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	Stanford University Stanford University	323.2	88.5
2	Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University	314.2	89.5
3	University of California, San Francisco University of California, San Francisco	292.0	81.0
4	Harvard University Harvard University	289.9	48.3
5	Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Minnesota	265.7	80.6
6	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania	262.9	54.6
7	New York University New York University	251.7	88.3
8	Yale University Yale University	247.0	53.3
9	Duke University Duke University	239.5	53.4
10	University of Washington University of Washington	236.5	75.3
11	Cornell University Cornell University	236.0	48.4
12	University of Toronto University of Toronto	234.2	46.9
13	University of Munich University of Munich	219.2	51.5
14	Technical University of Munich Technical University of Munich	216.3	50.2
15	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor University of Michigan, Ann Arbor	212.5	73.5
16	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam	210.9	49.3
17	Washington University in St Louis Washington University in St Louis	208.6	23.1
18	Heidelberg University Heidelberg University	206.5	54.6
19	University College London University College London	204.3	34.1
20	University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center	199.0	63.8
21	University of Southern California University of Southern California	198.1	42.8
22	Northwestern University Northwestern University	196.4	57.2
23	Medical University of Vienna Medical University of Vienna	194.9	54.3
24	Emory University Emory University	194.1	42.1
25	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	189.1	47.7
26	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles	189.0	33.6
27	University of Virginia University of Virginia	186.7	49.3
28	Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University	186.1	56.1
29	University of Amsterdam University of Amsterdam	185.7	34.0
30	Sungkyunkwan University Sungkyunkwan University	184.5	56.7