91��Ƶ's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects

2025?Global Ranking of Academic Subjects

91��Ƶ first introduced the world university rankings by academic subjects in 2009, which was officially renamed the 91��Ƶ'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	Stanford University Stanford University United States	395.9	127.8	156.1	50.5	45.9	15.5
2	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	370.6	106.5	160.4	46.8	42.7	14.3
3	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University China	365.0	122.5	89.7	95.1	48.0	9.7
4	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology United States	363.8	97.6	154.3	52.2	45.1	14.6
5	University of Science and Technology of China China	347.7	91.8	100.0	100.0	46.9	9.0
6	California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology United States	325.6	90.4	146.4	31.5	43.8	13.4
7	Peking University Peking University China	317.2	100.0	84.0	79.0	44.5	9.7
8	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University China	313.8	87.0	77.3	96.2	43.6	9.7
9	Harvard University Harvard University United States	302.1	76.7	118.3	48.4	42.5	16.2
10	Nankai University Nankai University China	301.1	73.8	90.3	81.5	47.1	8.4
11	Northwestern University Northwestern University United States	300.3	63.4	129.8	48.1	44.8	14.2
12	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University China	282.5	56.1	82.5	90.0	43.8	10.1
13	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore Singapore	274.7	71.7	68.4	68.2	48.3	18.0
14	Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University Singapore	273.6	83.4	58.7	63.4	50.0	18.2
15	Nanjing University Nanjing University China	270.3	59.9	78.4	78.4	45.0	8.6
16	The University of Tokyo The University of Tokyo Japan	269.2	65.3	105.0	53.5	33.8	11.7
17	Tianjin University Tianjin University China	267.3	61.0	70.6	81.8	44.2	9.8
18	Fudan University Fudan University China	266.4	58.3	75.7	78.8	44.3	9.3
19	Princeton University Princeton University United States	264.0	94.2	83.4	29.6	44.1	12.7
20	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	262.2	64.6	96.5	42.8	44.5	13.8
21	University of Chicago University of Chicago United States	260.8	87.6	85.9	33.6	40.7	12.9
22	Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Institute of Technology United States	260.6	70.5	79.5	48.3	46.7	15.5
23	Xiamen University Xiamen University China	257.4	59.9	72.4	70.4	44.6	10.1
24	ETH Zurich ETH Zurich Switzerland	254.8	52.7	94.0	51.1	40.7	16.3
25	Jilin University Jilin University China	254.2	55.0	67.2	81.8	41.9	8.3
26	Columbia University Columbia University United States	253.0	70.9	91.0	32.4	44.1	14.6
27	Soochow University (Suzhou) Soochow University (Suzhou) China	250.3	53.2	65.8	75.8	45.6	9.9
28	Sichuan University Sichuan University China	245.7	47.1	60.7	87.1	42.5	8.2
29	City University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China	240.9	62.8	54.6	61.2	50.0	12.3
30	South China University of Technology South China University of Technology China	239.7	39.9	60.4	84.8	45.6	9.1

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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