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	Harvard University Harvard University	402.2	111.8
2	Stanford University Stanford University	387.4	115.0
3	Princeton University Princeton University	325.3	90.7
4	Columbia University Columbia University	325.0	87.1
5	The London School of Economics and Political Science	296.0	94.7
6	European University Institute European University Institute	258.6	69.8
7	New York University New York University	251.6	50.2
8	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley	243.4	39.1
9	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego	242.2	65.0
10	University of Oxford University of Oxford	241.3	63.8
11	Pennsylvania State University, University Park	235.4	77.7
12	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania	233.9	83.8
13	The Australian National University The Australian National University	227.9	63.1
14	University of Toronto University of Toronto	226.3	59.9
15	University of Konstanz University of Konstanz	216.9	62.4
16	George Washington University George Washington University	216.5	64.1
17	Cornell University Cornell University	215.6	61.6
18	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor University of Michigan, Ann Arbor	205.0	14.2
19	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	202.5	53.9
20	Yale University Yale University	199.4	12.6
21	Aarhus University Aarhus University	194.1	48.6
22	Ohio State University, Columbus Ohio State University, Columbus	192.3	48.1
23	The University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne	191.8	87.5
24	New York University Abu Dhabi New York University Abu Dhabi	188.9	41.0
25	King's College London King's College London	188.4	60.0
26	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles	185.6	10.9
27	Georgetown University Georgetown University	181.3	50.7
28	University of Zurich University of Zurich	180.3	50.7
29	University of Chicago University of Chicago	170.5	29.5
30	University of California, Irvine University of California, Irvine	167.3	67.4