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	University of Colorado at Boulder University of Colorado at Boulder	387.2	88.7
2	California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology	361.3	94.2
3	Columbia University Columbia University	354.3	82.3
4	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge	334.5	73.4
5	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego	316.3	61.6
6	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	315.1	67.0
7	Princeton University Princeton University	291.8	53.6
8	ETH Zurich ETH Zurich	286.6	100.0
9	Pierre and Marie Curie University - Paris 6	268.6	96.6
10	Harvard University Harvard University	263.8	55.5
11	Utrecht University Utrecht University	258.8	89.5
12	University of Paris University of Paris	256.9	61.1
13	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley	255.7	76.9
14	University of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen	254.5	63.5
15	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles	254.3	71.1
16	University of Washington University of Washington	250.2	74.7
17	University of Iowa University of Iowa	244.1	44.9
18	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin	239.8	80.5
19	University of Oxford University of Oxford	239.6	76.6
20	University of Bristol University of Bristol	238.1	77.6
21	University of Leeds University of Leeds	236.9	72.6
22	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park	233.9	63.7
23	University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines	230.3	69.2
24	China University of Geosciences China University of Geosciences	226.6	92.6
25	Université Grenoble Alpes Université Grenoble Alpes	226.4	75.0
26	The Australian National University The Australian National University	225.2	72.2
27	Imperial College London Imperial College London	223.0	66.8
27	The University of Tokyo The University of Tokyo	223.0	74.2
29	University of Bremen University of Bremen	220.9	70.9
30	Paul Sabatier University (Toulouse 3) Paul Sabatier University (Toulouse 3)	219.5	61.9

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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