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.

300 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	Q1	CNCI	IC
1	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University China	294.8	100.0	81.3	67.1
2	Southeast University Southeast University China	281.8	95.2	78.6	64.3
3	Xidian University Xidian University China	278.2	99.9	66.8	57.5
4	University of Electronic Science and Technology of China China	269.2	93.6	69.6	61.8
5	Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications China	268.8	96.0	65.0	59.2
6	Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University Singapore	255.4	78.1	81.9	86.5
7	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University China	252.2	84.1	71.2	63.8
8	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia Canada	247.6	67.2	95.5	88.2
9	Huazhong University of Science and Technology China	246.5	75.5	80.8	73.5
10	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore Singapore	240.0	61.8	100.0	82.1
11	University of Southampton University of Southampton United Kingdom	233.9	64.4	88.8	82.1
11	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University China	233.9	71.1	77.8	69.3
13	University of Waterloo University of Waterloo Canada	230.2	62.0	88.7	87.5
14	City University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China	227.1	67.8	79.1	62.1
15	The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Hong Kong, China	220.3	58.6	89.4	68.9
16	University of Houston University of Houston United States	215.8	50.0	96.9	94.8
17	Dalian University of Technology Dalian University of Technology China	215.6	59.0	84.5	65.1
18	South China University of Technology South China University of Technology China	214.5	59.8	83.9	54.8
19	University of Technology Sydney University of Technology Sydney Australia	214.2	55.0	86.0	90.9
20	Beihang University Beihang University China	212.8	65.8	69.1	60.6
21	Singapore University of Technology & Design Singapore	211.9	50.5	91.9	94.8
22	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	210.9	48.3	100.0	71.1
23	Paris-Saclay University Paris-Saclay University France	210.2	53.7	86.2	83.3
24	Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Institute of Technology United States	209.9	56.4	81.8	76.8
25	Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications China	207.8	62.7	70.6	59.2
26	Peking University Peking University China	207.7	56.3	80.5	72.9
27	Carleton University Carleton University Canada	206.5	46.2	97.5	82.9
28	Shenzhen University Shenzhen University China	206.4	57.4	79.4	61.1
29	Princeton University Princeton University United States	205.8	43.6	100.0	93.5
30	University of Sydney University of Sydney Australia	205.3	49.1	88.9	90.8

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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