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	221.7	44.9
2	Peking Union Medical College Peking Union Medical College	213.2	41.9
3	Monash University Monash University	210.0	51.7
4	Fudan University Fudan University	209.3	41.2
5	University of Naples Federico II University of Naples Federico II	207.2	59.5
6	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego	206.4	60.0
7	China Pharmaceutical University China Pharmaceutical University	201.0	29.0
8	Sichuan University Sichuan University	198.0	35.4
9	University of Sao Paulo University of Sao Paulo	195.2	35.4
10	University of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen	194.8	40.4
11	University College London University College London	194.7	37.2
12	Utrecht University Utrecht University	184.4	58.6
13	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University	184.1	16.3
14	Peking University Peking University	181.2	32.5
15	Leiden University Leiden University	179.4	50.9
16	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University	179.3	17.6
17	King's College London King's College London	178.0	46.7
18	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland	177.2	42.0
19	University of Tuebingen University of Tuebingen	176.7	56.2
20	University of Florence University of Florence	176.1	45.0
21	King Saud University King Saud University	175.0	33.1
22	Purdue University, West Lafayette Purdue University, West Lafayette	172.4	62.2
23	Sun Yat-sen University Sun Yat-sen University	171.3	12.1
24	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore	171.1	35.4
25	The University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh	169.9	40.0
26	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	168.2	45.1
27	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor University of Michigan, Ann Arbor	166.6	27.5
28	University of Macau University of Macau	166.3	50.9
29	Queen's University Belfast Queen's University Belfast	165.8	51.7
29	Université Paris Cité Université Paris Cité	165.8	26.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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