Seven academic disciplines of Gdańsk Tech were included in this year’s edition of the ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS). Three of them simultaneously ranked 1st in Poland, and the highest-ranked discipline at Gdańsk Tech – Marine/Ocean Engineering – was among the top 100 worldwide.

Disciplines Ranked in GRAS 2026

The highest-ranked discipline of Gdańsk Tech in this year's edition of the ranking is – as in the previous year – Marine/Ocean Engineering, which placed within the 76–100 range globally, while also securing 1st place in Poland.

Instruments Science & Technology (ranked 151–200 globally) and Chemical Engineering (ranked 301–400) also took the 1st place in the country.

The ranking also included: Food Science & Technology (ranked 201–300), Mechanical Engineering (301–400), Telecommunication Engineering (301–400), and Civil Engineering (301–400).

Compared to the GRAS 2025 edition, Gdańsk Tech improved by one rank band in Chemical Engineering. At the same time, the number of ranked disciplines decreased from eight to seven – Metallurgical Engineering did not appear in this year's ranking.

About the GRAS Ranking

ShanghaiRanking’s Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS) evaluates universities across 57 disciplines within natural sciences, engineering, life sciences, medical sciences, and social sciences.

The ranking is based on factors including the number of scientific publications in influential journals (Q1), citation counts in a specific field (CNCI), the proportion of international authors in university publications (IC), the number of articles published in top academic journals (TJ), the number of staff awarded significant honors in a given field (Award), and the academic standing of the university’s faculty.

GRAS Methodology