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	Stanford University Stanford University	187.6	55.9
2	University College London University College London	184.2	60.0
3	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin	180.6	51.1
4	The University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong	178.1	35.1
5	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor University of Michigan, Ann Arbor	175.7	37.7
6	Michigan State University Michigan State University	173.7	43.2
7	Ohio State University, Columbus Ohio State University, Columbus	172.5	51.5
8	Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University	171.5	43.4
9	The Education University of Hong Kong The Education University of Hong Kong	164.7	30.4
10	Monash University Monash University	163.8	33.4
11	Harvard University Harvard University	162.2	14.8
12	The Chinese University of Hong Kong The Chinese University of Hong Kong	160.6	33.3
13	University of Florida University of Florida	159.4	42.5
14	University of Toronto University of Toronto	154.2	25.6
15	Pennsylvania State University, University Park	152.9	33.7
16	University of Virginia University of Virginia	149.8	30.6
17	Columbia University Columbia University	147.7	40.5
18	University of Wisconsin, Madison University of Wisconsin, Madison	143.9	31.8
19	University of Washington University of Washington	143.5	27.2
20	Arizona State University Arizona State University	142.5	38.9
21	Beijing Normal University Beijing Normal University	141.8	9.4
22	Indiana University, Bloomington Indiana University, Bloomington	139.5	37.3
23	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland	138.6	36.5
24	University of Connecticut University of Connecticut	137.0	42.6
25	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	136.6	37.5
26	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University	136.5	44.0
27	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania	136.2	18.5
28	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	134.2	20.5
29	The University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne	132.7	39.7
30	University of Oxford University of Oxford	131.3	33.5