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The Times ÖйúAƬ China Subject Ratings are the only performance tables that judge Chinese institutions against their global peers based on the Chinese Ministry of Education¡¯s classification of subjects.

The ratings for physical science reveal performance across 13 subjects: astronomy; atmospheric sciences; biology; chemistry; ecology; geography; geology; geophysics; marine sciences; mathematics; physics; statistics; and systems sciences.

In total, 1,439 universities worldwide receive a rating for at least one subject in the physical science pillar.

View the China Subject Ratings 2023 methodology

Ten universities achieve an A+ grade in all 13 of the physical science subjects: Sorbonne University; the University of Tokyo; the University of British Columbia; the University of California, Berkeley; the University of California, Los Angeles; the University of Cambridge; the University of Oxford; the University of Toronto; the University of Washington; and Harvard University

Peking University is the top-performing institution in mainland China, achieving 11 A+ grades for physical science.

Read our analysis of the China Subject Ratings 2023

If you would like to discuss the results of the ratings, contact Sophia Li, THE¡¯s regional director of Greater China, at Sophia.Li@timeshighereducation.com.