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 Hong Kong, China	385.1	100.0	160.0	100.0	16.9	8.2
2	University of Central Florida University of Central Florida United States	260.5	88.0	88.9	60.5	15.5	7.6
3	University of Surrey University of Surrey United Kingdom	252.9	58.8	99.8	65.2	19.2	9.9
4	Sun Yat-sen University Sun Yat-sen University China	214.4	25.1	91.0	75.0	16.5	6.8
5	Washington State University Washington State University United States	209.3	72.2	68.1	41.0	18.8	9.2
6	Griffith University Griffith University Australia	201.0	39.2	74.2	63.4	15.9	8.2
7	Purdue University, West Lafayette Purdue University, West Lafayette United States	199.3	74.6	63.3	40.5	13.9	6.9
8	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University United States	187.1	58.8	62.8	41.7	15.2	8.6
9	Bournemouth University Bournemouth University United Kingdom	184.7	55.9	64.1	38.5	17.6	8.7
10	University of Massachusetts, Amherst University of Massachusetts, Amherst United States	183.5	61.2	63.7	36.5	14.5	7.5
11	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland Australia	178.9	45.9	52.8	55.9	15.9	8.4
12	Pennsylvania State University, University Park United States	178.8	39.5	72.2	45.7	13.9	7.4
13	University of Houston University of Houston United States	170.7	34.7	71.2	43.0	15.4	6.5
14	University of Nevada, Las Vegas University of Nevada, Las Vegas United States	168.1	34.7	69.5	40.5	15.9	7.5
15	Manchester Metropolitan University Manchester Metropolitan University United Kingdom	167.2	80.5	39.9	25.5	13.9	7.5
16	University of Macau University of Macau Macau, China	167.0	35.3	52.8	55.5	16.6	6.8
17	Kyung Hee University Kyung Hee University South Korea	165.3	26.4	51.1	61.1	17.3	9.4
18	Sejong University Sejong University South Korea	162.6	40.0	41.7	52.7	18.8	9.4
19	University of Johannesburg University of Johannesburg South Africa	152.9	0.0	64.6	61.7	16.8	9.8
20	Temple University Temple University United States	151.0	7.3	75.0	46.6	14.6	7.5
21	Xiamen University Xiamen University China	146.9	28.3	54.3	41.5	15.8	7.0
22	Curtin University Curtin University Australia	146.3	41.8	50.1	31.5	14.2	8.7
23	Florida State University Florida State University United States	146.0	23.5	61.1	38.8	15.1	7.4
23	University of Canterbury University of Canterbury New Zealand	146.0	57.6	26.8	34.4	17.5	9.8
25	Macau University of Science and Technology Macau, China	140.1	25.1	39.2	50.9	16.8	8.1
26	Deakin University Deakin University Australia	138.8	52.8	37.2	29.2	11.4	8.2
27	Oklahoma State University Oklahoma State University United States	129.4	20.0	51.5	33.8	16.4	7.7
28	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University China	126.6	33.5	33.0	35.3	16.8	7.9
29	Leeds Beckett University Leeds Beckett University United Kingdom	125.7	43.9	29.6	32.5	12.5	7.1
30	University of Waterloo University of Waterloo Canada	124.3	25.6	44.3	30.6	15.9	7.9

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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