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)

200 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	World-Class Faculty	World-Class Output	High Quality Research	Research Impact	International Collaboration
1	University of Amsterdam University of Amsterdam Netherlands	278.6	51.1	100.0	100.0	19.2	8.4
2	University of Vienna University of Vienna Austria	225.6	49.6	77.2	71.7	18.2	8.9
3	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	223.9	54.2	75.6	74.0	14.9	5.1
4	Pennsylvania State University, University Park United States	223.1	56.6	76.4	70.4	14.2	5.5
5	Michigan State University Michigan State University United States	201.5	38.7	72.4	69.4	15.6	5.4
6	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities United States	199.1	63.2	52.3	60.2	17.2	6.2
7	Ohio State University, Columbus Ohio State University, Columbus United States	197.3	34.1	83.8	56.8	17.7	4.9
8	Northwestern University Northwestern University United States	187.9	38.3	68.1	58.4	16.8	6.2
9	University of Munich University of Munich Germany	183.0	39.6	60.7	57.4	17.2	8.0
10	The Chinese University of Hong Kong The Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China	182.9	49.5	57.7	52.9	15.8	6.9
11	University of Wisconsin, Madison University of Wisconsin, Madison United States	180.7	16.3	73.2	68.7	17.4	5.1
12	Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University Singapore	179.6	37.8	60.7	55.1	17.7	8.4
13	University of Zurich University of Zurich Switzerland	170.9	17.3	64.5	60.0	20.0	9.0
14	University of Illinois Urbana, Champaign United States	166.8	22.5	67.3	58.0	14.1	5.0
15	Indiana University, Bloomington Indiana University, Bloomington United States	166.7	42.4	58.8	47.7	12.9	4.9
16	The Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Israel	166.4	19.0	69.9	53.8	16.6	7.2
17	University of Southern California University of Southern California United States	163.6	34.6	59.8	48.9	14.5	5.8
18	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	162.4	24.5	58.8	56.6	17.0	5.6
19	University of California, Santa Barbara University of California, Santa Barbara United States	160.5	0.0	81.6	57.6	15.1	6.1
20	University of California, Davis University of California, Davis United States	153.2	32.2	56.7	41.3	16.1	7.0
21	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor University of Michigan, Ann Arbor United States	152.2	0.0	69.0	62.3	16.0	4.9
22	University of Colorado Boulder University of Colorado Boulder United States	151.0	40.0	52.3	40.4	13.2	5.0
23	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	148.6	0.0	62.7	58.8	18.3	8.8
24	Loughborough University Loughborough University United Kingdom	148.5	42.4	42.3	38.6	17.7	7.5
24	University of Missouri, Columbia University of Missouri, Columbia United States	148.5	52.2	32.7	45.9	13.2	4.5
26	KU Leuven KU Leuven Belgium	148.3	12.6	57.7	52.9	17.1	8.0
27	Northeastern University (Boston) Northeastern University (Boston) United States	143.2	45.6	42.3	33.0	16.7	5.6
28	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College United States	142.4	0.0	66.4	56.8	14.1	5.2
29	University at Buffalo, the State University of New York United States	140.2	35.1	45.0	40.7	14.4	5.0
30	The University of Georgia The University of Georgia United States	139.5	10.5	53.5	56.4	13.5	5.7

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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