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	Southeast University Southeast University	271.8	20.0
2	University of Electronic Science and Technology of China	261.6	21.9
3	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University	255.7	33.0
4	Xidian University Xidian University	244.4	2.9
5	Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University	241.0	25.7
6	Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications	237.2	12.3
7	Princeton University Princeton University	234.5	34.9
8	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology	215.1	40.0
9	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University	211.9	18.5
10	The University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales	211.3	36.2
11	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University	206.2	15.5
12	The Chinese University of Hong Kong The Chinese University of Hong Kong	204.3	37.5
13	University of Sydney University of Sydney	199.5	23.2
14	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia	199.4	19.0
15	University of Southampton University of Southampton	197.0	13.0
16	Stanford University Stanford University	193.2	45.9
17	Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing Institute of Technology	191.7	0.0
18	Queen Mary University of London Queen Mary University of London	189.7	16.3
19	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore	188.7	21.9
20	Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications	185.5	8.2
21	University of Waterloo University of Waterloo	185.3	23.6
22	Singapore University of Technology and Design	184.6	11.5
23	University College London University College London	183.2	11.7
24	University of Houston University of Houston	180.4	11.5
25	Shenzhen University Shenzhen University	176.1	3.1
26	Sun Yat-sen University Sun Yat-sen University	176.0	11.5
27	City University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong	175.9	12.6
28	Beijing Jiaotong University Beijing Jiaotong University	173.9	0.0
29	University of Technology Sydney University of Technology Sydney	173.1	4.4
30	The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology	172.5	10.8