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	Yale University Yale University	283.6	87.1
2	Harvard University Harvard University	282.7	100.0
3	University of Chicago University of Chicago	242.7	92.9
4	New York University New York University	234.4	92.9
5	Columbia University Columbia University	226.3	84.5
6	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania	217.7	86.4
7	University of Virginia University of Virginia	192.9	72.0
8	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley	191.9	76.0
9	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	187.9	72.3
10	Stanford University Stanford University	185.7	70.3
11	Duke University Duke University	184.0	69.4
12	Georgetown University Georgetown University	183.3	63.7
13	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles	178.1	61.8
14	Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University	158.8	63.9
15	Arizona State University Arizona State University	156.2	68.6
15	Florida State University Florida State University	156.2	61.2
17	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin	156.1	51.1
18	University of California, Irvine University of California, Irvine	152.8	66.1
19	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	152.3	63.7
20	Cornell University Cornell University	144.6	55.6
21	Northwestern University Northwestern University	144.2	57.7
22	Temple University Temple University	139.1	49.0
23	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge	138.5	62.9
24	University of Cincinnati University of Cincinnati	136.5	58.3
25	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park	135.2	55.0
26	University of Washington University of Washington	135.1	49.4
27	Simon Fraser University Simon Fraser University	134.2	55.6
28	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick	133.9	51.8
28	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam	133.9	56.8
30	University of Southern California University of Southern California	131.6	51.1

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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