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	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong, China	391.5	80.0	160.0	100.0	43.1	8.4
2	University of Surrey University of Surrey United Kingdom	292.1	54.9	112.4	66.5	48.4	9.9
3	Sun Yat-sen University Sun Yat-sen University China	258.2	32.8	101.1	75.4	41.5	7.4
4	University of Central Florida University of Central Florida United States	241.8	67.1	63.0	64.6	39.6	7.6
5	Bournemouth University Bournemouth University United Kingdom	233.7	63.2	76.9	41.6	43.4	8.7
6	Griffith University Griffith University Australia	222.9	29.2	81.5	63.5	40.3	8.4
7	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland Australia	213.1	54.0	54.4	56.6	39.8	8.3
8	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University United States	209.9	66.3	50.1	44.9	40.4	8.2
9	University of Macau University of Macau Macau, China	205.5	56.3	49.5	50.6	42.1	7.1
10	Temple University Temple University United States	200.9	18.0	87.5	49.9	38.0	7.5
11	Sejong University Sejong University South Korea	186.4	28.3	45.0	56.1	47.9	9.2
12	University of Canterbury University of Canterbury New Zealand	184.9	58.8	30.2	37.6	48.7	9.7
13	University of Waterloo University of Waterloo Canada	183.7	46.6	54.4	32.4	42.4	7.8
14	University of Johannesburg University of Johannesburg South Africa	183.4	0.0	69.5	60.9	43.2	9.7
15	Kyung Hee University Kyung Hee University South Korea	178.3	17.1	49.7	57.9	44.5	9.2
16	Washington State University Washington State University United States	172.4	28.3	44.3	44.0	46.6	9.2
17	University of Massachusetts Amherst University of Massachusetts Amherst United States	166.0	42.1	40.2	39.2	36.7	7.7
18	Florida State University Florida State University United States	163.0	26.0	44.3	41.0	44.2	7.6
19	Manchester Metropolitan University Manchester Metropolitan University United Kingdom	162.9	59.6	43.6	20.7	31.6	7.3
20	Deakin University Deakin University Australia	162.1	46.0	44.8	29.8	33.2	8.4
21	Purdue University - West Lafayette Purdue University - West Lafayette United States	155.0	25.7	43.9	42.4	36.3	6.8
22	Oklahoma State University Oklahoma State University United States	154.2	28.3	39.0	37.4	42.0	7.6
23	University of Innsbruck University of Innsbruck Austria	151.8	37.1	43.8	26.7	36.0	8.1
24	Pennsylvania State University - University Park United States	151.7	8.6	52.7	48.0	35.6	6.9
25	University of Florida University of Florida United States	150.5	12.1	57.0	39.0	35.2	7.3
26	Macau University of Science and Technology Macau, China	147.8	26.3	33.1	41.0	39.5	8.0
27	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University United States	146.8	17.7	48.0	35.2	38.8	7.2
28	University of South Florida University of South Florida United States	146.7	54.7	22.5	24.9	36.5	8.2
29	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University China	145.6	24.6	35.1	36.9	40.9	8.0
30	Linnaeus University Linnaeus University Sweden	145.4	28.3	29.8	33.3	44.5	9.5

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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