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)

300 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	World-Class Faculty	World-Class Output	High Quality Research	Research Impact	International Collaboration
1	University of Science and Technology Beijing China	267.2	27.7	100.0	95.2	35.9	8.4
2	Central South University Central South University China	242.5	35.9	61.6	100.0	36.6	8.3
3	Northeastern University (Shenyang) Northeastern University (Shenyang) China	226.5	10.3	86.9	86.2	35.1	8.0
4	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University China	199.7	5.0	72.5	71.0	40.1	11.1
5	Northwestern Polytechnical University Northwestern Polytechnical University China	196.0	0.0	64.5	80.2	42.6	8.6
6	Chongqing University Chongqing University China	194.9	25.8	52.7	66.7	40.6	9.1
7	Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin Institute of Technology China	182.7	0.0	52.4	84.2	38.1	8.0
8	Xi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an Jiaotong University China	177.7	0.0	64.7	65.1	38.7	9.1
9	University of Science and Technology of China China	174.6	0.0	64.0	65.8	38.2	6.6
10	Pohang University of Science and Technology South Korea	168.5	35.8	41.1	38.4	39.5	13.8
11	Tohoku University Tohoku University Japan	158.0	14.3	55.8	44.2	30.6	13.1
12	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University China	151.6	7.3	48.2	50.9	36.6	8.5
13	Beihang University Beihang University China	150.8	7.3	45.3	52.3	37.8	8.1
14	Shanghai University Shanghai University China	148.5	0.0	53.0	50.9	35.3	9.3
14	The University of Manchester The University of Manchester United Kingdom	148.5	14.6	46.1	31.4	39.4	17.0
16	City University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China	148.3	0.0	46.8	41.5	48.5	11.4
17	Tianjin University Tianjin University China	147.4	12.6	37.7	49.1	40.0	7.9
18	Ohio State University, Columbus Ohio State University, Columbus United States	142.3	16.1	44.0	27.4	40.7	14.2
19	The University of Tennessee, Knoxville The University of Tennessee, Knoxville United States	140.4	0.0	41.0	32.1	50.0	17.4
20	Nanjing University of Science & Technology China	139.0	0.0	39.4	47.6	42.5	9.5
21	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University China	137.2	6.8	38.0	45.1	38.1	9.2
22	Delft University of Technology Delft University of Technology Netherlands	137.0	19.6	35.2	27.3	37.2	17.7
23	Huazhong University of Science and Technology China	136.7	0.0	38.6	50.9	39.5	7.6
24	The University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales Australia	135.2	8.0	37.1	31.2	40.7	18.2
25	Shandong University Shandong University China	134.7	0.0	34.8	52.6	38.0	9.4
26	Beijing University of Technology Beijing University of Technology China	133.8	17.9	29.0	42.7	35.9	8.4
26	Monash University Monash University Australia	133.8	10.3	35.3	28.0	42.2	18.0
28	Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University Singapore	132.9	0.0	34.2	33.9	46.3	18.5
29	Yonsei University Yonsei University South Korea	132.7	25.3	27.8	33.3	33.7	12.7
30	Imperial College London Imperial College London United Kingdom	132.3	0.0	43.6	31.2	39.5	18.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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