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	291.0	79.4
2	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor University of Michigan, Ann Arbor	266.9	81.3
3	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley	236.5	73.1
4	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin	224.0	72.8
5	Northwestern University Northwestern University	219.8	61.3
6	Brown University Brown University	214.9	79.6
7	Princeton University Princeton University	199.3	65.6
8	University of Oxford University of Oxford	196.2	36.9
9	Columbia University Columbia University	192.0	31.7
10	New York University New York University	189.3	36.8
11	Pennsylvania State University, University Park	185.3	42.9
12	University of Washington University of Washington	183.6	60.0
13	Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University	181.7	59.5
14	Ohio State University, Columbus Ohio State University, Columbus	181.6	46.3
15	Stanford University Stanford University	177.0	28.8
15	University of Chicago University of Chicago	177.0	43.0
17	University of Toronto University of Toronto	176.2	31.8
18	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	175.0	38.1
19	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	172.2	52.3
20	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles	170.2	16.7
21	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania	166.3	13.1
22	University of Southern California University of Southern California	164.6	22.3
23	University of Wisconsin, Madison University of Wisconsin, Madison	161.0	29.4
24	University of California, Irvine University of California, Irvine	153.9	28.3
25	University College London University College London	153.3	38.1
26	Cornell University Cornell University	152.1	36.4
27	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore	148.4	53.8
28	University of Illinois Chicago University of Illinois Chicago	147.8	44.1
29	The University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh	145.9	45.3
30	Yale University Yale University	144.2	24.0