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)

200 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	World-Class Faculty World-Class Output High Quality Research Research Impact International Collaboration
1	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego	309.8	74.5
2	Ocean University of China Ocean University of China	288.3	56.3
3	University of Washington University of Washington	259.6	37.5
4	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University	209.1	18.2
5	Oregon State University Oregon State University	203.3	23.1
6	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology	195.6	28.2
7	University of Hawaii at Manoa University of Hawaii at Manoa	193.5	28.3
8	Sorbonne University Sorbonne University	188.2	16.3
9	Xiamen University Xiamen University	185.6	24.4
10	University of Southampton University of Southampton	177.8	16.3
11	Columbia University Columbia University	175.6	28.2
12	The University of Tokyo The University of Tokyo	171.0	35.4
13	University of Miami University of Miami	168.6	33.0
14	University of Western Brittany University of Western Brittany	166.2	0.0
15	The University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales	161.7	16.3
16	Florida State University Florida State University	157.6	16.3
17	Utrecht University Utrecht University	155.7	0.0
18	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University	150.5	0.0
19	University of Bergen University of Bergen	149.7	10.3
20	University of Tasmania University of Tasmania	148.4	0.0
21	Old Dominion University Old Dominion University	148.0	38.1
22	Hohai University Hohai University	147.2	0.0
23	Sun Yat-sen University Sun Yat-sen University	147.1	0.0
24	California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology	146.3	9.6
25	East China Normal University East China Normal University	144.5	18.2
26	Harbin Engineering University Harbin Engineering University	139.2	0.0
27	Delft University of Technology Delft University of Technology	139.1	0.0
28	University of Bremen University of Bremen	139.0	0.0
29	The University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia	138.7	9.7
30	Dalian University of Technology Dalian University of Technology	137.8	0.0