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	University of Colorado at Boulder University of Colorado at Boulder United States	387.2	88.7	84.3	79.2	98.3	100.0
2	California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology United States	361.3	94.2	89.8	79.8	100.0	61.2
3	Columbia University Columbia University United States	354.3	82.3	86.6	86.2	81.6	86.6
4	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	334.5	73.4	81.7	92.6	60.8	100.0
5	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego United States	316.3	61.6	83.7	77.7	68.8	86.6
6	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	315.1	67.0	83.2	81.9	69.5	79.1
7	Princeton University Princeton University United States	291.8	53.6	94.6	82.4	56.4	70.7
8	ETH Zurich ETH Zurich Switzerland	286.6	100.0	84.1	94.9	83.6	0.0
9	Pierre and Marie Curie University - Paris 6 France	268.6	96.6	73.6	90.8	80.2	0.0
10	Harvard University Harvard University United States	263.8	55.5	89.6	81.0	52.6	50.0
11	Utrecht University Utrecht University Netherlands	258.8	89.5	86.0	95.2	64.2	0.0
12	University of Paris University of Paris France	256.9	61.1	79.8	89.4	62.8	35.4
13	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	255.7	76.9	80.5	82.1	81.8	0.0
14	University of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen Denmark	254.5	63.5	79.1	94.9	42.9	50.0
15	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	254.3	71.1	80.7	84.4	85.5	0.0
16	University of Washington University of Washington United States	250.2	74.7	89.9	77.7	70.0	0.0
17	University of Iowa University of Iowa United States	244.1	44.9	76.9	79.1	56.5	50.0
18	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	239.8	80.5	81.5	76.0	62.6	0.0
19	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	239.6	76.6	82.4	93.2	61.9	0.0
20	University of Bristol University of Bristol United Kingdom	238.1	77.6	84.3	92.3	57.7	0.0
21	University of Leeds University of Leeds United Kingdom	236.9	72.6	86.4	91.7	59.6	0.0
22	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park United States	233.9	63.7	89.3	82.0	64.4	0.0
23	University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines France	230.3	69.2	88.6	94.9	53.5	0.0
24	China University of Geosciences China University of Geosciences China	226.6	92.6	72.7	74.5	46.4	0.0
25	Université Grenoble Alpes Université Grenoble Alpes France	226.4	75.0	78.3	92.1	54.7	0.0
26	The Australian National University The Australian National University Australia	225.2	72.2	81.6	91.5	53.2	0.0
27	Imperial College London Imperial College London United Kingdom	223.0	66.8	81.5	90.1	56.6	0.0
27	The University of Tokyo The University of Tokyo Japan	223.0	74.2	66.0	74.0	68.1	0.0
29	University of Bremen University of Bremen Germany	220.9	70.9	78.8	93.4	52.6	0.0
30	Paul Sabatier University (Toulouse 3) Paul Sabatier University (Toulouse 3) France	219.5	61.9	81.4	94.5	57.3	0.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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