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
1	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	296.9	96.8	81.7	91.8	100.0
2	University of Montpellier University of Montpellier France	290.9	100.0	75.9	90.5	96.9
3	University of California, Davis University of California, Davis United States	277.5	90.9	73.2	67.1	100.0
4	Wageningen University & Research Wageningen University & Research Netherlands	275.4	90.4	85.2	90.0	81.6
5	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	272.7	87.8	83.2	73.2	87.0
6	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities United States	271.4	80.8	85.7	72.7	90.5
7	University of Exeter University of Exeter United Kingdom	270.7	81.9	81.2	85.9	90.5
8	Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Sweden	269.9	87.7	79.2	88.9	85.3
9	Imperial College London Imperial College London United Kingdom	265.4	77.9	89.2	92.3	79.8
10	ETH Zurich ETH Zurich Switzerland	262.1	77.6	84.5	91.9	81.6
11	University of Zurich University of Zurich Switzerland	260.4	74.8	79.9	93.1	87.0
12	PSL University PSL University France	257.1	77.5	74.7	89.1	87.0
13	University of Colorado at Boulder University of Colorado at Boulder United States	252.4	66.2	88.3	72.2	83.5
14	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	248.7	77.3	79.6	90.0	73.9
15	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia Canada	246.1	82.3	76.8	86.9	69.6
16	The University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh United Kingdom	243.4	68.8	79.9	84.4	77.8
17	Princeton University Princeton University United States	243.0	58.6	86.4	82.0	81.6
18	The University of Sheffield The University of Sheffield United Kingdom	242.6	64.8	76.2	90.7	83.5
19	Colorado State University Colorado State University United States	242.4	75.9	76.0	63.7	77.8
19	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	242.4	69.0	70.4	79.4	87.0
21	Pierre and Marie Curie University - Paris 6 France	240.4	87.3	66.0	87.2	69.6
21	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland Australia	240.4	95.4	76.5	81.1	52.2
23	Western Sydney University Western Sydney University Australia	239.5	51.7	100.0	90.9	69.6
24	Universite Paul-Valery Montpellier 3 Universite Paul-Valery Montpellier 3 France	239.1	67.6	78.1	88.3	75.9
24	University of Florida University of Florida United States	239.1	83.6	69.2	72.7	71.8
26	Stanford University Stanford University United States	237.4	66.9	89.6	78.8	65.1
27	University of Arizona University of Arizona United States	234.8	66.2	76.6	71.1	77.8
28	James Cook University James Cook University Australia	234.0	85.4	79.8	82.7	52.2
29	Yale University Yale University United States	233.4	65.6	80.8	76.3	71.8
30	Cornell University Cornell University United States	233.3	80.8	71.4	68.4	67.4

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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