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.

300 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	Q1 CNCI IC TOP AWARD
1	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	367.4	66.9
2	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	328.9	55.7
3	King's College London King's College London	317.0	60.7
4	University of Washington University of Washington	314.8	55.6
5	Harvard University Harvard University	310.7	66.5
6	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles	309.2	43.3
7	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania	299.2	47.6
8	University of California, San Francisco University of California, San Francisco	298.8	38.5
9	KU Leuven KU Leuven	282.5	57.3
10	University of Sao Paulo University of Sao Paulo	277.5	100.0
11	University at Buffalo, the State University of New York	273.4	39.2
12	University of Zurich University of Zurich	268.4	77.3
13	Osaka University Osaka University	264.0	45.9
14	University of Birmingham University of Birmingham	263.8	43.5
15	University College London University College London	263.2	48.7
16	The University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong	259.2	65.7
17	University of Bern University of Bern	255.3	81.3
18	University of Gothenburg University of Gothenburg	254.6	66.7
19	University of Southern California University of Southern California	249.8	36.8
20	The University of Manchester The University of Manchester	249.2	42.0
21	New York University New York University	248.6	55.9
22	University of Pittsburgh University of Pittsburgh	245.3	34.8
23	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia	244.2	39.9
24	University of Helsinki University of Helsinki	243.9	44.3
25	University of Iowa University of Iowa	241.9	37.6
26	University of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen	241.7	42.9
26	University of Florida University of Florida	241.7	41.8
28	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam	241.6	67.6
29	Tokyo Medical and Dental University Tokyo Medical and Dental University	239.2	58.4
30	Sichuan University Sichuan University	237.9	61.2

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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