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)

100 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	World-Class Faculty	World-Class Output	High Quality Research	Research Impact	International Collaboration
1	Beihang University Beihang University China	255.4	29.5	80.0	100.0	38.7	7.2
2	Northwestern Polytechnical University Northwestern Polytechnical University China	215.1	6.2	75.5	88.5	38.3	6.6
3	Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics China	198.7	7.2	72.8	77.2	33.9	7.5
4	Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing Institute of Technology China	185.4	6.2	66.6	65.2	39.0	8.4
5	Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin Institute of Technology China	179.6	6.2	58.1	70.7	37.4	7.2
6	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology United States	172.4	40.0	55.7	25.7	38.1	12.8
7	National University of Defense Technology China	169.8	6.2	56.4	62.7	39.5	5.1
8	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University China	168.9	7.8	64.2	52.8	37.6	6.6
9	Purdue University, West Lafayette Purdue University, West Lafayette United States	164.4	28.6	67.8	25.7	33.4	8.9
10	Delft University of Technology Delft University of Technology Netherlands	163.8	12.2	62.0	36.4	37.8	15.4
11	Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Institute of Technology United States	157.5	14.6	77.3	26.8	30.2	8.7
12	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor University of Michigan, Ann Arbor United States	157.1	9.2	70.6	23.5	42.2	11.6
13	California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology United States	153.7	9.8	68.4	31.0	32.9	11.7
14	Cranfield University Cranfield University United Kingdom	152.5	27.8	43.4	31.7	34.2	15.4
15	Polytechnic University of Milan Polytechnic University of Milan Italy	150.0	3.7	56.7	36.9	37.8	14.8
16	University of Colorado Boulder University of Colorado Boulder United States	145.8	5.3	72.8	29.1	29.0	9.7
17	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University United States	144.9	27.8	58.4	19.5	29.5	9.6
18	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University China	139.9	0.0	47.3	46.4	36.5	9.7
19	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	138.5	28.2	45.6	20.8	34.3	9.6
20	Sapienza University of Rome Sapienza University of Rome Italy	138.1	4.6	50.5	32.0	38.1	12.8
21	Technion-Israel Institute of Technology Technion-Israel Institute of Technology Israel	137.0	27.8	48.5	17.6	31.1	12.0
22	Seoul National University Seoul National University South Korea	134.2	27.8	43.0	23.3	31.7	8.4
23	University of Canterbury University of Canterbury New Zealand	128.7	27.8	18.8	17.2	46.9	18.0
24	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University United States	128.6	16.3	55.7	21.6	26.3	8.8
25	Stanford University Stanford University United States	128.0	6.6	49.7	20.3	40.5	10.9
26	Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology South Korea	127.7	15.4	42.5	26.9	32.8	10.1
27	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	126.9	27.8	34.9	13.6	35.7	14.9
28	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University United States	126.7	28.2	38.6	18.7	30.8	10.3
29	Polytechnic University of Turin Polytechnic University of Turin Italy	126.4	13.9	37.6	26.9	34.0	14.1
30	University of Illinois Urbana, Champaign United States	124.7	6.6	56.0	19.3	32.3	10.5

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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