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)

100 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	World-Class Faculty World-Class Output High Quality Research Research Impact International Collaboration
1	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	385.1	100.0
2	University of Central Florida University of Central Florida	260.5	88.0
3	University of Surrey University of Surrey	252.9	58.8
4	Sun Yat-sen University Sun Yat-sen University	214.4	25.1
5	Washington State University Washington State University	209.3	72.2
6	Griffith University Griffith University	201.0	39.2
7	Purdue University, West Lafayette Purdue University, West Lafayette	199.3	74.6
8	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	187.1	58.8
9	Bournemouth University Bournemouth University	184.7	55.9
10	University of Massachusetts, Amherst University of Massachusetts, Amherst	183.5	61.2
11	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland	178.9	45.9
12	Pennsylvania State University, University Park	178.8	39.5
13	University of Houston University of Houston	170.7	34.7
14	University of Nevada, Las Vegas University of Nevada, Las Vegas	168.1	34.7
15	Manchester Metropolitan University Manchester Metropolitan University	167.2	80.5
16	University of Macau University of Macau	167.0	35.3
17	Kyung Hee University Kyung Hee University	165.3	26.4
18	Sejong University Sejong University	162.6	40.0
19	University of Johannesburg University of Johannesburg	152.9	0.0
20	Temple University Temple University	151.0	7.3
21	Xiamen University Xiamen University	146.9	28.3
22	Curtin University Curtin University	146.3	41.8
23	Florida State University Florida State University	146.0	23.5
23	University of Canterbury University of Canterbury	146.0	57.6
25	Macau University of Science and Technology	140.1	25.1
26	Deakin University Deakin University	138.8	52.8
27	Oklahoma State University Oklahoma State University	129.4	20.0
28	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University	126.6	33.5
29	Leeds Beckett University Leeds Beckett University	125.7	43.9
30	University of Waterloo University of Waterloo	124.3	25.6

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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