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📢 OUT NOW! ShanghaiRanking Consultancy Released 2026 GRAS
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ShanghaiRanking Consultancy has released the Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS) 2026, one of the world’s most comprehensive and objective assessments of universities by academic discipline. This year’s ranking covers 57 subjects across Natural Sciences, Engineering, Life Sciences, Medical Sciences, and Social Sciences. In total, around 2,000 universities are featured in the 2026 edition of GRAS, representing 96 countries and regions.

The universities ranked first in each subject are presented in the table below. Universities from the United States continue to dominate, securing top positions in 27 subjects, while Chinese universities follow closely with 22 subjects ranked No. 1 worldwide. Harvard University stands out as the best-performing institution, achieving 11 top one positions: 6 in Social Sciences, 2 in Life Sciences, 2 in Medical Sciences, and 1 in Engineering. China's Tsinghua University leads in 7 subjects, while MIT tops 5. Meanwhile, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Indiana University Bloomington, and University of Chicago each secure 2 No. 1 positions.

By counting the total number of appearances across all subjects in the league table, universities from the United States appear 4,119 times, followed by Chinese universities with 4,077 appearances, and universities from the United Kingdom with 1,536 appearances. In terms of the number of subjects presented in GRAS 2026, Zhejiang University leads with 57 subjects, followed by National University of Singapore, appearing in 53 subjects. 7 institutions follow closely with 52 subjects each: Tsinghua University, University of Oxford, Peking University, University of Toronto, Sun Yat-sen University, The University of Queensland, and The University of Melbourne.

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81 universities secured their first ranked subject in GRAS 2026, from 26 countries and regions, and it made 97 subjects listed first time. The more useful question is not which subjects entered this year, but what had to happen first?
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🎊ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (#GRAS) 2026 is out now! Here are Top 10 #universities in 【Human Biological Sciences】
#1 Harvard University
#2 University of Pennsylvania
#3 University College London
#4 University of California, San Francisco
#5 Stanford University
#6 University of Oxford
#7 University of Toronto
#8 University of Pittsburgh
#9 Washington University in St Louis
#10 Columbia University
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🎊ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (#GRAS) 2026 is out now! Here are Top 10 #universities in 【Biological Sciences】
#1 Harvard University
#2 Stanford University
#3 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
#4 University of California, San Francisco
#5 Johns Hopkins University
#6 Yale University
#7 University of Oxford
#8 University of Cambridge
#9 University of California, Berkeley
#10 University of Washington
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🎊ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (#GRAS) 2026 is out now! Here are Top 10 #universities in 【Robotic Science & Engineering】
#1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
#2 Stanford University
#3 ETH Zurich
#4 Carnegie Mellon University
#5 Harvard University
#6 Shanghai Jiao Tong University
#7 Tsinghua University
#8 Beijing Institute of Technology
#9 Zhejiang University
#10 Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies - Pisa
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🎊ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (#GRAS) 2026 is out now! Here are Top 10 #universities in 【Artificial Intelligence】
#1 Nanyang Technological University
#2 Tsinghua University
#3 University of Toronto
#4 Zhejiang University
#5 Harbin Institute of Technology
#6 Harvard University
#7 Huazhong University of Science and Technology
#8 University of Alberta
#9 University of Montreal
#10 Carnegie Mellon University
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🎊ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (#GRAS) 2026 is out now! Here are Top 10 #universities in 【Textile Science & Engineering】
#1 Donghua University
#2 Jiangnan University
#3 Zhejiang Sci-Tech University
#4 Wuhan Textile University
#5 Qingdao University
#6 King Saud University
#7 University Putra Malaysia
#8 South China University of Technology
#9 Nanjing Forestry University
#10 Shanghai Jiao Tong University
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🎊ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (#GRAS) 2026 is out now! Here are Top 10 #universities in 【Metallurgical Engineering】
#1 University of Science and Technology Beijing
#2 Central South University
#3 Northeastern University (Shenyang)
#4 Shanghai Jiao Tong University
#5 Northwestern Polytechnical University
#6 Chongqing University
#7 Harbin Institute of Technology
#8 Xi'an Jiaotong University
#9 City University of Hong Kong
#10 University of Science and Technology of China
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🎊ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (#GRAS) 2026 is out now! Here are Top 10 #universities in 【Mining & Mineral Engineering】
#1 Central South University
#2 China University of Mining and Technology
#3 University of Science and Technology Beijing
#4 China University of Mining and Technology-Beijing
#5 Northeastern University (Shenyang)
#6 Monash University
#7 Chongqing University
#8 Sichuan University
#9 Pennsylvania State University, University Park
#10 China University of Geosciences
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🎊ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (#GRAS) 2026 is out now! Here are Top 10 #universities in 【Remote Sensing】
#1 Wuhan University
#2 Xidian University
#3 China University of Geosciences
#4 Northwestern Polytechnical University
#5 Sun Yat-sen University
#6 University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
#7 Tongji University
#8 Tsinghua University
#9 Beijing Institute of Technology
#10 Beijing Normal University
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🎊ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (#GRAS) 2026 is out now! Here are Top 10 #universities in 【Transportation Science & Technology】
#1 The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
#2 Beijing Jiaotong University
#3 Beihang University
#4 Southeast University
#5 Tsinghua University
#6 Tongji University
#7 Delft University of Technology
#8 Nanyang Technological University
#9 Southwest Jiaotong University
#10 The University of Hong Kong
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🎊ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (#GRAS) 2026 is out now! Here are Top 10 #universities in 【Marine/Ocean Engineering】
#1 Shanghai Jiao Tong University
#2 Harbin Engineering University
#3 Dalian University of Technology
#4 Dalian Maritime University
#5 Ocean University of China
#6 Wuhan University of Technology
#7 University of Lisbon
#8 NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology
#9 Zhejiang University
#10 Tianjin University
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🎊ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (#GRAS) 2026 is out now! Here are Top 10 #universities in 【Aerospace Engineering】
#1 Beihang University
#2 Northwestern Polytechnical University
#3 Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
#4 Beijing Institute of Technology
#5 Harbin Institute of Technology
#6 National University of Defense Technology
#7 Purdue University, West Lafayette
#8 Tsinghua University
#9 Georgia Institute of Technology
#10 Delft University of Technology
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🎊ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (#GRAS) 2026 is out now!
Here are Top 10 #universities in 【Biotechnology】
#1 Harvard University
#2 Zhejiang University
#3 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
#4 Technical University of Denmark
#5 Jiangnan University
#6 Shanghai Jiao Tong University
#7 Tsinghua University
#8 University of California, Berkeley
#9 Stanford University
#10 Imperial College London
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🎊ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (#GRAS) 2026 is out now!
Here are Top 10 #universities in 【Food Science & Technology】
#1 Jiangnan University
#2 Zhejiang University
#3 China Agricultural University
#4 South China University of Technology
#5 Northeast Agricultural University
#6 Jiangsu University
#7 Northwest A&F University
#8 Wageningen University & Research
#9 University of Massachusetts, Amherst
#10 Nanjing Agricultural University
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🎊ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (#GRAS) 2026 is out now!
Here are Top 10 #universities in 【Water Resources】
#1 Hohai University
#2 Tsinghua University
#3 Wuhan University
#4 Texas A&M University
#5 Northwest A&F University
#6 Beijing Normal University
#7 Southern University of Science and Technology
#8 China University of Geosciences
#9 University of Saskatchewan
#10 University of California, Davis
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11 Belgian universities listed in GRAS 2026 released Sept. 15! https://t.co/N9QHYKrWAK
205 appearances across 51 subjects
Belgian universities hold 205 appearances in the 2026 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects, across 51 of the 57 subjects.
One subject in the world's top 10:
🐾 Veterinary Sciences - Ghent University (No. 9)
The 205 appearances are shared by 11 universities. Ghent University leads with 49, KU Leuven is second on 48, with University of Antwerp next on 30. Vrije Universiteit Brussel follows on 22, Catholic University of Louvain and University of Liege on 18 each, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) on 14, Hasselt University on 3, while Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of Mons and Vlerick Business School round out the list on 1 each.
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29 Saudi universities listed in GRAS 2026 released Sept. 15! https://t.co/N9QHYKroLc
229 appearances across 42 subjects
Saudi universities hold 229 appearances in the 2026 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects, across 42 of the 57 subjects.
One subject in the world's top 10：
🧵 Textile Science & Engineering - King Saud University (No. 6)
The 229 appearances are shared by 29 universities, and top 13 of them hold 191. King Saud University leads with 34, King Abdulaziz University is second on 33, with King Abdullah University of Science and Technology next on 24. King Khalid University follows on 18, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals on 15, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University on 14, Taif University on 12, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University on 11, Umm Al-Qura University on 10, while Jazan University, King Faisal University, University of Hail and University of Tabuk complete the top 13 on 5 each.
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🎊ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (#GRAS) 2026 is out now! Here are Top 10 #universities in 【Environmental Science & Engineering】
#1 Tsinghua University
#2 Peking University
#3 Nanjing University
#4 Zhejiang University
#5 Beijing Normal University
#6 Tongji University
#7 Harbin Institute of Technology
#8 Sun Yat-sen University
#9 Delft University of Technology
#10 The University of Queensland
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🎊ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (#GRAS) 2026 is out now! Here are Top 10 #universities in 【Energy Science & Engineering】
#1 Tsinghua University
#2 Shanghai Jiao Tong University
#3 Xi'an Jiaotong University
#4 The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
#5 Huazhong University of Science and Technology
#6 Imperial College London
#7 The University of New South Wales
#8 South China University of Technology
#9 City University of Hong Kong
#10 University of Science and Technology of China
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🎊ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (#GRAS) 2026 is out now! Here are Top 10 #universities in 【Nanoscience & Nanotechnology】
#1 Tsinghua University
#2 Zhejiang University
#3 Shanghai Jiao Tong University
#4 University of Science and Technology of China
#5 National University of Singapore
#6 Nanyang Technological University
#7 Peking University
#8 Fudan University
#9 Sichuan University
#10 Soochow University (Suzhou)
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