York University has made it in the top 100 worldwide for key subject areas in the prestigious Shanghai Ranking Consultancy’s Global ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS). Included in the subject list is the LA&PS Sociology program, ranked top five in Canada and in the top 100 worldwide.
The Shanghai Ranking, also known as the Academic Ranking of World Universities, bills its GRAS as “one of the most comprehensive and objective rankings of world universities by subjects” with a focus on high-impact research. Out of 5,000 universities worldwide, the GRAS ranked subjects from more than 1,900 universities in 96 countries and regions.
These results come after a robust ranking season where York jumped five spots in the 2024 THE Impact Rankings to 35th in the world and was ranked as one of Canada’s top five comprehensive universities by Maclean’s 2025 University Rankings.