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.

200 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	Q1 CNCI IC TOP AWARD
1	University of Washington University of Washington	301.5	100.0
2	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego	288.3	95.1
3	Pierre and Marie Curie University - Paris 6	282.7	93.3
4	University of Southampton University of Southampton	262.0	78.1
5	Oregon State University Oregon State University	256.3	80.4
6	Utrecht University Utrecht University	247.3	76.3
7	University of Bergen University of Bergen	241.1	71.7
8	University of Bremen University of Bremen	236.9	69.3
9	University of Tasmania University of Tasmania	233.5	69.0
10	Columbia University Columbia University	232.4	64.6
11	University of Miami University of Miami	232.2	68.3
12	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	230.6	63.5
13	University of Western Brittany University of Western Brittany	230.1	66.3
14	University of Hawaii at Manoa University of Hawaii at Manoa	224.7	60.3
15	University of California, Santa Cruz University of California, Santa Cruz	222.1	60.1
16	Technical University of Denmark Technical University of Denmark	221.0	62.1
17	California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology	217.9	52.4
18	Princeton University Princeton University	217.2	53.1
19	Aix Marseille University Aix Marseille University	211.4	56.0
20	The University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales	211.2	57.7
21	University of Hamburg University of Hamburg	210.5	59.5
22	The University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia	208.8	56.6
23	Florida State University Florida State University	208.4	54.9
24	Ocean University of China Ocean University of China	206.7	72.6
25	Paul Sabatier University (Toulouse 3) Paul Sabatier University (Toulouse 3)	205.8	52.1
26	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles	204.6	48.8
27	University of California, Santa Barbara University of California, Santa Barbara	203.9	53.3
28	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia	202.8	53.5
29	University of Delaware University of Delaware	202.2	54.6
30	Stanford University Stanford University	200.8	50.7

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.