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	TOP	AWARD
1	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	351.4	65.0	80.2	68.3	100.0	92.6
2	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign United States	322.7	54.2	62.1	64.6	93.6	100.0
3	ETH Zurich ETH Zurich Switzerland	302.5	55.8	86.0	78.2	79.6	65.5
4	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	292.8	43.6	91.8	74.7	57.9	84.5
5	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	285.5	53.6	73.0	66.2	70.0	75.6
6	Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin Institute of Technology China	282.6	100.0	82.0	59.3	88.8	0.0
7	Imperial College London Imperial College London United Kingdom	281.9	51.6	70.8	86.2	76.8	65.5
8	Stanford University Stanford University United States	279.8	42.9	81.4	54.9	60.0	84.5
9	Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University Singapore	279.6	84.2	82.5	86.5	95.6	0.0
10	Harvard University Harvard University United States	279.1	42.6	100.0	71.3	56.8	65.5
11	California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology United States	277.6	31.2	84.8	61.9	49.2	100.0
12	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	269.9	58.7	65.5	63.3	79.6	53.5
13	The University of Newcastle, Australia The University of Newcastle, Australia Australia	268.1	49.9	61.6	90.5	73.1	65.5
14	City University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China	258.8	71.3	92.0	58.3	83.8	0.0
15	University of California, Santa Barbara University of California, Santa Barbara United States	251.3	39.1	73.2	75.1	70.5	53.5
16	University of Groningen University of Groningen Netherlands	247.2	39.8	65.3	79.5	72.7	53.5
17	KTH Royal Institute of Technology KTH Royal Institute of Technology Sweden	244.6	56.9	72.6	83.5	98.4	0.0
18	The Australian National University The Australian National University Australia	243.3	39.5	62.2	88.7	70.5	53.5
19	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University China	240.7	81.9	74.7	61.5	71.8	0.0
20	Beihang University Beihang University China	235.9	82.2	77.1	50.9	66.4	0.0
21	Southeast University Southeast University China	235.4	72.9	88.0	62.4	62.1	0.0
22	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	227.3	32.6	63.1	81.3	49.8	65.5
23	The University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China	224.9	53.8	85.4	61.1	73.5	0.0
24	The University of Adelaide The University of Adelaide Australia	223.4	47.9	100.0	96.1	56.3	0.0
25	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego United States	222.6	48.0	72.8	77.0	86.3	0.0
26	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University China	221.5	72.8	72.8	59.3	64.0	0.0
27	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore Singapore	219.4	65.2	80.1	81.2	57.9	0.0
28	Sapienza University of Rome Sapienza University of Rome Italy	216.6	26.0	63.7	67.6	37.8	75.6
29	Paris-Saclay University Paris-Saclay University France	215.3	53.6	56.0	77.6	90.2	0.0
30	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University China	214.9	67.1	70.7	53.0	66.4	0.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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