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	299.5	100.0
2	University of California, San Francisco University of California, San Francisco	233.4	61.6
3	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego	226.2	63.2
4	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	225.7	76.4
5	Karolinska Institute Karolinska Institute	224.1	68.5
6	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	221.9	43.0
7	University of Oxford University of Oxford	220.7	60.9
8	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge	218.5	55.5
9	University of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen	215.6	80.8
10	University College London University College London	215.0	72.3
11	Monash University Monash University	212.0	70.1
12	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles	210.8	53.5
13	University of Toronto University of Toronto	209.3	73.5
14	Imperial College London Imperial College London	206.0	63.1
15	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania	204.6	56.6
16	King's College London King's College London	204.2	63.1
17	Yale University Yale University	203.9	56.4
18	Duke University Duke University	203.6	56.9
19	Pierre and Marie Curie University - Paris 6	203.3	59.8
20	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	202.0	49.6
21	University of Paris University of Paris	200.3	71.8
22	University of Washington University of Washington	200.0	59.8
23	Stanford University Stanford University	197.4	50.8
24	Uppsala University Uppsala University	197.0	58.5
25	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	195.7	67.9
26	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland	194.6	65.8
27	Free University Berlin Free University Berlin	194.4	62.1
28	The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas	194.3	38.4
29	Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University	194.2	55.4
30	University of Pittsburgh University of Pittsburgh	192.7	62.3

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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