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	China Agricultural University China Agricultural University	298.8	49.1
2	Northwest A&F University Northwest A&F University	289.3	35.9
3	Wageningen University & Research Wageningen University & Research	273.4	73.7
4	Nanjing Agricultural University Nanjing Agricultural University	256.7	43.4
5	University of Florida University of Florida	220.2	53.0
6	Technical University of Munich Technical University of Munich	212.9	80.0
7	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University	210.5	34.6
8	Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences	210.0	43.9
9	South China Agricultural University South China Agricultural University	192.9	9.0
10	Huazhong Agricultural University Huazhong Agricultural University	191.4	8.2
11	Aarhus University Aarhus University	188.8	33.0
12	University of Sao Paulo University of Sao Paulo	187.1	38.1
13	The University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia	181.1	33.0
14	University of Sydney University of Sydney	176.6	47.8
15	Colorado State University Colorado State University	174.5	52.1
16	University of California, Davis University of California, Davis	172.7	23.1
17	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University	172.0	32.9
18	University of Nebraska, Lincoln University of Nebraska, Lincoln	171.7	53.7
19	Beijing Forestry University Beijing Forestry University	171.3	19.0
20	Yangzhou University Yangzhou University	171.1	4.3
21	Sichuan Agricultural University Sichuan Agricultural University	170.6	0.0
22	Kansas State University Kansas State University	170.4	46.9
23	Cornell University Cornell University	168.6	28.7
24	The University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne	168.1	30.5
25	University of Alberta University of Alberta	167.5	44.6
26	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland	166.9	24.7
27	The University of Georgia The University of Georgia	166.7	25.4
28	Czech University of Life Sciences Prague	165.1	35.4
29	Hainan University Hainan University	162.3	19.4
30	University of Turin University of Turin	161.2	37.2

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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