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.

200 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	Q1 CNCI IC TOP AWARD
1	Beijing Jiaotong University Beijing Jiaotong University	291.9	100.0
2	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University	290.1	94.2
3	Southeast University Southeast University	278.6	92.4
4	Delft University of Technology Delft University of Technology	259.2	86.3
5	Tongji University Tongji University	245.9	79.7
6	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University	242.7	76.7
7	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	239.9	75.6
8	Beihang University Beihang University	239.1	67.2
9	Xidian University Xidian University	238.2	68.4
10	Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University	236.9	69.6
11	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	233.6	69.9
12	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia	232.5	68.7
13	University of Waterloo University of Waterloo	232.4	66.7
14	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore	231.6	67.2
15	University of Leeds University of Leeds	230.4	69.2
16	University of Sydney University of Sydney	229.8	72.5
17	The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology	227.6	65.7
18	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley	227.2	69.9
19	Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications	226.1	59.1
20	University of Electronic Science and Technology of China	220.9	59.3
21	University of Southampton University of Southampton	214.4	63.1
22	Dalian University of Technology Dalian University of Technology	213.2	56.2
23	The University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong	213.0	60.5
24	KTH Royal Institute of Technology KTH Royal Institute of Technology	212.9	63.7
25	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University	212.6	58.5
26	Southwest Jiaotong University Southwest Jiaotong University	210.6	61.0
27	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin	210.5	57.9
28	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	208.7	59.1
29	University of Central Florida University of Central Florida	207.6	51.6
30	University of Montreal University of Montreal	207.5	58.8

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.