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 Denmark	276.1	45.1	98.7	100.0	14.2	18.0
2	Indiana University, Bloomington Indiana University, Bloomington United States	274.0	60.0	96.4	88.5	15.0	14.1
3	Monash University Monash University Australia	260.5	49.1	100.0	81.5	13.5	16.3
4	Harvard University Harvard University United States	249.7	39.6	94.3	90.1	12.5	13.1
5	University of Leeds University of Leeds United Kingdom	240.2	21.2	98.2	91.1	13.2	16.6
6	RMIT University RMIT University Australia	239.6	43.0	88.7	79.3	13.0	15.6
7	University of Birmingham University of Birmingham United Kingdom	237.7	36.5	85.5	83.5	15.2	17.1
8	Pennsylvania State University, University Park United States	236.5	42.3	83.7	81.9	14.5	14.1
9	Hanken School of Economics Hanken School of Economics Finland	229.2	46.1	79.3	71.3	14.8	17.7
10	Audencia Business School Audencia Business School France	223.1	57.8	66.5	63.7	17.3	17.8
11	Northeastern University (Boston) Northeastern University (Boston) United States	222.5	58.7	64.9	65.1	17.3	16.6
12	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Netherlands	220.1	45.1	68.0	75.3	14.3	17.4
13	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University United States	218.6	37.4	77.1	74.8	15.8	13.6
14	The University of Manchester The University of Manchester United Kingdom	216.0	11.6	87.8	86.4	13.9	16.3
15	Deakin University Deakin University Australia	213.8	50.0	72.3	61.4	13.9	16.2
16	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland Australia	209.7	0.0	95.3	85.1	13.3	15.9
17	Western University Western University Canada	208.3	33.8	72.3	70.1	14.9	17.2
18	Curtin University Curtin University Australia	207.4	37.9	75.7	63.5	13.6	16.7
19	Erasmus University Rotterdam Erasmus University Rotterdam Netherlands	205.2	0.0	81.9	91.2	14.5	17.6
19	The University of Tennessee, Knoxville The University of Tennessee, Knoxville United States	205.2	52.1	65.3	60.6	15.3	11.8
21	University of Groningen University of Groningen Netherlands	205.1	18.0	76.7	76.7	16.1	17.5
22	City University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China	204.6	38.0	69.1	70.1	14.2	13.3
22	The University of Reading The University of Reading United Kingdom	204.6	13.0	80.6	77.5	15.7	17.8
24	Aston University Aston University United Kingdom	204.5	36.9	66.8	67.5	16.4	16.9
25	The University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne Australia	202.9	27.3	71.2	75.1	12.8	16.4
26	University of Sydney University of Sydney Australia	201.5	13.5	80.9	77.8	14.0	15.2
27	Newcastle University Newcastle University United Kingdom	200.7	0.0	84.6	86.3	14.0	15.9
28	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor University of Michigan, Ann Arbor United States	200.4	52.7	59.2	63.5	12.2	12.8
29	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	199.9	19.9	77.1	74.2	16.0	12.7
30	BI Norwegian Business School BI Norwegian Business School Norway	199.6	26.1	74.7	68.2	14.2	16.5

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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