Shanghai Subject Ranking 2025: Université Grenoble Alpes ranked worldwide in 30 disciplines

International, Research
On  November 18, 2025
View of Grenoble’s scientific peninsula and synchrotron © Pierre Jayet
View of Grenoble’s scientific peninsula and synchrotron © Pierre Jayet
Already positioned in the global top 200 of the 2025 Shanghai Ranking, Université Grenoble Alpes further confirms its excellence and scientific vitality with the publication of the 2025 Shanghai Subject Ranking on November 18, 2025. This year, UGA appears in 30 disciplines, maintaining its position as the third most represented French university in terms of the number of ranked disciplines—behind Sorbonne Université and Université Paris-Saclay—and reaching the world top 100 in 10 fields.
This latest ranking once again highlights the strength of the scientific research that characterizes Université Grenoble Alpes. It showcases the ability of its scientific teams to connect diverse disciplines and produce research that truly matters at the global level. These results strengthen UGA’s international appeal and demonstrate the visibility of its laboratories in increasingly strategic fields.

UGA in the global Top 100 in 10 disciplines disciplines

Out of the 57 evaluated subjects, UGA stands out 10 times in the world top 100, and 19 times in the French top 5, including three national first places in: Remote Sensing, Materials science & Engineering, Geography. It is also the second-ranked French university in: Automation & Control, Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Instruments Science & Technology, Energy Science & Engineering, Environmental science & Engineering, Nanoscience & Nanotechnology

Notably, UGA gains international visibility in the newly evaluated field of Artificial intelligence, entering the top 200–300 range.

These performances reaffirm UGA’s status as one of France’s leading research-intensive universities and reflect the strength of its scientific ecosystem, built on the strong complementarity between the university and national research organizations located on its campus.

Among the 57 evaluated subjects, UGA is ranked 30 times, including 10 in the global Top 100

Subject Rank Position
Remote Sensing 14e (-3) 1re université française
Earth sciences 21e (-5) 4e université française
Automation and control 51-75 (++) Rang 2-3 des universités françaises
Mathematics 51-75 (=) Rang 5-8 des universités françaises
Physics 51-75 (=) Rang 6-7 des universités française
Metallurgical engineering 76-100 (+) 4e université française
Clinical Medecine 76-100 (--) 4e université française
Oceanography 76-100 (+) Rang 5-8 des universités française
Atmospheric Science 76-100 (-) Rang 6-7 des universités française
Ecology 76-100 (-) Rang 6-7 des universités française
Computer science and engineering  101-150 (=) Rang 2-3 des universités françaises
Water ressources  101-150 (=) Rang 2-3 des universités françaises
Electrical and electronic engineering 101-150 (--) 2e université française
Material science and engineering 151-200 (=) Rang 1-2 des universités françaises
Geography 151-200 (=) Rang 1-3 des universités françaises
Chemistry 151-200 (=) Rang 5-8 des universités françaises
Instruments science and technology  201-300 (=) Rang 2-3 des universités françaises
Energy Science & Engineering 201-300 Rang 2-5 des universités françaises
Environnemental science and engineering 201-300 (=) Rang 2-7 des universités françaises
Nanoscience and nanotechnology 201-300 (--) Rang 2-6 des universités françaises
Public Health 201-300 (=) Rang 3-7 des universités françaises
Artificial intelligence  201-300 (new) Rang 6-7 des universités française
Biological sciences 201-300 (++) Rang 7-9 des universités française
Statistics 201-300 (-) Rang 9-12 des universités française
Mechanical engineering 201-300 (--) Rang 15-20 des universités française
Civil engineering  301-400 (--) Rang 3-4 des universités françaises
Psychology 301-400 (-) Rang 4-10 des universités française
Biotechnology 301-400 (=) Rang 7-11 des universités française
Pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences 301-400 (=) Rang 8-11 des universités française
Human biological sciences 301-400 (=) Rang 13-18 des universités française
Légende : = rang égal à 2024 ; + : en progression d’une tranche ; ++ : en progression de deux tranches ; - : en recul d’une tranche ; -- : en recul de deux tranches
Methodology of the Shanghai Subject Ranking
This year’s ranking covers 57 subjects across natural sciences, engineering, life sciences, medical sciences, and social sciences, including two new fields: artificial intelligence and robotics. In total, around 2,000 universities from 92 countries and regions are included in the 2025 edition of the ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS).

The ranking considers the following research performance indicators: Number of scientific publications in a given field ; Impact of these publications and their citation count ; Number of papers published in top-tier scientific journals ; International nature of the published results (number of international teams involved) ; Scientific awards received by researchers from the evaluated universities.
 

Published on  November 18, 2025
Updated on  November 18, 2025