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	Wageningen University & Research Wageningen University & Research	303.0	100.0
2	China Agricultural University China Agricultural University	279.4	93.4
3	Nanjing Agricultural University Nanjing Agricultural University	277.1	93.6
4	Northwest A&F University Northwest A&F University	267.2	88.2
5	University of California, Davis University of California, Davis	260.9	82.3
6	Huazhong Agricultural University Huazhong Agricultural University	251.3	78.8
7	Cornell University Cornell University	246.0	74.0
8	Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences	244.9	74.4
9	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University	240.8	72.4
10	University of Florida University of Florida	238.5	76.0
11	Michigan State University Michigan State University	237.0	69.8
12	Paris-Saclay University Paris-Saclay University	230.8	64.7
13	University of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen	228.7	65.7
14	Ghent University Ghent University	228.3	65.1
15	Aarhus University Aarhus University	227.6	65.7
16	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison	226.6	66.2
17	The University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia	224.7	63.1
18	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia	221.2	60.1
19	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	218.5	61.7
20	Iowa State University Iowa State University	217.5	62.7
21	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland	216.7	61.4
22	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	214.6	58.8
23	University of Sao Paulo University of Sao Paulo	213.3	70.0
24	University of Goettingen University of Goettingen	212.2	57.4
25	University of Montpellier University of Montpellier	210.0	56.5
26	Purdue University - West Lafayette Purdue University - West Lafayette	209.2	57.2
27	University of Guelph University of Guelph	207.2	59.9
28	Institut Agro Institut Agro	205.6	61.1
29	ETH Zurich ETH Zurich	204.4	51.0
30	The University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne	203.7	54.9

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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