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)

500 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	World-Class Faculty World-Class Output High Quality Research Research Impact International Collaboration
1	University of Chicago University of Chicago	418.3	102.2
2	Harvard University Harvard University	405.1	91.8
3	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology	402.2	116.4
4	Stanford University Stanford University	376.4	105.4
5	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley	347.4	83.6
6	Princeton University Princeton University	322.4	69.6
7	Yale University Yale University	308.3	88.4
8	The London School of Economics and Political Science	300.8	80.7
9	Columbia University Columbia University	282.8	50.4
10	New York University New York University	261.8	39.3
11	Northwestern University Northwestern University	232.6	47.4
12	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles	231.8	50.4
13	University of Oxford University of Oxford	224.6	60.0
14	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania	214.8	61.3
15	Toulouse Capitole University Toulouse Capitole University	208.9	52.2
16	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego	207.5	57.7
17	University of Toronto University of Toronto	193.0	54.6
18	University College London University College London	190.9	38.5
19	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park	185.5	44.0
20	Duke University Duke University	185.4	48.7
21	Cornell University Cornell University	178.4	43.6
22	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge	178.2	13.2
23	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor University of Michigan, Ann Arbor	174.1	37.5
24	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore	172.6	40.7
25	Bocconi University Bocconi University	169.4	40.6
25	University of Wisconsin, Madison University of Wisconsin, Madison	169.4	43.2
27	Peking University Peking University	168.5	37.7
28	Brown University Brown University	166.7	55.5
29	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	162.9	17.8
30	University of Southern California University of Southern California	160.3	38.5