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 Michigan, Ann Arbor University of Michigan, Ann Arbor United States	320.9	59.9	123.7	79.6	40.9	16.8
2	King's College London King's College London United Kingdom	310.2	78.4	109.4	69.9	36.0	16.4
3	Harvard University Harvard University United States	279.5	47.9	99.8	79.5	36.8	15.5
4	University of Bern University of Bern Switzerland	278.7	44.9	74.9	96.6	43.1	19.2
5	Sichuan University Sichuan University China	277.0	41.5	85.6	100.0	40.7	9.2
6	University of Sao Paulo University of Sao Paulo Brazil	259.6	42.0	74.5	98.3	31.4	13.4
7	University of Washington University of Washington United States	257.6	54.9	80.9	61.3	45.2	15.3
8	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	256.7	36.2	104.4	62.1	38.9	15.0
9	University of California, San Francisco University of California, San Francisco United States	256.5	63.2	105.3	42.1	33.0	13.0
10	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States	254.7	53.0	102.0	49.6	36.1	14.0
11	The University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China	244.9	22.2	88.2	77.4	41.8	15.3
12	The University of Manchester The University of Manchester United Kingdom	240.1	29.3	105.3	51.2	37.9	16.3
13	Osaka University Osaka University Japan	239.3	56.9	89.5	49.8	32.2	10.9
14	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	238.2	52.4	95.0	38.3	38.9	13.6
15	KU Leuven KU Leuven Belgium	228.9	38.2	73.0	57.5	42.0	18.2
16	University of Zurich University of Zurich Switzerland	222.5	38.1	48.9	77.9	39.9	17.7
17	University College London University College London United Kingdom	215.1	33.9	78.8	47.1	39.3	16.0
18	University of Helsinki University of Helsinki Finland	213.9	49.6	74.7	39.7	35.1	14.9
19	Institute of Science Tokyo Institute of Science Tokyo Japan	213.0	31.4	69.8	67.0	31.7	13.1
20	University at Buffalo, the State University of New York United States	210.5	42.9	72.9	41.6	39.0	14.1
21	University of Otago University of Otago New Zealand	209.0	49.2	71.7	39.2	32.5	16.6
22	University of Maryland, Baltimore University of Maryland, Baltimore United States	207.3	35.9	65.9	51.5	38.6	15.4
23	University of Turku University of Turku Finland	206.8	31.6	85.8	38.3	35.3	15.7
24	University of Iowa University of Iowa United States	206.5	26.7	79.2	49.5	36.2	14.9
25	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University China	204.8	36.9	36.7	81.1	40.8	9.2
26	University of Campinas University of Campinas Brazil	203.5	23.8	58.4	75.8	32.2	13.3
27	The University of Adelaide The University of Adelaide Australia	202.5	29.9	85.7	38.8	34.3	13.9
28	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities United States	200.6	41.7	51.6	48.6	44.3	14.4
29	University of Birmingham University of Birmingham United Kingdom	199.8	20.1	74.6	42.4	47.4	15.4
30	New York University New York University United States	198.5	15.7	84.4	49.5	34.5	14.3

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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