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.

500 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	Q1 CNCI IC TOP AWARD
1	Harvard University Harvard University	360.9	100.0
2	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	320.4	61.6
3	Stanford University Stanford University	311.3	61.6
4	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge	284.1	61.7
5	Rockefeller University Rockefeller University	281.8	30.9
6	University of California, San Francisco University of California, San Francisco	277.8	56.7
7	Columbia University Columbia University	275.5	48.1
8	University of Washington University of Washington	272.7	59.0
9	University College London University College London	264.1	56.3
10	Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University	255.1	59.5
11	Yale University Yale University	251.5	51.5
12	The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas	249.6	38.5
13	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley	242.0	51.2
14	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	234.0	49.8
15	University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School	230.6	31.3
16	Karolinska Institute Karolinska Institute	229.1	47.1
17	California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology	222.6	27.6
18	Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University	210.8	43.2
19	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego	209.1	58.4
20	Princeton University Princeton University	206.0	30.4
21	Tokyo Institute of Technology Tokyo Institute of Technology	205.4	18.7
22	Norwegian University of Science and Technology - NTNU	205.2	22.7
23	University of Oxford University of Oxford	204.5	63.5
24	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania	204.0	56.5
25	Cornell University Cornell University	201.6	57.1
26	University of Toronto University of Toronto	199.1	58.9
27	Cardiff University Cardiff University	198.8	27.4
28	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles	197.9	53.3
29	University of Utah University of Utah	192.4	35.6
30	Washington University in St. Louis Washington University in St. Louis	192.3	46.4

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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