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	Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin Institute of Technology	283.7	100.0
2	Beihang University Beihang University	260.7	92.7
3	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University	260.4	92.9
4	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University	258.0	89.9
5	Jilin University Jilin University	244.4	78.8
6	Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University	241.7	75.2
7	Southeast University Southeast University	238.9	78.5
8	Huazhong University of Science and Technology	234.1	79.7
9	Dalian University of Technology Dalian University of Technology	224.6	73.4
10	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University	216.0	72.3
11	Xi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an Jiaotong University	214.7	72.7
12	Chongqing University Chongqing University	212.7	66.2
12	Northeastern University (Shenyang) Northeastern University (Shenyang)	212.7	69.2
14	Tianjin University Tianjin University	211.9	70.8
15	Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics	210.7	65.9
16	Northwestern Polytechnical University Northwestern Polytechnical University	210.3	61.6
17	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore	210.2	61.6
18	Wuhan University Wuhan University	209.7	70.0
19	University of Electronic Science and Technology of China	209.5	64.4
20	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	209.1	58.3
21	Aalborg University Aalborg University	209.0	47.3
22	Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing Institute of Technology	208.4	67.5
23	University of Malaya University of Malaya	206.6	50.8
24	King Abdulaziz University King Abdulaziz University	204.9	42.4
25	ETH Zurich ETH Zurich	195.8	49.4
26	City University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong	193.9	51.8
27	South China University of Technology South China University of Technology	193.7	52.1
28	Hanyang University Hanyang University	193.5	53.2
29	Seoul National University Seoul National University	192.9	56.8
30	Central South University Central South University	192.7	55.2

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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