2020 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects

ShanghaiRanking began publishing the world university rankings by academic subjects in 2009. Building on this foundation, the Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS) was introduced in 2017 with an enhanced methodology.The 2024 edition of GRAS evaluates universities in 55 subjects across five broad fields: Natural Sciences, Engineering, Life Sciences, Medical Sciences, and Social Sciences. Among more than 5,000 universities worldwide, over 1,900 institutions from 96 countries and regions are presented.GRAS relies on a comprehensive set of objective academic indicators and independent third-party data to assess performance at the subject level. The evaluation spans five major dimensions: World-Class Faculty, World-Class Output, High-Quality Research, Research Impact, and International Collaboration.The index of international academic awards is based on Academic Excellence Survey (AES) conducted by ShanghaiRanking.

499 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	Q1 CNCI IC TOP AWARD
1	Paris-Saclay University Paris-Saclay University	362.9	87.0
2	Princeton University Princeton University	354.3	71.4
3	Pierre and Marie Curie University - Paris 6	308.3	100.0
4	Stanford University Stanford University	301.6	66.1
5	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge	301.4	63.2
6	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	293.5	80.0
7	University of Oxford University of Oxford	292.3	78.2
8	New York University New York University	288.4	62.0
9	ETH Zurich ETH Zurich	271.9	71.3
10	PSL University PSL University	269.8	72.2
11	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles	268.5	63.6
12	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley	258.5	71.0
13	University of Bonn University of Bonn	255.2	66.2
14	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison	254.7	59.2
15	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin	250.5	69.3
16	Stony Brook University Stony Brook University	249.9	45.1
17	University of Warwick University of Warwick	244.3	58.0
18	University of Chicago University of Chicago	242.4	62.9
19	Harvard University Harvard University	242.3	48.1
20	Imperial College London Imperial College London	237.3	69.5
21	Columbia University Columbia University	226.8	57.5
22	University of Paris University of Paris	226.7	66.8
23	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick	225.7	57.4
24	Kyoto University Kyoto University	222.0	56.2
25	The Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Hebrew University of Jerusalem	215.6	42.6
26	KTH Royal Institute of Technology KTH Royal Institute of Technology	212.8	48.5
27	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	210.7	60.7
28	The University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh	209.6	49.0
29	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park	205.8	55.7
30	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	205.5	62.4

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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