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)

400 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	World-Class Faculty	World-Class Output	High Quality Research	Research Impact	International Collaboration
1	University of Washington University of Washington United States	315.0	48.3	154.4	59.5	38.5	14.2
2	Columbia University Columbia University United States	289.8	57.9	105.7	64.2	46.1	16.0
3	Princeton University Princeton University United States	289.3	72.1	109.3	51.5	42.0	14.5
4	University of Colorado Boulder University of Colorado Boulder United States	288.6	47.3	110.5	76.9	38.6	15.2
5	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	268.2	34.5	128.7	48.3	41.6	15.1
6	ETH Zurich ETH Zurich Switzerland	264.5	56.4	80.0	66.0	43.9	18.1
7	Colorado State University Colorado State University United States	257.1	47.3	104.5	56.5	35.0	13.8
8	Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology China	254.9	9.6	100.0	100.0	32.5	12.8
9	Pennsylvania State University, University Park United States	236.2	54.1	88.8	42.0	37.7	13.6
10	The University of Reading The University of Reading United Kingdom	232.6	29.6	90.8	57.7	37.9	16.7
11	University of Hawaii at Manoa University of Hawaii at Manoa United States	222.5	43.7	81.2	41.2	38.8	17.7
12	Nanjing University Nanjing University China	221.7	40.2	69.8	63.5	34.2	14.1
13	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology United States	219.3	31.0	86.4	46.9	39.7	15.3
14	Peking University Peking University China	217.0	44.1	48.5	71.0	39.2	14.2
14	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park United States	217.0	28.4	76.7	56.9	39.4	15.6
16	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University China	215.6	54.7	43.7	61.2	41.8	14.2
17	Harvard University Harvard University United States	213.2	40.6	66.5	49.0	40.5	16.6
18	University of California, Irvine University of California, Irvine United States	211.9	22.7	77.8	47.3	47.9	16.1
19	University of Exeter University of Exeter United Kingdom	205.5	46.7	40.8	52.4	48.3	17.4
20	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	204.2	24.8	78.8	45.2	41.2	14.3
21	Sun Yat-sen University Sun Yat-sen University China	204.0	22.4	62.1	70.9	35.7	12.9
22	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego United States	203.7	21.9	72.8	52.6	40.6	15.9
23	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	203.5	26.4	66.9	51.3	41.1	17.7
24	Stanford University Stanford University United States	202.6	43.2	58.1	40.0	47.0	14.3
25	The University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales Australia	196.7	56.0	37.4	45.6	41.1	16.6
26	Sorbonne University Sorbonne University France	196.0	25.3	53.7	59.6	39.1	18.4
27	Beijing Normal University Beijing Normal University China	195.8	23.9	52.3	66.8	39.9	12.9
27	Paris-Saclay University Paris-Saclay University France	195.8	25.3	44.8	64.7	42.7	18.4
29	Cornell University Cornell University United States	193.6	43.2	56.2	39.8	39.4	15.0
30	California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology United States	190.7	11.5	65.0	57.7	41.1	15.4

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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