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	Tongji University Tongji University	364.8	100.0
2	ETH Zurich ETH Zurich	286.4	56.1
3	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University	274.6	89.6
4	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin	246.1	46.8
5	Polytechnic University of Madrid Polytechnic University of Madrid	240.2	49.9
6	Lehigh University Lehigh University	239.5	26.1
7	National Technical University of Athens National Technical University of Athens	234.8	43.3
8	The University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales	231.9	64.7
9	University of Canterbury University of Canterbury	231.3	25.9
10	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley	224.1	63.5
11	Southeast University Southeast University	223.6	76.6
12	Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University	216.9	60.4
12	University at Buffalo, the State University of New York	216.9	33.9
14	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	215.7	78.2
15	Western University Western University	212.5	34.4
16	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne	210.1	51.9
17	Hunan University Hunan University	208.8	57.5
18	Colorado State University Colorado State University	205.7	34.2
19	The University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong	205.2	55.7
19	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	205.2	51.6
21	University of Sydney University of Sydney	204.2	52.3
22	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego	203.4	31.5
23	Dalian University of Technology Dalian University of Technology	202.3	68.9
24	Purdue University - West Lafayette Purdue University - West Lafayette	201.4	55.7
25	The University of Adelaide The University of Adelaide	200.8	44.6
26	Beijing Jiaotong University Beijing Jiaotong University	197.4	55.7
27	The University of Auckland The University of Auckland	196.5	42.4
28	Tianjin University Tianjin University	195.6	68.4
29	The University of Tokyo The University of Tokyo	193.8	39.2
30	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia	193.3	45.5

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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