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.

499 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	Q1 CNCI IC TOP AWARD
1	Harvard University Harvard University	349.8	76.5
2	Stanford University Stanford University	339.6	63.5
3	ETH Zurich ETH Zurich	333.6	81.2
4	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison	302.4	57.2
5	University of California, Davis University of California, Davis	300.1	64.0
6	Michigan State University Michigan State University	295.7	55.5
7	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University	283.4	100.0
8	Technical University of Denmark Technical University of Denmark	282.7	65.0
9	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	280.5	54.9
10	Arizona State University Arizona State University	278.4	57.9
11	Princeton University Princeton University	277.5	44.8
12	University of Alberta University of Alberta	270.1	53.6
13	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley	266.2	78.8
14	Nanjing University Nanjing University	262.1	85.0
15	Peking University Peking University	261.5	84.9
16	University of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen	258.9	60.5
17	Technical University of Munich Technical University of Munich	255.1	44.1
17	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park	255.1	59.1
19	California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology	252.8	52.5
20	Delft University of Technology Delft University of Technology	246.9	56.5
21	The University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia	242.6	47.8
22	Wageningen University & Research Wageningen University & Research	241.4	84.4
23	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland	235.1	80.9
24	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus	234.8	45.5
25	University of Colorado at Boulder University of Colorado at Boulder	234.6	69.8
26	Stockholm University Stockholm University	230.9	62.1
27	Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Institute of Technology	226.7	54.4
27	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University	226.7	75.9
29	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	223.7	62.0
30	University of Washington University of Washington	221.9	64.2

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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