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 Amsterdam University of Amsterdam	295.3	100.0
2	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus	282.6	89.1
3	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin	269.2	89.5
4	Michigan State University Michigan State University	265.5	86.5
5	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	228.4	71.4
6	University of California, Santa Barbara University of California, Santa Barbara	228.1	65.1
7	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison	225.5	70.9
8	Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington	219.4	65.1
9	Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University	217.5	65.1
10	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam	217.2	61.4
11	Cornell University Cornell University	216.4	63.6
12	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania	214.1	64.6
13	University of Southern California University of Southern California	212.9	61.4
14	University of Vienna University of Vienna	209.5	61.4
15	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick	205.7	62.5
16	Northwestern University Northwestern University	203.6	62.0
17	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	202.9	60.9
18	University of Zurich University of Zurich	202.0	58.7
19	Pennsylvania State University - University Park	200.8	58.7
20	University of Arizona University of Arizona	196.8	58.7
21	The University of Georgia The University of Georgia	189.9	59.2
22	University of Munich University of Munich	187.3	52.7
23	University of Missouri - Columbia University of Missouri - Columbia	186.9	59.2
24	Ghent University Ghent University	184.8	58.7
25	University of Washington University of Washington	183.3	57.0
26	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park	183.0	56.4
27	University of Oxford University of Oxford	182.1	55.2
28	University of Utah University of Utah	180.5	55.2
29	KU Leuven KU Leuven	178.3	50.2
30	The Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Hebrew University of Jerusalem	173.9	50.2

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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