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	362.2	130.6
2	Stanford University Stanford University	314.0	129.4
3	Yale University Yale University	284.4	90.0
4	University College London University College London	276.8	93.5
5	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor University of Michigan, Ann Arbor	273.8	97.5
6	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles	268.7	110.0
7	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania	252.3	77.5
8	Ohio State University, Columbus Ohio State University, Columbus	248.5	98.8
9	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge	247.7	87.7
10	University of Amsterdam University of Amsterdam	244.2	95.2
11	King's College London King's College London	233.3	79.9
12	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	232.9	89.2
13	University of Toronto University of Toronto	231.7	65.8
14	Columbia University Columbia University	230.1	72.6
15	New York University New York University	223.0	62.9
16	University of Wisconsin, Madison University of Wisconsin, Madison	220.2	100.8
17	University of Oxford University of Oxford	217.9	72.1
18	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley	211.9	62.2
19	Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University	208.1	78.9
20	Utrecht University Utrecht University	206.1	81.4
21	University of Illinois Urbana, Champaign	205.1	74.3
22	Duke University Duke University	200.3	62.4
23	University of California, Davis University of California, Davis	197.4	81.5
24	University of Virginia University of Virginia	195.8	65.3
25	Princeton University Princeton University	194.5	48.1
26	Northwestern University Northwestern University	194.2	35.3
27	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin	192.9	65.1
28	Arizona State University Arizona State University	192.7	74.6
29	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia	191.1	65.4
30	McGill University McGill University	186.4	43.9

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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