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)

500 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	World-Class Faculty	World-Class Output	High Quality Research	Research Impact	International Collaboration
1	Harvard University Harvard University United States	375.8	120.0	100.0	100.0	41.6	14.2
2	University of California, San Francisco University of California, San Francisco United States	361.0	123.9	125.3	56.8	41.9	13.2
3	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	355.8	103.5	138.6	60.7	40.9	12.1
4	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	322.0	113.9	97.1	46.4	47.2	17.4
5	The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center United States	305.2	91.7	109.3	44.9	45.6	13.8
6	Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University United States	303.3	93.9	93.2	62.0	41.0	13.2
7	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	299.6	101.4	95.8	48.7	40.6	13.1
8	Imperial College London Imperial College London United Kingdom	283.8	77.2	95.7	47.5	45.9	17.4
9	Duke University Duke University United States	283.6	85.8	92.0	51.0	41.9	12.8
10	Emory University Emory University United States	279.1	79.3	100.2	45.1	42.1	12.4
11	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	273.0	40.1	132.1	38.8	44.9	17.1
12	The University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne Australia	272.1	86.6	83.7	47.1	39.0	15.8
13	Oregon Health and Science University Oregon Health and Science University United States	261.0	84.5	89.6	33.9	40.9	12.2
14	The Chinese University of Hong Kong The Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China	252.5	78.4	83.7	29.0	46.6	14.8
15	University of Washington University of Washington United States	246.6	43.8	95.7	51.3	42.9	12.9
16	University of Pittsburgh University of Pittsburgh United States	246.3	46.5	96.8	51.7	38.7	12.6
17	Heidelberg University Heidelberg University Germany	245.2	70.9	75.3	43.6	40.1	15.4
18	University College London University College London United Kingdom	238.1	64.2	54.2	59.4	43.5	16.9
19	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	237.5	59.4	88.6	27.2	46.3	16.0
20	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	231.2	50.6	58.3	66.0	40.1	16.3
21	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego United States	220.7	84.7	36.4	44.3	42.0	13.4
22	University of Leicester University of Leicester United Kingdom	220.3	60.3	72.7	23.0	48.6	15.7
23	Université Paris Cité Université Paris Cité France	212.7	40.5	53.5	62.0	41.5	15.2
24	Stanford University Stanford University United States	209.6	55.2	45.2	54.6	41.1	13.5
25	King's College London King's College London United Kingdom	204.7	58.0	39.2	47.6	42.9	17.0
26	Columbia University Columbia University United States	204.2	54.3	46.1	50.2	40.2	13.5
27	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	203.9	54.6	42.0	54.0	41.2	12.0
28	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai United States	199.1	53.8	43.3	46.2	41.8	14.1
29	Yale University Yale University United States	197.3	46.8	45.0	50.1	42.3	13.2
30	Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science United States	195.4	36.8	45.0	60.2	40.6	12.8

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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