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	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania	324.2	65.0
2	Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University	293.1	69.5
3	Griffith University Griffith University	252.8	40.0
4	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore	238.2	15.9
5	University of Technology Sydney University of Technology Sydney	237.9	45.1
6	University of Sydney University of Sydney	237.0	51.7
7	University of Pittsburgh University of Pittsburgh	232.3	55.5
8	Duke University Duke University	230.8	49.4
9	Columbia University Columbia University	229.1	30.4
10	The Chinese University of Hong Kong The Chinese University of Hong Kong	228.1	34.9
11	Ohio State University, Columbus Ohio State University, Columbus	226.2	59.9
12	Emory University Emory University	224.2	26.0
13	Monash University Monash University	218.9	15.8
14	Deakin University Deakin University	217.9	37.5
15	University of California, San Francisco University of California, San Francisco	212.1	24.3
16	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	212.0	47.3
17	King's College London King's College London	210.8	36.0
18	University of Washington University of Washington	210.5	43.3
19	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	205.1	22.1
20	New York University New York University	204.2	37.9
20	Queensland University of Technology Queensland University of Technology	204.2	23.9
22	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia	199.5	37.9
23	La Trobe University La Trobe University	198.5	40.3
24	University of Wollongong University of Wollongong	198.2	20.3
25	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor University of Michigan, Ann Arbor	197.9	18.4
26	Taipei Medical University Taipei Medical University	195.3	13.0
27	Ghent University Ghent University	195.1	34.1
28	Case Western Reserve University Case Western Reserve University	192.0	34.8
29	Edith Cowan University Edith Cowan University	186.7	34.1
30	University of Toronto University of Toronto	184.5	21.8

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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