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)

200 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	362.1	40.0	169.5	100.0	45.9	6.7
2	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	302.4	44.7	141.6	64.0	45.9	6.2
3	Stanford University Stanford University United States	296.0	33.8	130.9	75.5	50.0	5.8
4	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	286.6	35.1	128.3	77.7	39.5	6.0
5	Columbia University Columbia University United States	270.4	50.0	103.4	68.4	42.3	6.4
6	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	262.5	43.1	99.6	69.2	42.0	8.5
7	University of Chicago University of Chicago United States	250.2	19.0	116.4	63.1	46.1	5.7
8	University of Washington University of Washington United States	246.6	31.4	107.5	65.1	35.9	6.8
9	Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University United States	245.3	43.5	96.4	58.1	41.6	5.7
10	Princeton University Princeton University United States	243.1	41.4	94.5	50.6	50.0	6.5
11	Duke University Duke University United States	225.8	24.0	99.0	62.9	34.0	6.0
12	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	222.4	21.4	96.6	59.0	37.0	8.5
13	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	222.0	35.1	85.2	55.5	39.7	6.5
14	Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University United States	216.9	21.4	95.3	52.8	40.8	6.6
15	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	211.1	17.3	76.0	76.6	35.0	6.3
16	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	208.1	39.9	54.9	59.0	47.6	6.8
17	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States	200.4	6.0	90.7	62.8	35.1	5.8
18	Pennsylvania State University - University Park United States	195.5	0.0	102.5	54.1	32.0	6.9
19	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	194.4	0.0	84.6	59.4	41.8	8.5
19	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison United States	194.4	19.0	86.0	52.6	30.9	5.9
21	ETH Zurich ETH Zurich Switzerland	183.6	15.1	71.3	48.0	40.1	9.0
22	Université Paris Cité Université Paris Cité France	181.6	25.7	48.0	68.5	32.0	7.3
23	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities United States	174.4	19.9	56.6	59.3	32.4	6.2
24	North Carolina State University - Raleigh United States	172.4	28.8	58.8	47.5	31.9	5.4
25	University of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen Denmark	170.8	34.5	40.0	51.1	36.3	8.9
26	University of Warwick University of Warwick United Kingdom	168.5	28.2	49.4	47.8	34.9	8.3
27	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore Singapore	167.2	0.0	62.0	62.1	33.1	10.0
28	University of California, Davis University of California, Davis United States	166.6	14.1	60.4	47.5	37.6	7.0
29	University of Bristol University of Bristol United Kingdom	165.8	26.0	41.6	40.2	49.9	8.1
29	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego United States	165.8	19.9	45.3	50.8	43.1	6.8

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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