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	353.9	100.0
2	University College London University College London	291.1	66.8
3	Columbia University Columbia University	288.0	51.1
4	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	284.5	46.5
5	Rockefeller University Rockefeller University	274.8	25.8
6	The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center	246.0	35.8
7	University of Zurich University of Zurich	241.2	42.1
8	The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas	240.4	32.7
9	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles	238.0	50.6
10	University of California, San Francisco University of California, San Francisco	230.9	60.3
11	Kyoto University Kyoto University	226.1	29.7
11	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge	226.1	46.4
13	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania	218.8	57.7
14	Stanford University Stanford University	218.4	54.8
15	Washington University in St. Louis Washington University in St. Louis	211.7	47.8
15	Yale University Yale University	211.7	51.4
17	Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University	208.4	66.9
18	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego	206.7	50.8
19	University of Oxford University of Oxford	204.8	57.5
20	Norwegian University of Science and Technology - NTNU	204.3	17.9
21	University of Toronto University of Toronto	200.2	57.8
22	Cornell University Cornell University	199.7	42.1
23	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	199.1	43.1
24	University of Washington University of Washington	198.6	52.1
25	University of Gothenburg University of Gothenburg	198.2	28.4
26	The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston	197.8	30.3
27	The University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne	196.5	49.9
28	University of Strasbourg University of Strasbourg	196.2	21.6
29	California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology	194.2	18.6
30	Imperial College London Imperial College London	193.4	49.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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