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	369.3	120.0	100.0	100.0	35.2	14.1
2	Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University United States	281.2	78.6	78.8	75.7	34.2	13.9
3	London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine United Kingdom	269.0	77.5	70.1	64.0	38.7	18.8
4	University College London University College London United Kingdom	265.3	85.1	64.9	61.9	37.3	16.0
5	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	263.6	77.6	64.5	62.7	41.4	17.5
6	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	249.1	64.0	68.8	69.2	31.9	15.2
7	University of Washington University of Washington United States	232.2	54.4	63.3	64.2	37.1	13.3
8	University of California, San Francisco University of California, San Francisco United States	230.2	59.9	60.2	63.5	33.9	12.7
9	Columbia University Columbia University United States	225.4	67.8	54.5	55.4	34.7	12.9
10	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States	224.7	67.2	56.6	56.8	31.8	12.4
11	Yale University Yale University United States	217.5	61.8	52.4	54.9	35.7	12.7
12	University of Sydney University of Sydney Australia	216.8	59.1	55.1	55.3	33.1	14.3
13	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor University of Michigan, Ann Arbor United States	207.5	57.0	51.6	53.6	34.5	10.9
14	Stanford University Stanford University United States	205.4	54.6	48.0	51.5	38.8	12.6
15	Imperial College London Imperial College London United Kingdom	204.4	36.0	57.2	53.6	40.3	17.3
16	Boston University Boston University United States	200.5	57.2	48.2	48.7	34.3	12.1
17	The University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne Australia	199.5	36.7	56.4	57.4	33.9	15.1
17	The University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales Australia	199.5	46.9	51.8	51.3	34.1	15.4
19	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	199.4	54.5	48.7	49.9	34.8	11.6
20	The University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China	192.4	55.0	40.5	39.3	42.9	14.8
21	Erasmus University Rotterdam Erasmus University Rotterdam Netherlands	192.2	47.2	47.6	45.2	36.9	15.3
22	Karolinska Institute Karolinska Institute Sweden	191.4	32.8	55.7	51.6	34.1	17.1
23	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore Singapore	189.9	44.7	44.7	45.2	38.3	16.9
24	University of Ottawa University of Ottawa Canada	189.7	54.9	42.3	41.3	36.3	14.8
25	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland Australia	187.9	49.4	42.5	47.9	33.5	14.7
26	King's College London King's College London United Kingdom	183.0	36.6	48.1	45.8	36.6	15.9
27	Emory University Emory University United States	181.1	28.8	52.0	52.0	36.2	12.1
27	University of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen Denmark	181.1	31.8	51.0	48.5	33.7	16.2
29	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia Canada	180.0	31.6	49.1	48.5	36.3	14.6
30	The University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh United Kingdom	179.6	44.7	40.1	38.5	39.8	16.4

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

1
2
3
4
5
•••
17

GRAS Methodology

Read More

GRAS Tracker

Explore the full dataset behind
GRAS

Explore