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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 Netherlands	252.8	64.1	88.0	77.6	16.4	6.8
2	Utrecht University Utrecht University Netherlands	223.2	41.4	71.1	85.0	18.3	7.4
3	Roskilde University Roskilde University Denmark	212.9	49.2	69.9	69.9	16.8	7.1
4	Aarhus University Aarhus University Denmark	208.9	10.8	80.0	93.8	16.9	7.4
5	Leiden University Leiden University Netherlands	206.2	0.0	80.0	100.0	18.4	7.8
6	American University American University United States	181.0	49.2	50.4	59.4	15.1	6.7
7	City University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China	175.2	39.2	59.8	52.7	15.5	7.9
8	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	172.7	24.1	43.9	80.4	16.4	7.9
9	Renmin University of China Renmin University of China China	166.4	34.1	51.9	56.9	15.7	7.8
10	The University of Georgia The University of Georgia United States	165.7	40.9	52.0	53.5	13.3	6.0
11	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore Singapore	165.0	40.7	35.4	61.3	18.8	8.7
12	Rutgers University, Newark Rutgers University, Newark United States	164.6	27.0	56.2	58.2	16.0	7.3
13	Ghent University Ghent University Belgium	164.5	21.4	54.8	64.3	16.7	7.3
14	Florida State University Florida State University United States	159.3	24.1	51.2	60.1	18.1	5.9
15	The University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh United Kingdom	157.5	39.4	35.1	58.2	17.9	6.9
16	The University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne Australia	154.3	43.0	40.6	50.6	13.7	6.6
17	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University China	152.6	24.1	45.6	57.5	18.7	6.6
18	Ohio State University, Columbus Ohio State University, Columbus United States	148.9	26.4	47.3	53.5	16.4	5.3
19	University of Oslo University of Oslo Norway	145.8	0.0	51.9	69.9	15.9	8.1
20	Georgetown University Georgetown University United States	142.2	0.0	56.9	58.8	20.0	6.5
21	KU Leuven KU Leuven Belgium	138.5	15.1	43.9	56.9	13.8	8.7
22	University College London University College London United Kingdom	138.1	0.0	48.9	66.6	14.8	7.8
23	The Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Israel	137.6	17.1	43.0	56.9	14.9	5.7
24	The Open University The Open University United Kingdom	136.9	39.2	41.8	35.8	12.9	7.2
25	Syracuse University Syracuse University United States	136.8	12.1	47.3	57.5	14.9	5.0
26	University of Gothenburg University of Gothenburg Sweden	134.3	0.0	48.9	63.7	15.6	6.1
27	The London School of Economics and Political Science United Kingdom	133.1	0.0	40.2	72.5	13.8	6.5
28	Harvard University Harvard University United States	133.0	24.1	40.2	49.8	11.7	7.1
29	University of York University of York United Kingdom	132.5	26.2	39.4	43.4	17.4	6.2
30	Uppsala University Uppsala University Sweden	132.0	21.4	37.5	49.1	16.9	7.1

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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