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	University of Colorado Boulder University of Colorado Boulder United States	299.6	46.6	138.9	58.9	40.1	15.1
2	Harvard University Harvard University United States	289.0	64.6	133.3	35.2	39.3	16.6
3	China University of Geosciences China University of Geosciences China	283.0	47.8	84.0	100.0	37.6	13.5
4	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	282.8	52.5	123.6	47.7	40.6	18.4
5	ETH Zurich ETH Zurich Switzerland	274.6	55.5	88.1	69.8	42.5	18.6
6	California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology United States	263.2	12.6	126.7	66.5	41.8	15.7
7	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology United States	261.8	49.2	112.8	44.1	39.5	16.2
8	Utrecht University Utrecht University Netherlands	261.6	85.2	61.2	54.8	41.9	18.5
9	Columbia University Columbia University United States	252.4	30.7	112.7	51.1	40.8	17.1
10	China University of Geosciences Beijing China University of Geosciences Beijing China	251.7	60.0	62.4	83.3	33.6	12.5
11	Peking University Peking University China	247.0	51.9	76.1	67.6	38.2	13.2
12	Nanjing University Nanjing University China	241.4	39.5	80.2	69.7	38.1	13.9
13	Sorbonne University Sorbonne University France	236.7	45.1	75.9	61.0	37.0	17.7
14	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego United States	234.8	22.7	110.4	45.6	40.1	16.0
15	University of Bristol University of Bristol United Kingdom	230.2	64.9	54.4	48.6	44.0	18.3
16	Universit�� Paris Cit�� Universit�� Paris Cit�� France	228.9	32.5	82.7	57.0	38.6	18.2
17	PSL University PSL University France	227.2	60.2	58.6	51.7	38.9	17.8
18	University of Exeter University of Exeter United Kingdom	223.3	73.2	44.8	40.7	46.3	18.4
19	University of Arizona University of Arizona United States	223.0	55.3	61.7	48.1	41.7	16.2
20	Princeton University Princeton University United States	221.7	10.7	113.1	37.9	43.5	16.4
21	Universit�� Grenoble Alpes Universit�� Grenoble Alpes France	221.6	45.1	60.9	55.5	42.1	18.0
22	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	210.0	38.0	67.6	52.7	36.1	15.6
23	Yale University Yale University United States	209.5	60.5	53.5	34.8	44.4	16.4
24	Paul Sabatier University (Toulouse 3) Paul Sabatier University (Toulouse 3) France	207.6	43.8	56.7	48.7	40.3	18.1
24	University of Science and Technology of China China	207.6	32.2	74.4	54.3	34.0	12.7
26	University of Leeds University of Leeds United Kingdom	207.3	35.4	63.0	48.5	42.0	18.4
27	University of Bern University of Bern Switzerland	204.9	47.8	51.4	45.3	42.0	18.4
28	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	202.9	17.6	82.9	46.1	40.3	16.1
29	Imperial College London Imperial College London United Kingdom	200.7	39.4	58.2	44.5	40.7	17.9
30	Stanford University Stanford University United States	200.1	41.5	57.9	43.2	41.9	15.6

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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