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.

400 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	Q1 CNCI IC TOP AWARD
1	Harvard University Harvard University	322.7	100.0
2	Stanford University Stanford University	275.5	79.9
3	Princeton University Princeton University	251.9	71.1
4	London School of Economics and Political Science	244.1	85.5
5	Yale University Yale University	240.3	67.0
6	New York University New York University	238.0	69.5
7	Columbia University Columbia University	226.8	68.7
8	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	219.4	65.5
9	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley	218.0	64.4
10	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego	214.3	59.4
11	University of Oxford University of Oxford	210.8	78.7
12	Duke University Duke University	208.9	62.0
13	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania	204.0	58.7
14	University of Chicago University of Chicago	203.4	53.9
15	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison	197.0	55.7
16	Aarhus University Aarhus University	196.1	67.4
17	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin	195.4	56.5
18	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University	194.7	55.0
19	University of Amsterdam University of Amsterdam	194.6	74.8
20	Georgetown University Georgetown University	191.2	60.1
21	Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University	189.5	50.1
22	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	186.2	51.0
23	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus	184.8	58.2
24	The George Washington University The George Washington University	183.6	61.1
25	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia	177.7	56.5
26	University College London University College London	175.1	58.2
27	University of Zurich University of Zurich	175.0	50.1
28	University of Gothenburg University of Gothenburg	173.4	58.2
28	Washington University in St. Louis Washington University in St. Louis	173.4	44.5
30	Pennsylvania State University - University Park	171.0	49.3

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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