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)

300 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	World-Class Faculty World-Class Output High Quality Research Research Impact International Collaboration
1	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University	236.8	32.2
2	Sichuan University Sichuan University	214.2	44.7
3	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University	208.3	30.2
4	Harvard University Harvard University	195.7	0.0
5	University of Toronto University of Toronto	184.4	60.0
6	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology	181.3	24.1
7	Seoul National University Seoul National University	174.8	51.2
8	University College London University College London	168.1	51.2
9	Sun Yat-sen University Sun Yat-sen University	164.4	0.0
10	Duke University Duke University	159.4	52.6
11	Fudan University Fudan University	157.4	0.0
12	Stanford University Stanford University	157.1	12.1
13	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego	154.9	43.6
14	Southern Medical University Southern Medical University	154.4	0.0
15	Peking University Peking University	153.5	0.0
16	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland	153.1	41.8
17	South China University of Technology South China University of Technology	152.8	14.8
18	University of Washington University of Washington	148.6	41.8
19	Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University	147.9	12.7
20	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore	145.6	0.0
21	Huazhong University of Science and Technology	144.1	0.0
22	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University	143.7	6.0
23	Wake Forest University Wake Forest University	142.2	59.1
24	University of Science and Technology of China	141.3	8.2
25	University of Oxford University of Oxford	140.7	29.6
26	Peking Union Medical College Peking Union Medical College	140.5	0.0
27	Southern University of Science and Technology	139.3	19.7
28	Soochow University (Suzhou) Soochow University (Suzhou)	139.0	0.0
29	Shenzhen University Shenzhen University	137.9	0.0
30	National Taiwan University National Taiwan University	136.5	44.3