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.

300 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	Q1 CNCI IC TOP AWARD
1	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University	294.8	100.0
2	Southeast University Southeast University	281.8	95.2
3	Xidian University Xidian University	278.2	99.9
4	University of Electronic Science and Technology of China	269.2	93.6
5	Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications	268.8	96.0
6	Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University	255.4	78.1
7	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University	252.2	84.1
8	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia	247.6	67.2
9	Huazhong University of Science and Technology	246.5	75.5
10	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore	240.0	61.8
11	University of Southampton University of Southampton	233.9	64.4
11	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University	233.9	71.1
13	University of Waterloo University of Waterloo	230.2	62.0
14	City University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong	227.1	67.8
15	The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology	220.3	58.6
16	University of Houston University of Houston	215.8	50.0
17	Dalian University of Technology Dalian University of Technology	215.6	59.0
18	South China University of Technology South China University of Technology	214.5	59.8
19	University of Technology Sydney University of Technology Sydney	214.2	55.0
20	Beihang University Beihang University	212.8	65.8
21	Singapore University of Technology & Design	211.9	50.5
22	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin	210.9	48.3
23	Paris-Saclay University Paris-Saclay University	210.2	53.7
24	Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Institute of Technology	209.9	56.4
25	Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications	207.8	62.7
26	Peking University Peking University	207.7	56.3
27	Carleton University Carleton University	206.5	46.2
28	Shenzhen University Shenzhen University	206.4	57.4
29	Princeton University Princeton University	205.8	43.6
30	University of Sydney University of Sydney	205.3	49.1

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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