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	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	332.3	57.6	78.0	72.7	95.6	86.6
2	Stanford University Stanford University United States	326.4	47.2	84.1	71.9	80.8	100.0
3	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	311.3	48.0	83.8	74.7	100.0	64.5
4	Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Institute of Technology United States	273.5	56.4	75.7	66.8	78.0	50.0
5	Princeton University Princeton University United States	258.4	39.8	98.6	79.4	75.2	28.9
6	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign United States	257.0	50.1	73.2	66.8	62.6	57.7
7	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University China	242.5	100.0	79.0	62.2	51.1	0.0
8	University of California, Santa Barbara University of California, Santa Barbara United States	232.9	35.2	78.6	70.3	55.2	50.0
9	North Carolina State University - Raleigh United States	229.3	35.4	77.9	58.1	46.6	57.7
10	ETH Zurich ETH Zurich Switzerland	227.8	49.0	87.1	82.3	75.2	0.0
11	Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University Singapore	224.8	83.7	82.7	83.6	41.7	0.0
12	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University United States	224.7	47.1	86.2	67.0	78.0	0.0
13	Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin Institute of Technology China	218.4	79.4	85.5	59.0	41.7	0.0
14	Aalborg University Aalborg University Denmark	217.8	59.1	100.0	84.9	41.7	0.0
15	Harvard University Harvard University United States	217.4	33.7	76.5	77.1	51.1	40.8
16	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	215.5	45.8	77.9	68.9	78.0	0.0
17	Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University United States	213.0	38.5	84.9	72.3	75.2	0.0
17	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego United States	213.0	47.5	73.7	68.6	78.0	0.0
19	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore Singapore	211.9	63.8	89.8	82.5	41.7	0.0
20	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick United States	211.3	28.7	82.9	67.6	36.1	50.0
21	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne Switzerland	206.8	46.9	74.6	80.6	69.2	0.0
22	California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology United States	206.1	43.1	83.5	67.8	65.9	0.0
23	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	206.0	53.7	73.6	64.1	65.9	0.0
24	University College London University College London United Kingdom	205.0	44.2	93.0	83.4	51.1	0.0
25	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University China	204.1	81.0	74.5	61.9	36.1	0.0
26	New York University New York University United States	202.9	33.2	100.0	72.9	55.2	0.0
26	Purdue University - West Lafayette Purdue University - West Lafayette United States	202.9	47.7	73.7	61.9	69.2	0.0
28	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park United States	202.1	48.5	80.6	70.0	59.0	0.0
29	Columbia University Columbia University United States	201.1	36.8	86.7	75.7	62.6	0.0
29	Huazhong University of Science and Technology China	201.1	76.8	76.9	56.7	36.1	0.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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