Shanghai Ranking 2025: University of Mannheim Achieves Very Good Results in Economic and Social Sciences
The University of Mannheim once again performs very well in the Shanghai Ranking’s current “Global Ranking of Academic Subjects” (GRAS). It has been ranked among the top 50 universities worldwide in Political Science for eight years now. In a total of eight subjects, the University of Mannheim has placed among the top ten universities in Germany.
Presse release from 20 November 2025
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Across the globe, the Shanghai Ranking is considered an important indicator of the academic performance and scientific influence of universities. In this year’s ranking, the University of Mannheim is once again one of the leading German universities in Social and Economic Sciences. In the “Social Sciences” category, which also includes Economic Sciences and Communication Studies, it is one of the top three universities in Germany in six of the eleven subjects listed.
In Political Science, the university ranks second in Germany and 40th worldwide. In Psychology, it has reached a shared second place. In Business Administration, Finance, Management, and Communication Studies, the university is ranked third in Germany. In Economics, it has achieved a shared fourth place, in Sociology a shared sixth place.
Established in 2003 by Jiaotong University in Shanghai, the Shanghai Ranking assesses approximately 2,500 higher education institutions worldwide each year based on criteria such as the number of scientific publications, citations, and international research collaborations. Since 2017, the Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS) has also provided detailed results in individual subjects. In the latest ranking, the performance of around 2,000 universities in 57 subjects was analyzed.
For more information on the ranking, see: https://www.shanghairanking.com/rankings/gras/2025.
Contact:
Linda Schädler
Director of Communications
University of Mannheim
Phone +49 621 181-1434
E-mail: schaedleruni-mannheim.de