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.

300 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	Q1	CNCI	IC	TOP	AWARD
1	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong, China	325.4	100.0	95.0	79.2	100.0	100.0
2	University of Central Florida University of Central Florida United States	231.4	73.3	89.5	65.1	70.1	0.0
3	Griffith University Griffith University Australia	225.2	76.1	73.8	84.4	65.7	0.0
4	Sun Yat-sen University Sun Yat-sen University China	222.4	66.6	96.4	82.5	66.0	0.0
5	University of Surrey University of Surrey United Kingdom	216.3	56.9	96.8	94.8	55.9	86.6
6	Purdue University - West Lafayette Purdue University - West Lafayette United States	200.6	60.7	83.3	68.8	61.0	0.0
7	Pennsylvania State University - University Park United States	200.0	62.5	80.8	63.0	59.6	0.0
8	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland Australia	199.4	64.6	80.3	72.6	55.1	0.0
9	Sejong University Sejong University South Korea	197.2	57.5	100.0	82.0	52.7	0.0
10	Bournemouth University Bournemouth University United Kingdom	194.8	57.2	95.2	75.4	53.9	0.0
11	Temple University Temple University United States	192.2	54.5	90.5	74.4	57.7	0.0
11	Washington State University Washington State University United States	192.2	53.8	100.0	83.8	53.1	0.0
13	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University United States	187.2	52.7	100.0	70.3	51.1	0.0
14	Kyung Hee University Kyung Hee University South Korea	186.0	54.2	86.2	89.0	52.7	0.0
15	Florida State University Florida State University United States	180.5	55.9	78.0	70.7	50.6	0.0
16	University of Nevada-Las Vegas University of Nevada-Las Vegas United States	180.4	52.7	95.0	48.3	48.9	0.0
17	University of South Carolina - Columbia University of South Carolina - Columbia United States	173.2	48.7	88.7	64.4	49.4	0.0
18	University of Florida University of Florida United States	162.5	46.3	83.5	60.0	45.3	0.0
19	University of Houston University of Houston United States	159.5	42.9	87.3	57.0	45.8	0.0
20	University of Johannesburg University of Johannesburg South Africa	157.5	45.5	80.2	88.9	40.3	0.0
21	University of Massachusetts Amherst University of Massachusetts Amherst United States	156.5	44.2	79.0	72.9	43.4	0.0
22	Oxford Brookes University Oxford Brookes University United Kingdom	151.9	35.8	74.1	81.3	35.8	86.6
23	Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Spain	148.8	40.7	87.9	56.9	38.1	0.0
24	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University United States	147.2	42.5	72.5	69.0	40.3	0.0
25	Oklahoma State University Oklahoma State University United States	145.8	39.7	82.0	76.1	37.6	0.0
26	University of Otago University of Otago New Zealand	145.7	44.2	68.2	77.3	37.6	0.0
27	Middlesex University Middlesex University United Kingdom	142.8	35.2	95.1	78.2	34.6	0.0
28	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University China	141.0	36.3	89.0	94.5	32.7	0.0
29	University of Waterloo University of Waterloo Canada	140.3	33.6	83.5	75.4	20.7	100.0
30	Michigan State University Michigan State University United States	137.4	44.2	65.6	62.6	32.0	0.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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