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	Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University Singapore	289.0	83.1	53.9	86.8	47.0	18.2
2	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University China	284.7	50.2	80.0	100.0	42.9	11.5
3	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	265.9	61.7	103.3	34.4	50.0	16.5
4	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University China	248.8	44.6	64.9	90.4	37.3	11.6
5	University of Alberta University of Alberta Canada	246.2	56.2	74.3	58.8	38.0	18.9
6	Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University United States	241.3	27.7	113.5	35.6	49.2	15.3
7	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	237.5	5.9	142.2	31.0	42.6	15.7
8	University of Technology Sydney University of Technology Sydney Australia	235.0	70.2	31.2	70.3	44.9	18.3
9	University of Montreal University of Montreal Canada	234.5	63.1	88.8	26.7	39.7	16.1
10	Stanford University Stanford University United States	228.9	21.7	104.4	37.9	50.0	14.9
11	Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin Institute of Technology China	225.6	43.2	38.9	93.9	38.8	10.8
12	Harvard University Harvard University United States	225.1	0.0	125.3	44.0	39.5	16.3
13	Peking University Peking University China	219.5	25.1	68.6	69.9	43.7	12.1
14	Northwestern Polytechnical University Northwestern Polytechnical University China	212.4	39.2	30.2	92.7	39.0	11.2
15	Huazhong University of Science and Technology China	211.7	38.3	37.4	84.6	40.5	11.0
16	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong, China	211.2	50.2	32.1	74.9	41.4	12.6
17	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	210.2	47.9	54.5	45.4	45.1	17.3
18	Southern University of Science and Technology China	202.3	70.2	22.9	54.0	40.5	14.7
19	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University China	199.9	5.0	59.2	86.1	37.8	11.9
20	Beihang University Beihang University China	198.7	18.4	43.5	87.3	37.8	11.8
21	City University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China	197.6	32.7	34.8	76.7	41.8	11.6
22	The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Hong Kong, China	195.1	38.4	47.9	50.3	45.1	13.4
23	Xi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an Jiaotong University China	194.2	31.5	35.5	80.3	36.4	10.6
24	New York University New York University United States	194.0	5.9	97.9	27.1	46.8	16.2
25	University of Electronic Science and Technology of China China	190.6	8.7	38.3	90.4	40.4	12.8
26	South China University of Technology South China University of Technology China	190.4	23.1	33.0	84.1	39.2	11.0
27	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore Singapore	188.3	7.1	54.3	65.3	42.6	18.9
28	Southeast University Southeast University China	188.2	23.1	27.8	86.4	37.9	13.0
29	University of Science and Technology of China China	186.3	7.7	57.3	71.3	38.7	11.4
30	Sichuan University Sichuan University China	185.9	40.0	20.6	77.3	36.6	11.4

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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