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.

200 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	Q1	CNCI	IC
1	University of Washington University of Washington United States	301.5	100.0	87.9	68.0
2	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego United States	288.3	95.1	83.8	70.8
3	Pierre and Marie Curie University - Paris 6 France	282.7	93.3	78.9	85.6
4	University of Southampton University of Southampton United Kingdom	262.0	78.1	88.5	87.0
5	Oregon State University Oregon State University United States	256.3	80.4	82.8	63.9
6	Utrecht University Utrecht University Netherlands	247.3	76.3	77.2	87.2
7	University of Bergen University of Bergen Norway	241.1	71.7	81.3	81.7
8	University of Bremen University of Bremen Germany	236.9	69.3	81.2	85.4
9	University of Tasmania University of Tasmania Australia	233.5	69.0	79.7	79.3
10	Columbia University Columbia University United States	232.4	64.6	87.3	79.4
11	University of Miami University of Miami United States	232.2	68.3	81.0	73.3
12	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	230.6	63.5	89.1	72.9
13	University of Western Brittany University of Western Brittany France	230.1	66.3	80.7	84.4
14	University of Hawaii at Manoa University of Hawaii at Manoa United States	224.7	60.3	88.8	76.3
15	University of California, Santa Cruz University of California, Santa Cruz United States	222.1	60.1	87.0	74.1
16	Technical University of Denmark Technical University of Denmark Denmark	221.0	62.1	79.4	87.1
17	California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology United States	217.9	52.4	98.4	74.0
18	Princeton University Princeton University United States	217.2	53.1	95.5	77.6
19	Aix Marseille University Aix Marseille University France	211.4	56.0	82.5	84.7
20	The University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales Australia	211.2	57.7	79.6	81.7
21	University of Hamburg University of Hamburg Germany	210.5	59.5	75.0	82.3
22	The University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia Australia	208.8	56.6	79.6	80.2
23	Florida State University Florida State University United States	208.4	54.9	84.1	73.2
24	Ocean University of China Ocean University of China China	206.7	72.6	51.3	51.7
25	Paul Sabatier University (Toulouse 3) Paul Sabatier University (Toulouse 3) France	205.8	52.1	83.7	89.3
26	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	204.6	48.8	90.5	82.5
27	University of California, Santa Barbara University of California, Santa Barbara United States	203.9	53.3	85.3	60.1
28	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia Canada	202.8	53.5	78.1	88.3
29	University of Delaware University of Delaware United States	202.2	54.6	78.3	72.7
30	Stanford University Stanford University United States	200.8	50.7	85.3	70.3

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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