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	277.1	100.0
2	Michigan State University Michigan State University	263.6	78.0
3	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	249.2	81.4
4	Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University	244.7	83.7
5	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin	237.3	74.8
6	Stanford University Stanford University	235.7	71.1
7	University of Washington University of Washington	230.9	71.8
8	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison	230.6	75.3
9	Utrecht University Utrecht University	227.9	72.2
10	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	223.7	74.3
11	University of California, Irvine University of California, Irvine	220.2	59.6
12	University of Virginia University of Virginia	216.2	64.8
13	University of Pittsburgh University of Pittsburgh	214.8	67.0
14	Maastricht University Maastricht University	214.5	86.0
15	New York University New York University	213.5	66.8
16	University of Toronto University of Toronto	212.6	94.6
17	Arizona State University Arizona State University	208.6	68.7
18	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania	207.8	68.7
19	Pennsylvania State University - University Park	204.1	59.6
20	Columbia University Columbia University	202.9	65.6
21	University of Colorado at Boulder University of Colorado at Boulder	201.2	55.4
21	University of Groningen University of Groningen	201.2	67.0
23	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus	199.9	69.4
24	Ghent University Ghent University	199.4	60.3
25	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	197.9	73.0
26	Purdue University - West Lafayette Purdue University - West Lafayette	194.3	61.8
27	Northwestern University Northwestern University	194.0	57.4
28	University of Illinois at Chicago University of Illinois at Chicago	193.9	67.9
29	University of Amsterdam University of Amsterdam	189.9	62.4
30	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles	189.6	66.4

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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