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)

500 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	World-Class Faculty	World-Class Output	High Quality Research	Research Impact	International Collaboration
1	Harvard University Harvard University United States	450.7	125.0	160.6	100.0	49.4	15.6
2	Stanford University Stanford University United States	350.1	97.1	124.2	64.1	50.0	14.6
3	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology United States	333.1	78.1	127.7	62.0	50.0	15.3
4	University of California, San Francisco University of California, San Francisco United States	315.9	78.9	119.4	54.2	49.2	14.1
5	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	307.4	80.7	95.4	63.9	49.7	17.7
6	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	305.7	97.2	79.2	65.9	45.8	17.6
7	Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University United States	297.1	81.9	98.1	58.8	44.3	13.9
8	Yale University Yale University United States	289.0	84.0	90.4	54.3	45.6	14.7
9	University of Washington University of Washington United States	278.8	63.5	93.3	59.5	48.5	14.0
10	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	274.9	88.4	74.1	49.4	48.3	14.6
11	Rockefeller University Rockefeller University United States	260.9	59.3	109.1	27.6	50.0	14.8
12	University College London University College London United Kingdom	260.5	65.1	73.3	58.5	46.2	17.4
13	University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School United States	256.4	67.2	103.0	27.4	44.5	14.2
14	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States	244.6	68.2	71.0	47.5	44.8	13.1
15	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego United States	243.5	76.9	46.3	59.7	45.8	14.8
16	Columbia University Columbia University United States	242.4	43.6	86.5	50.0	47.6	14.6
17	Cornell University Cornell University United States	228.2	59.1	47.4	63.4	43.6	14.5
18	Kyoto University Kyoto University Japan	223.5	73.2	57.1	45.2	35.4	12.5
19	University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center United States	222.5	58.4	66.8	38.8	44.9	13.6
20	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	220.6	53.7	51.2	57.2	45.0	13.6
21	University of Alberta University of Alberta Canada	220.4	68.3	61.6	37.0	37.9	15.6
22	Institute of Science Tokyo Institute of Science Tokyo Japan	217.4	42.9	99.2	29.4	33.5	12.3
23	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	215.5	62.2	36.0	59.6	41.4	16.3
24	Washington University in St Louis Washington University in St Louis United States	209.5	51.5	46.9	49.1	48.6	13.5
25	University of Pittsburgh University of Pittsburgh United States	208.8	74.5	31.7	47.5	41.6	13.5
26	University of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen Denmark	208.0	51.4	31.7	63.4	44.0	17.5
27	Princeton University Princeton University United States	205.5	53.4	56.2	31.9	50.0	14.0
27	Université Paris Cité Université Paris Cité France	205.5	45.9	38.1	66.2	39.3	15.9
29	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	202.6	47.6	40.5	52.7	47.4	14.4
30	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor University of Michigan, Ann Arbor United States	201.4	57.7	32.9	54.3	42.8	13.6

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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