2024 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 2017. 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.(See full Methodology)

499 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	World-Class Faculty	World-Class Output	High Quality Research	Research Impact	International Collaboration
1	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	332.5	85.3	97.6	93.7	37.4	18.5
2	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities United States	310.4	82.2	100.0	74.9	38.7	14.7
3	Wageningen University & Research Wageningen University & Research Netherlands	309.7	77.3	89.6	84.1	40.5	18.2
4	University of Exeter University of Exeter United Kingdom	295.2	64.0	94.0	81.0	38.2	17.9
5	James Cook University James Cook University Australia	272.1	84.4	67.8	66.0	37.2	16.8
5	University of California, Davis University of California, Davis United States	272.1	47.7	95.5	80.1	34.5	14.2
7	University of Montpellier University of Montpellier France	271.8	24.3	92.8	100.0	36.6	18.2
8	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia Canada	270.7	39.8	91.2	86.1	36.4	17.2
9	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	268.3	35.8	100.0	77.2	39.9	15.5
10	University of Florida University of Florida United States	263.8	41.8	87.9	84.9	34.3	14.9
11	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland Australia	258.2	31.0	86.9	85.7	37.4	17.2
12	University of Helsinki University of Helsinki Finland	255.8	29.5	86.3	84.4	37.3	18.2
13	Cornell University Cornell University United States	253.1	27.1	89.9	82.0	38.9	15.1
14	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison United States	250.3	53.8	81.1	66.7	36.0	12.8
15	PSL University PSL University France	242.9	9.3	91.8	87.2	36.5	18.1
16	University of Sao Paulo University of Sao Paulo Brazil	240.0	63.3	56.5	70.7	33.5	16.1
17	University of Goettingen University of Goettingen Germany	239.2	26.5	77.8	74.4	42.5	18.0
18	Paris-Saclay University Paris-Saclay University France	238.5	36.6	76.6	65.4	42.5	17.5
19	Aarhus University Aarhus University Denmark	235.6	38.3	68.2	71.5	38.8	18.8
20	Sorbonne University Sorbonne University France	231.8	29.5	71.9	77.6	35.4	17.4
21	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	231.3	22.0	75.5	75.7	40.1	18.1
22	Colorado State University Colorado State University United States	230.0	17.1	87.9	75.0	36.8	13.2
23	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	229.5	41.8	74.3	62.5	34.8	16.1
24	ETH Zurich ETH Zurich Switzerland	229.4	0.0	89.2	79.3	42.7	18.3
25	Utah State University Utah State University United States	229.1	60.6	70.7	50.4	34.3	13.2
26	Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Sweden	226.3	0.0	86.6	84.1	37.2	18.4
27	Michigan State University Michigan State University United States	225.4	31.9	75.9	68.1	36.0	13.5
28	Imperial College London Imperial College London United Kingdom	225.3	41.8	64.2	59.4	41.5	18.4
28	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign United States	225.3	51.2	69.0	58.2	33.8	13.1
30	Harvard University Harvard University United States	225.0	41.8	67.8	60.3	38.7	16.5

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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