and Technology Beijing	267.2	27.7
2	Central South University Central South University	242.5	35.9
3	Northeastern University (Shenyang) Northeastern University (Shenyang)	226.5	10.3
4	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University	199.7	5.0
5	Northwestern Polytechnical University Northwestern Polytechnical University	196.0	0.0
6	Chongqing University Chongqing University	194.9	25.8
7	Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin Institute of Technology	182.7	0.0
8	Xi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an Jiaotong University	177.7	0.0
9	University of Science and Technology of China	174.6	0.0
10	Pohang University of Science and Technology	168.5	35.8
11	Tohoku University Tohoku University	158.0	14.3
12	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University	151.6	7.3
13	Beihang University Beihang University	150.8	7.3
14	Shanghai University Shanghai University	148.5	0.0
14	The University of Manchester The University of Manchester	148.5	14.6
16	City University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong	148.3	0.0
17	Tianjin University Tianjin University	147.4	12.6
18	Ohio State University, Columbus Ohio State University, Columbus	142.3	16.1
19	The University of Tennessee, Knoxville The University of Tennessee, Knoxville	140.4	0.0
20	Nanjing University of Science & Technology	139.0	0.0
21	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University	137.2	6.8
22	Delft University of Technology Delft University of Technology	137.0	19.6
23	Huazhong University of Science and Technology	136.7	0.0
24	The University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales	135.2	8.0
25	Shandong University Shandong University	134.7	0.0
26	Beijing University of Technology Beijing University of Technology	133.8	17.9
26	Monash University Monash University	133.8	10.3
28	Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University	132.9	0.0
29	Yonsei University Yonsei University	132.7	25.3
30	Imperial College London Imperial College London	132.3	0.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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