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.

50 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	Q1 CNCI IC TOP AWARD
1	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University	286.8	100.0
2	Dalian University of Technology Dalian University of Technology	249.1	79.7
3	Harbin Engineering University Harbin Engineering University	244.3	76.2
4	Norwegian University of Science and Technology - NTNU	244.0	81.0
5	The University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia	221.5	59.0
6	University of Lisbon University of Lisbon	217.1	69.7
7	Tianjin University Tianjin University	210.8	55.0
8	Griffith University Griffith University	203.8	38.1
9	University of Strathclyde University of Strathclyde	199.1	69.7
10	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University	194.4	64.7
11	University of Plymouth University of Plymouth	193.5	46.0
12	Delft University of Technology Delft University of Technology	190.9	67.6
13	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore	190.0	55.4
14	Hohai University Hohai University	181.3	48.6
14	Jiangsu University of Science and Technology	181.3	46.9
16	Ocean University of China Ocean University of China	179.9	56.2
17	Newcastle University Newcastle University	177.3	48.2
18	University College London University College London	175.7	52.7
19	Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Federal University of Rio de Janeiro	174.9	40.2
20	Wuhan University of Technology Wuhan University of Technology	174.3	53.5
21	Dalian Maritime University Dalian Maritime University	174.1	40.7
22	University of Southampton University of Southampton	168.3	49.1
23	Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University	167.4	39.7
23	University of Tasmania University of Tasmania	167.4	45.1
25	China University of Petroleum, Beijing China University of Petroleum, Beijing	164.7	35.9
26	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	163.0	35.3
26	University of Genoa University of Genoa	163.0	32.8
28	Seoul National University Seoul National University	162.1	51.1
29	Technical University of Denmark Technical University of Denmark	161.0	44.2
30	Huazhong University of Science and Technology	160.1	47.8

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.