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.

500 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	Q1 CNCI IC TOP AWARD
1	University of Oxford University of Oxford	296.9	96.8
2	University of Montpellier University of Montpellier	290.9	100.0
3	University of California, Davis University of California, Davis	277.5	90.9
4	Wageningen University & Research Wageningen University & Research	275.4	90.4
5	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley	272.7	87.8
6	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	271.4	80.8
7	University of Exeter University of Exeter	270.7	81.9
8	Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences	269.9	87.7
9	Imperial College London Imperial College London	265.4	77.9
10	ETH Zurich ETH Zurich	262.1	77.6
11	University of Zurich University of Zurich	260.4	74.8
12	PSL University PSL University	257.1	77.5
13	University of Colorado at Boulder University of Colorado at Boulder	252.4	66.2
14	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge	248.7	77.3
15	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia	246.1	82.3
16	The University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh	243.4	68.8
17	Princeton University Princeton University	243.0	58.6
18	The University of Sheffield The University of Sheffield	242.6	64.8
19	Colorado State University Colorado State University	242.4	75.9
19	University of Toronto University of Toronto	242.4	69.0
21	Pierre and Marie Curie University - Paris 6	240.4	87.3
21	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland	240.4	95.4
23	Western Sydney University Western Sydney University	239.5	51.7
24	Universite Paul-Valery Montpellier 3 Universite Paul-Valery Montpellier 3	239.1	67.6
24	University of Florida University of Florida	239.1	83.6
26	Stanford University Stanford University	237.4	66.9
27	University of Arizona University of Arizona	234.8	66.2
28	James Cook University James Cook University	234.0	85.4
29	Yale University Yale University	233.4	65.6
30	Cornell University Cornell University	233.3	80.8

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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