2020 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects

ShanghaiRanking first introduced the world university rankings by academic subjects in 2009, which was officially renamed the ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS) in 2016. GRAS evaluates world universities across 57 subjects in the fields of Natural Sciences, Engineering, Life Sciences, Medical Sciences, and Social Sciences. GRAS is based on nine objective indicators grouped into five categories: World-Class Faculty, World-Class Research Output, High-Quality Research, Research Impact, and International Collaboration. Each year, GRAS presents around 20,000 subject units from approximately 2,000 universities across some 100 countries and regions.

500 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	Q1	CNCI	IC	TOP
1	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore Singapore	255.5	91.0	81.1	90.4	69.4
2	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	252.3	69.1	85.2	60.4	100.0
3	Harvard University Harvard University United States	246.9	77.3	81.1	56.8	84.8
4	Erasmus University Rotterdam Erasmus University Rotterdam Netherlands	238.7	87.7	87.5	81.5	55.3
5	Arizona State University Arizona State University United States	236.2	81.3	85.6	62.2	65.2
6	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong, China	235.8	100.0	83.5	69.5	37.1
7	INSEAD INSEAD France	235.2	64.3	82.4	88.6	88.7
8	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	228.8	72.9	74.2	62.1	76.2
9	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	221.2	77.0	74.8	65.2	61.7
10	Pennsylvania State University - University Park United States	219.7	71.7	84.0	63.4	63.7
11	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities United States	216.1	66.0	83.7	67.5	68.5
12	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	215.1	66.0	71.8	81.3	72.0
13	University of Montreal University of Montreal Canada	214.6	90.0	72.6	79.4	35.4
14	Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Institute of Technology United States	213.4	79.0	77.0	70.3	49.4
15	City University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China	210.7	82.4	79.0	72.1	40.3
16	New York University New York University United States	208.8	59.8	76.8	73.7	73.3
17	Stanford University Stanford University United States	206.7	58.4	78.5	61.1	73.7
18	University of Warwick University of Warwick United Kingdom	206.6	74.6	75.9	74.5	49.4
19	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University United States	205.2	69.1	77.2	59.9	57.0
20	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park United States	203.9	67.6	71.9	63.8	60.2
21	Michigan State University Michigan State University United States	199.8	67.4	90.1	62.3	47.4
22	University of Washington University of Washington United States	198.1	60.0	85.2	63.9	59.2
23	Bocconi University Bocconi University Italy	195.9	57.1	82.2	83.9	60.7
24	Purdue University - West Lafayette Purdue University - West Lafayette United States	195.7	68.2	79.3	63.7	47.4
25	The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Hong Kong, China	194.3	63.3	79.6	76.5	51.8
26	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	193.9	63.0	84.5	83.8	48.7
27	Aalto University Aalto University Finland	193.1	70.0	80.6	75.7	40.3
28	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	192.6	62.7	76.5	67.8	53.6
29	Imperial College London Imperial College London United Kingdom	191.7	58.0	92.2	85.6	50.0
30	Copenhagen Business School Copenhagen Business School Denmark	190.7	62.3	76.6	83.5	50.6

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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