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)

500 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	World-Class Faculty	World-Class Output	High Quality Research	Research Impact	International Collaboration
1	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University China	385.0	150.0	80.0	100.0	45.0	10.0
2	Northwestern University Northwestern University United States	366.9	118.2	143.3	46.9	43.7	14.8
3	Harvard University Harvard University United States	321.2	109.8	103.9	46.1	44.5	16.8
4	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology United States	320.9	96.2	109.7	53.9	45.7	15.5
5	Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Institute of Technology United States	314.8	88.7	110.0	53.5	46.9	15.8
6	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	306.6	107.0	96.5	44.4	43.2	15.6
7	Stanford University Stanford University United States	300.5	95.3	95.2	48.2	46.2	15.6
8	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	297.5	104.7	85.5	42.5	48.8	16.1
9	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University China	287.1	68.2	69.7	95.3	43.5	10.3
10	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University China	281.1	57.2	69.9	99.8	43.5	10.6
11	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore Singapore	278.1	85.3	57.3	70.9	46.3	18.3
12	University of Science and Technology of China China	277.1	51.0	74.8	98.6	43.5	9.1
13	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	275.5	103.6	76.0	39.1	43.0	13.9
14	Northwestern Polytechnical University Northwestern Polytechnical University China	274.3	81.3	53.1	86.0	44.6	9.4
15	Xi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an Jiaotong University China	273.9	76.2	58.6	87.4	41.4	10.3
16	Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University Singapore	272.8	78.0	60.1	69.2	47.4	18.2
17	Pennsylvania State University, University Park United States	266.4	84.6	78.6	47.4	40.9	14.9
17	University of Illinois Urbana, Champaign United States	266.4	75.6	104.3	37.0	35.5	14.0
19	City University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China	266.2	71.4	61.6	71.2	50.0	12.1
20	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	265.0	56.9	98.7	49.4	42.1	17.8
21	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor University of Michigan, Ann Arbor United States	263.6	100.4	70.9	38.9	39.4	14.0
22	Fudan University Fudan University China	256.4	65.0	60.6	75.3	45.5	10.0
23	Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin Institute of Technology China	255.9	62.8	49.9	94.6	39.7	9.0
24	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego United States	254.8	92.5	67.7	36.9	44.1	13.6
25	Zhengzhou University Zhengzhou University China	250.0	53.3	55.8	83.6	47.7	9.6
26	Huazhong University of Science and Technology China	248.3	47.4	60.1	86.8	44.4	9.6
27	Peking University Peking University China	241.3	43.8	65.6	77.7	44.0	10.2
28	Soochow University (Suzhou) Soochow University (Suzhou) China	240.5	48.3	62.5	74.5	45.1	10.2
29	Jilin University Jilin University China	234.9	56.1	54.3	74.9	40.5	9.1
30	Sichuan University Sichuan University China	234.2	39.5	56.4	86.4	43.0	8.8

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

GRAS Methodology

Read More

GRAS Tracker

Explore the full dataset behind
GRAS

Explore

91����Ƶ

2025?Global Ranking of Academic Subjects

91��Ƶ