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)

100 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	World-Class Faculty World-Class Output High Quality Research Research Impact International Collaboration
1	Erasmus University Rotterdam Erasmus University Rotterdam	252.8	64.1
2	Utrecht University Utrecht University	223.2	41.4
3	Roskilde University Roskilde University	212.9	49.2
4	Aarhus University Aarhus University	208.9	10.8
5	Leiden University Leiden University	206.2	0.0
6	American University American University	181.0	49.2
7	City University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong	175.2	39.2
8	University of Oxford University of Oxford	172.7	24.1
9	Renmin University of China Renmin University of China	166.4	34.1
10	The University of Georgia The University of Georgia	165.7	40.9
11	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore	165.0	40.7
12	Rutgers University, Newark Rutgers University, Newark	164.6	27.0
13	Ghent University Ghent University	164.5	21.4
14	Florida State University Florida State University	159.3	24.1
15	The University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh	157.5	39.4
16	The University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne	154.3	43.0
17	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University	152.6	24.1
18	Ohio State University, Columbus Ohio State University, Columbus	148.9	26.4
19	University of Oslo University of Oslo	145.8	0.0
20	Georgetown University Georgetown University	142.2	0.0
21	KU Leuven KU Leuven	138.5	15.1
22	University College London University College London	138.1	0.0
23	The Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Hebrew University of Jerusalem	137.6	17.1
24	The Open University The Open University	136.9	39.2
25	Syracuse University Syracuse University	136.8	12.1
26	University of Gothenburg University of Gothenburg	134.3	0.0
27	The London School of Economics and Political Science	133.1	0.0
28	Harvard University Harvard University	133.0	24.1
29	University of York University of York	132.5	26.2
30	Uppsala University Uppsala University	132.0	21.4