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	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology United States	271.9	20.0	98.7	91.8	47.2	14.2
2	Stanford University Stanford University United States	255.9	40.6	86.1	69.8	45.3	14.0
3	ETH Zurich ETH Zurich Switzerland	227.5	15.8	64.9	80.0	50.0	16.7
4	Harvard University Harvard University United States	198.6	40.0	27.9	65.8	48.8	16.1
5	Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University United States	198.5	11.5	61.8	68.4	43.0	13.7
6	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University China	178.9	0.0	36.2	94.2	37.3	11.2
7	Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna Italy	177.3	16.8	52.2	54.4	36.6	17.4
8	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University China	177.1	8.1	30.7	90.2	37.2	11.0
9	Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin Institute of Technology China	175.7	0.0	33.2	100.0	33.1	9.4
10	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	174.8	18.4	58.9	47.6	38.5	11.5
11	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	168.4	0.0	58.9	52.1	43.0	14.4
12	Peking University Peking University China	168.0	32.7	23.1	63.2	36.7	12.4
13	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University China	167.7	0.0	28.6	89.1	38.7	11.4
14	The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Hong Kong, China	166.0	11.5	43.7	57.9	42.9	9.9
15	Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology South Korea	160.4	14.0	30.7	65.1	39.5	11.1
16	The Chinese University of Hong Kong The Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China	159.8	5.3	33.8	69.8	38.5	12.2
17	Seoul National University Seoul National University South Korea	157.1	4.3	34.4	71.9	35.0	11.5
18	Delft University of Technology Delft University of Technology Netherlands	156.6	8.1	33.2	60.4	37.5	17.4
19	Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University Singapore	155.7	18.9	19.2	62.8	38.3	16.6
20	The University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China	155.2	0.0	27.1	68.4	49.1	10.5
21	King's College London King's College London United Kingdom	154.7	40.0	21.2	39.7	35.0	18.8
22	Huazhong University of Science and Technology China	154.6	0.0	22.2	82.2	41.7	8.6
23	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne Switzerland	154.5	0.0	33.8	66.2	38.1	16.4
24	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore Singapore	154.1	8.1	26.4	62.8	37.9	19.0
25	Technical University of Munich Technical University of Munich Germany	152.7	0.0	34.4	65.8	34.5	17.9
26	California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology United States	151.2	0.0	46.4	43.8	46.9	14.1
27	Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Institute of Technology United States	150.8	0.0	36.7	65.1	37.4	11.6
28	Beihang University Beihang University China	150.4	0.0	21.2	81.5	36.0	11.7
29	University of Pisa University of Pisa Italy	149.5	32.9	27.1	38.4	33.7	17.3
30	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor University of Michigan, Ann Arbor United States	149.3	0.0	41.0	63.6	35.0	9.8

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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