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	Harvard University Harvard University United States	236.1	20.0	60.0	90.4	50.0	15.7
2	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University China	216.0	54.9	22.1	93.7	36.4	8.9
3	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology United States	206.6	20.0	55.8	66.3	50.0	14.6
4	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	203.4	62.7	29.7	46.2	50.0	14.8
5	Technical University of Denmark Technical University of Denmark Denmark	201.9	46.1	33.4	65.0	40.1	17.2
6	Jiangnan University Jiangnan University China	191.5	41.7	32.5	74.5	34.4	8.5
7	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University China	190.4	45.2	25.0	69.5	40.4	10.2
8	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University China	186.9	14.8	26.9	100.0	36.0	9.1
9	Stanford University Stanford University United States	181.5	14.4	44.7	58.2	50.0	14.3
10	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego United States	180.1	31.0	33.1	56.5	44.5	14.9
11	Imperial College London Imperial College London United Kingdom	179.6	40.7	28.3	53.7	40.2	16.6
12	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	171.9	42.1	26.5	44.6	44.5	14.2
13	Huazhong Agricultural University Huazhong Agricultural University China	162.1	40.7	10.8	59.6	39.8	11.3
14	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities United States	161.8	49.8	18.8	44.0	35.2	14.0
15	Michigan State University Michigan State University United States	160.0	60.0	15.9	37.5	32.5	14.1
16	Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology South Korea	158.3	46.0	21.7	42.7	37.0	11.0
17	University of California, San Francisco University of California, San Francisco United States	155.8	20.3	31.0	41.0	50.0	13.5
18	Yonsei University Yonsei University South Korea	154.1	40.7	13.3	50.4	36.6	13.2
19	The University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh United Kingdom	152.7	29.8	20.3	44.9	40.6	17.2
20	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	151.9	16.2	25.8	51.0	42.4	16.6
21	Ghent University Ghent University Belgium	151.0	18.0	29.0	52.8	34.8	16.4
21	Seoul National University Seoul National University South Korea	151.0	33.2	18.2	52.8	36.0	10.7
23	University College London University College London United Kingdom	150.0	12.9	25.8	55.4	39.1	16.8
24	Duke University Duke University United States	149.7	51.7	17.7	34.5	33.6	12.3
25	ETH Zurich ETH Zurich Switzerland	149.2	7.4	30.0	51.0	44.2	16.6
26	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland Australia	147.3	10.0	23.4	49.9	46.6	17.4
27	Fudan University Fudan University China	147.0	12.9	16.6	72.6	35.6	9.3
28	China Agricultural University China Agricultural University China	146.8	17.7	12.5	66.4	39.4	10.8
29	Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University United States	146.6	11.7	26.5	51.6	42.6	14.1
29	University of Washington University of Washington United States	146.6	10.0	29.7	50.2	42.9	13.8

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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