2023 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects

ShanghaiRanking began to publish world university ranking by academic subjects in 2009. By introducing improved methodology, the Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS) was first published in 2017. The 2024 GRAS contains rankings of universities in 55 subjects across Natural Sciences, Engineering, Life Sciences, Medical Sciences, and Social Sciences. More than 1,900 out of 5,000 universities across 96 countries and regions are finally listed in the rankings. The GRAS rankings use a range of objective academic indicators and third-party data to measure the performance of world universities in respective subjects, covering in 5 major evaluation categories such as 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.(Methodology)

500 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	Q1 CNCI IC TOP AWARD
1	University of Colorado at Boulder University of Colorado at Boulder	346.6	68.4
2	California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology	312.4	76.6
3	Columbia University Columbia University	303.0	60.8
4	Harvard University Harvard University	297.5	42.9
5	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge	289.1	55.8
6	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego	282.6	49.3
7	Princeton University Princeton University	268.7	42.5
8	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	264.0	49.4
9	ETH Zurich ETH Zurich	261.5	78.0
10	Université Paris Cité Université Paris Cité	260.5	74.8
11	China University of Geosciences China University of Geosciences	250.2	100.0
12	Sorbonne University Sorbonne University	238.0	70.7
12	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles	238.0	54.1
14	University of Washington University of Washington	233.1	56.3
15	Wuhan University Wuhan University	231.7	90.7
16	University of Oxford University of Oxford	227.1	58.4
17	Utrecht University Utrecht University	224.5	64.1
18	Université Grenoble Alpes Université Grenoble Alpes	224.2	61.8
19	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley	221.5	53.5
20	Paris-Saclay University Paris-Saclay University	221.1	62.2
21	University of Leeds University of Leeds	219.2	57.2
22	Nanjing University Nanjing University	218.3	69.6
23	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park	217.0	55.4
24	Peking University Peking University	215.8	66.6
24	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin	215.8	61.7
26	University of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen	215.4	45.8
27	PSL University PSL University	213.8	59.6
27	Sun Yat-sen University Sun Yat-sen University	213.8	69.0
29	University of Bristol University of Bristol	213.2	55.0
30	University of Arizona University of Arizona	212.6	54.7

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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Methodology-Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020