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	320.9	59.9
2	King's College London King's College London	310.2	78.4
3	Harvard University Harvard University	279.5	47.9
4	University of Bern University of Bern	278.7	44.9
5	Sichuan University Sichuan University	277.0	41.5
6	University of Sao Paulo University of Sao Paulo	259.6	42.0
7	University of Washington University of Washington	257.6	54.9
8	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania	256.7	36.2
9	University of California, San Francisco University of California, San Francisco	256.5	63.2
10	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	254.7	53.0
11	The University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong	244.9	22.2
12	The University of Manchester The University of Manchester	240.1	29.3
13	Osaka University Osaka University	239.3	56.9
14	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles	238.2	52.4
15	KU Leuven KU Leuven	228.9	38.2
16	University of Zurich University of Zurich	222.5	38.1
17	University College London University College London	215.1	33.9
18	University of Helsinki University of Helsinki	213.9	49.6
19	Institute of Science Tokyo Institute of Science Tokyo	213.0	31.4
20	University at Buffalo, the State University of New York	210.5	42.9
21	University of Otago University of Otago	209.0	49.2
22	University of Maryland, Baltimore University of Maryland, Baltimore	207.3	35.9
23	University of Turku University of Turku	206.8	31.6
24	University of Iowa University of Iowa	206.5	26.7
25	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University	204.8	36.9
26	University of Campinas University of Campinas	203.5	23.8
27	The University of Adelaide The University of Adelaide	202.5	29.9
28	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	200.6	41.7
29	University of Birmingham University of Birmingham	199.8	20.1
30	New York University New York University	198.5	15.7