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)

50 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	World-Class Faculty World-Class Output High Quality Research Research Impact International Collaboration
1	Donghua University Donghua University	282.2	40.0
2	Wuhan Textile University Wuhan Textile University	177.0	0.0
3	Jiangnan University Jiangnan University	174.4	4.4
4	Qingdao University Qingdao University	172.0	0.0
5	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	164.8	23.5
6	King Abdulaziz University King Abdulaziz University	160.9	0.0
7	Seoul National University Seoul National University	158.8	22.7
8	University Putra Malaysia University Putra Malaysia	157.6	0.0
9	South China University of Technology South China University of Technology	153.9	0.0
10	King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok	151.0	0.0
11	King Saud University King Saud University	150.6	0.0
12	Nanjing Forestry University Nanjing Forestry University	147.9	0.0
13	Zhejiang Sci-Tech University Zhejiang Sci-Tech University	146.7	0.0
14	Soochow University (Suzhou) Soochow University (Suzhou)	143.5	0.0
15	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University	139.0	6.2
16	North Carolina State University at Raleigh	138.3	13.3
17	National Textile University National Textile University	137.2	0.0
18	Tiangong University Tiangong University	136.7	0.0
19	Southwest University Southwest University	133.4	0.0
20	Universite de Monastir Universite de Monastir	131.9	0.0
21	Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Indian Institute of Technology Delhi	131.3	10.9
22	University of Minho University of Minho	130.8	32.7
23	Bahir Dar University Bahir Dar University	129.7	0.0
24	Shaanxi University of Science & Technology	128.7	0.0
25	Vellore Institute of Technology Vellore Institute of Technology	128.1	0.0
26	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	127.2	0.0
27	Guangxi University Guangxi University	124.5	0.0
27	Southeast University Southeast University	124.5	0.0
29	Nanjing Tech University Nanjing Tech University	122.7	0.0
30	The University of Manchester The University of Manchester	122.1	22.2

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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