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	Yangzhou University Yangzhou University	246.0	0.0
2	China Agricultural University China Agricultural University	231.7	26.9
3	Nanjing Agricultural University Nanjing Agricultural University	230.6	0.0
4	Ghent University Ghent University	225.2	30.1
5	University of California, Davis University of California, Davis	222.4	53.6
6	University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna	214.8	46.7
7	Northwest A&F University Northwest A&F University	204.3	0.0
8	South China Agricultural University South China Agricultural University	203.9	0.0
9	University of Milan University of Milan	202.7	39.9
10	The Royal Veterinary College The Royal Veterinary College	199.2	46.3
11	University of Guelph University of Guelph	198.6	31.7
12	The University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne	197.8	32.7
13	University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover	197.6	31.9
14	Huazhong Agricultural University Huazhong Agricultural University	194.0	0.0
15	Sichuan Agricultural University Sichuan Agricultural University	189.9	0.0
16	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	189.3	38.4
17	Ohio State University, Columbus Ohio State University, Columbus	188.0	54.2
18	The University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh	186.5	31.0
19	Cornell University Cornell University	186.1	47.8
20	University of Bern University of Bern	185.5	26.5
21	University College Dublin University College Dublin	185.0	44.1
21	University of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen	185.0	9.4
23	Autonomous University of Barcelona Autonomous University of Barcelona	184.8	9.4
24	Utrecht University Utrecht University	183.0	15.3
25	University of Pisa University of Pisa	182.4	60.0
26	Seoul National University Seoul National University	181.3	54.3
27	Free University Berlin Free University Berlin	179.8	34.2
28	Purdue University, West Lafayette Purdue University, West Lafayette	179.7	49.3
29	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University	179.1	17.9
30	Colorado State University Colorado State University	178.4	41.9

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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