2020 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.

500 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	Q1	CNCI	IC	TOP	AWARD
1	Paris-Saclay University Paris-Saclay University France	362.9	87.0	73.6	72.7	87.8	100.0
2	Princeton University Princeton University United States	354.3	71.4	88.9	64.4	100.0	81.2
3	Pierre and Marie Curie University - Paris 6 France	308.3	100.0	72.0	72.6	95.6	26.1
4	Stanford University Stanford University United States	301.6	66.1	90.8	63.3	89.4	42.6
5	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	301.4	63.2	88.8	77.1	73.7	60.3
6	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	293.5	80.0	85.2	64.0	89.4	26.1
7	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	292.3	78.2	75.6	76.0	75.6	47.7
8	New York University New York University United States	288.4	62.0	94.0	68.2	58.6	60.3
9	ETH Zurich ETH Zurich Switzerland	271.9	71.3	78.4	81.3	63.2	42.6
10	PSL University PSL University France	269.8	72.2	83.2	72.8	69.7	30.2
11	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	268.5	63.6	83.1	65.4	71.7	36.9
12	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	258.5	71.0	76.2	62.9	77.5	21.3
13	University of Bonn University of Bonn Germany	255.2	66.2	78.4	72.5	53.5	42.6
14	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison United States	254.7	59.2	80.5	66.0	71.7	30.2
15	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	250.5	69.3	83.3	65.6	47.8	36.9
16	Stony Brook University Stony Brook University United States	249.9	45.1	78.9	67.8	69.7	42.6
17	University of Warwick University of Warwick United Kingdom	244.3	58.0	72.1	77.8	56.1	42.6
18	University of Chicago University of Chicago United States	242.4	62.9	83.6	65.4	82.8	0.0
19	Harvard University Harvard University United States	242.3	48.1	81.6	64.3	69.7	30.2
20	Imperial College London Imperial College London United Kingdom	237.3	69.5	83.9	81.4	67.6	0.0
21	Columbia University Columbia University United States	226.8	57.5	88.7	65.1	67.6	0.0
22	University of Paris University of Paris France	226.7	66.8	71.8	71.9	73.7	0.0
23	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick United States	225.7	57.4	75.5	74.1	47.8	30.2
24	Kyoto University Kyoto University Japan	222.0	56.2	67.2	59.6	65.5	21.3
25	The Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Israel	215.6	42.6	65.7	78.5	65.5	26.1
26	KTH Royal Institute of Technology KTH Royal Institute of Technology Sweden	212.8	48.5	70.1	79.2	41.4	36.9
27	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign United States	210.7	60.7	67.4	67.4	47.8	21.3
28	The University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh United Kingdom	209.6	49.0	81.2	77.6	37.8	26.1
29	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park United States	205.8	55.7	80.0	70.5	56.1	0.0
30	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities United States	205.5	62.4	80.1	61.6	50.7	0.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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