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	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University	217.6	19.5
2	Harbin Engineering University Harbin Engineering University	207.5	2.1
3	Dalian University of Technology Dalian University of Technology	188.2	0.0
4	Ocean University of China Ocean University of China	178.5	2.1
5	Wuhan University of Technology Wuhan University of Technology	178.1	6.5
6	Dalian Maritime University Dalian Maritime University	178.0	0.0
7	University of Lisbon University of Lisbon	177.1	20.0
8	NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology	164.0	6.2
9	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University	156.3	0.0
10	University of Strathclyde University of Strathclyde	153.4	6.6
11	Tianjin University Tianjin University	152.8	0.0
12	Delft University of Technology Delft University of Technology	145.3	12.0
13	Hohai University Hohai University	137.9	0.0
14	Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin Institute of Technology	132.8	0.0
15	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University	132.7	10.0
16	Jiangsu University of Science and Technology	131.6	0.0
17	Shanghai Maritime University Shanghai Maritime University	128.5	0.0
18	Northwestern Polytechnical University Northwestern Polytechnical University	124.3	0.0
19	University College London University College London	122.2	14.5
20	Sun Yat-sen University Sun Yat-sen University	121.0	0.0
21	Technical University of Denmark Technical University of Denmark	119.5	10.2
22	Liverpool John Moores University Liverpool John Moores University	118.3	10.7
23	University of Southampton University of Southampton	118.0	17.3
24	The University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia	117.1	2.1
25	Huazhong University of Science and Technology	116.2	4.5
26	China University of Petroleum (East China)	115.6	0.0
27	Aalto University Aalto University	115.0	0.0
28	Seoul National University Seoul National University	113.7	20.0
29	Tongji University Tongji University	111.4	0.0
30	Istanbul Technical University Istanbul Technical University	110.6	4.3