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	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology United States	270.0	81.4	107.3	36.7	30.0	14.6
2	University of Illinois Urbana, Champaign United States	258.0	55.6	119.8	37.8	31.3	13.5
3	Imperial College London Imperial College London United Kingdom	257.7	60.0	101.0	44.9	33.4	18.4
4	Southeast University Southeast University China	253.7	40.0	71.7	89.9	39.2	12.9
5	Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin Institute of Technology China	241.0	23.1	70.0	100.0	37.8	10.2
6	Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University Singapore	237.5	23.1	75.5	78.6	42.0	18.3
7	Northeastern University (Shenyang) Northeastern University (Shenyang) China	236.1	23.1	72.9	91.1	39.5	9.6
8	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University China	232.0	0.0	104.5	83.3	33.2	11.0
9	Swinburne University of Technology Swinburne University of Technology Australia	228.1	81.4	35.5	42.2	50.0	18.9
10	City University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China	226.1	32.7	66.9	71.2	44.1	11.2
11	Beihang University Beihang University China	223.4	23.1	66.4	85.4	37.9	10.6
12	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	220.0	62.9	74.3	32.7	32.9	17.3
13	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	217.5	58.9	76.4	31.6	34.6	16.1
14	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University China	217.4	23.1	56.7	88.6	37.7	11.3
15	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor University of Michigan, Ann Arbor United States	212.5	43.1	85.4	43.1	29.2	11.8
16	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University China	212.2	6.1	70.0	86.9	38.5	10.7
17	Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing Institute of Technology China	206.2	0.0	80.0	79.2	37.0	9.9
18	The University of Newcastle, Australia The University of Newcastle, Australia Australia	204.1	40.0	83.0	28.1	34.9	18.1
19	Tongji University Tongji University China	203.7	23.1	66.9	65.1	36.9	11.7
20	University of California, Santa Barbara University of California, Santa Barbara United States	198.2	51.6	76.4	25.9	29.7	14.6
21	The University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China	196.4	58.6	45.0	42.8	37.3	12.7
22	University of Alberta University of Alberta Canada	190.3	20.7	55.2	58.9	38.2	17.3
23	Eindhoven University of Technology Eindhoven University of Technology Netherlands	189.1	41.4	64.8	38.4	28.1	16.4
24	ETH Zurich ETH Zurich Switzerland	186.1	0.0	93.5	41.0	35.1	16.5
25	Chongqing University Chongqing University China	185.3	23.1	45.0	65.0	42.2	10.1
26	Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications China	184.5	32.7	41.8	55.2	43.4	11.5
27	Stanford University Stanford University United States	184.2	40.0	66.8	29.6	33.8	14.1
28	South China University of Technology South China University of Technology China	183.1	23.1	42.2	66.5	40.8	10.5
29	KTH Royal Institute of Technology KTH Royal Institute of Technology Sweden	178.0	9.8	74.6	42.6	33.1	18.0
30	Huazhong University of Science and Technology China	177.8	0.0	45.4	83.0	39.4	10.1

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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