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	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University China	352.1	89.5	116.3	97.4	38.9	9.9
2	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University China	286.8	67.7	89.0	83.1	37.0	10.1
3	Xi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an Jiaotong University China	260.6	47.4	68.1	100.0	35.8	9.2
4	Huazhong University of Science and Technology China	244.9	48.6	73.4	75.0	38.1	9.9
5	Imperial College London Imperial College London United Kingdom	242.7	55.3	82.4	48.6	39.1	17.3
6	The University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales Australia	238.3	70.7	68.8	42.8	39.5	16.7
7	South China University of Technology South China University of Technology China	225.4	42.5	73.0	61.6	39.8	8.5
8	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong, China	220.3	42.4	66.7	58.2	41.5	11.5
9	Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University Singapore	209.8	44.6	57.1	47.0	42.6	18.6
10	Tianjin University Tianjin University China	205.1	15.9	69.5	73.4	36.4	9.8
11	Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing Institute of Technology China	201.4	20.0	59.5	68.7	42.7	10.6
12	University of Science and Technology of China China	201.0	0.0	77.4	78.3	36.4	8.9
13	Chongqing University Chongqing University China	200.7	31.2	51.0	69.7	38.5	10.4
14	City University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China	199.9	11.4	78.0	54.0	43.9	12.6
15	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University China	199.4	4.5	75.8	73.4	35.7	10.0
16	Stanford University Stanford University United States	197.0	20.0	83.4	37.2	41.7	14.6
17	Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Institute of Technology United States	195.5	32.1	71.3	37.0	40.3	14.9
18	Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin Institute of Technology China	185.3	9.8	54.6	75.5	35.8	9.6
19	University of Houston University of Houston United States	181.9	74.1	39.2	19.9	34.3	14.4
20	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	180.7	20.0	75.6	31.4	38.5	15.1
21	University of Waterloo University of Waterloo Canada	180.6	48.6	41.0	30.1	43.6	17.2
22	Peking University Peking University China	180.4	10.9	68.7	48.5	40.4	11.9
23	Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Germany	177.6	19.0	63.3	44.2	35.8	15.3
24	North Carolina State University at Raleigh United States	177.4	53.7	49.0	27.2	34.7	12.7
25	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	177.1	22.1	60.8	35.0	42.1	17.1
26	Central South University Central South University China	175.7	0.0	66.1	60.0	39.8	9.9
27	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore Singapore	175.2	10.4	56.1	49.4	41.1	18.2
28	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne Switzerland	174.9	14.1	70.5	32.9	39.9	17.5
29	Zhengzhou University Zhengzhou University China	173.6	0.0	68.1	53.5	41.5	10.4
30	University of Illinois Urbana, Champaign United States	173.4	60.0	35.1	30.4	33.3	14.7

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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