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	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	325.4	100.0
2	University of Central Florida University of Central Florida	231.4	73.3
3	Griffith University Griffith University	225.2	76.1
4	Sun Yat-sen University Sun Yat-sen University	222.4	66.6
5	University of Surrey University of Surrey	216.3	56.9
6	Purdue University - West Lafayette Purdue University - West Lafayette	200.6	60.7
7	Pennsylvania State University - University Park	200.0	62.5
8	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland	199.4	64.6
9	Sejong University Sejong University	197.2	57.5
10	Bournemouth University Bournemouth University	194.8	57.2
11	Temple University Temple University	192.2	54.5
11	Washington State University Washington State University	192.2	53.8
13	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	187.2	52.7
14	Kyung Hee University Kyung Hee University	186.0	54.2
15	Florida State University Florida State University	180.5	55.9
16	University of Nevada-Las Vegas University of Nevada-Las Vegas	180.4	52.7
17	University of South Carolina - Columbia University of South Carolina - Columbia	173.2	48.7
18	University of Florida University of Florida	162.5	46.3
19	University of Houston University of Houston	159.5	42.9
20	University of Johannesburg University of Johannesburg	157.5	45.5
21	University of Massachusetts Amherst University of Massachusetts Amherst	156.5	44.2
22	Oxford Brookes University Oxford Brookes University	151.9	35.8
23	Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	148.8	40.7
24	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University	147.2	42.5
25	Oklahoma State University Oklahoma State University	145.8	39.7
26	University of Otago University of Otago	145.7	44.2
27	Middlesex University Middlesex University	142.8	35.2
28	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University	141.0	36.3
29	University of Waterloo University of Waterloo	140.3	33.6
30	Michigan State University Michigan State University	137.4	44.2

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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