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)

400 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	World-Class Faculty World-Class Output High Quality Research Research Impact International Collaboration
1	Copenhagen Business School Copenhagen Business School	276.1	45.1
2	Indiana University, Bloomington Indiana University, Bloomington	274.0	60.0
3	Monash University Monash University	260.5	49.1
4	Harvard University Harvard University	249.7	39.6
5	University of Leeds University of Leeds	240.2	21.2
6	RMIT University RMIT University	239.6	43.0
7	University of Birmingham University of Birmingham	237.7	36.5
8	Pennsylvania State University, University Park	236.5	42.3
9	Hanken School of Economics Hanken School of Economics	229.2	46.1
10	Audencia Business School Audencia Business School	223.1	57.8
11	Northeastern University (Boston) Northeastern University (Boston)	222.5	58.7
12	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam	220.1	45.1
13	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University	218.6	37.4
14	The University of Manchester The University of Manchester	216.0	11.6
15	Deakin University Deakin University	213.8	50.0
16	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland	209.7	0.0
17	Western University Western University	208.3	33.8
18	Curtin University Curtin University	207.4	37.9
19	Erasmus University Rotterdam Erasmus University Rotterdam	205.2	0.0
19	The University of Tennessee, Knoxville The University of Tennessee, Knoxville	205.2	52.1
21	University of Groningen University of Groningen	205.1	18.0
22	City University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong	204.6	38.0
22	The University of Reading The University of Reading	204.6	13.0
24	Aston University Aston University	204.5	36.9
25	The University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne	202.9	27.3
26	University of Sydney University of Sydney	201.5	13.5
27	Newcastle University Newcastle University	200.7	0.0
28	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor University of Michigan, Ann Arbor	200.4	52.7
29	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania	199.9	19.9
30	BI Norwegian Business School BI Norwegian Business School	199.6	26.1

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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