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	Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin Institute of Technology China	283.7	100.0	72.1	58.0
2	Beihang University Beihang University China	260.7	92.7	65.4	49.2
3	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University China	260.4	92.9	64.2	52.1
4	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University China	258.0	89.9	67.7	53.1
5	Jilin University Jilin University China	244.4	78.8	79.2	37.7
6	Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University Singapore	241.7	75.2	74.4	84.4
7	Southeast University Southeast University China	238.9	78.5	70.8	55.0
8	Huazhong University of Science and Technology China	234.1	79.7	65.5	46.0
9	Dalian University of Technology Dalian University of Technology China	224.6	73.4	66.4	57.0
10	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University China	216.0	72.3	60.7	53.4
11	Xi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an Jiaotong University China	214.7	72.7	60.0	47.0
12	Chongqing University Chongqing University China	212.7	66.2	69.6	53.6
12	Northeastern University (Shenyang) Northeastern University (Shenyang) China	212.7	69.2	66.1	41.3
14	Tianjin University Tianjin University China	211.9	70.8	61.4	44.4
15	Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics China	210.7	65.9	68.8	49.9
16	Northwestern Polytechnical University Northwestern Polytechnical University China	210.3	61.6	75.1	60.8
17	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore Singapore	210.2	61.6	70.9	80.7
18	Wuhan University Wuhan University China	209.7	70.0	60.0	48.4
19	University of Electronic Science and Technology of China China	209.5	64.4	67.6	65.8
20	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	209.1	58.3	76.6	78.9
21	Aalborg University Aalborg University Denmark	209.0	47.3	96.9	87.6
22	Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing Institute of Technology China	208.4	67.5	63.6	49.4
23	University of Malaya University of Malaya Malaysia	206.6	50.8	88.4	83.8
24	King Abdulaziz University King Abdulaziz University Saudi Arabia	204.9	42.4	100.0	100.0
25	ETH Zurich ETH Zurich Switzerland	195.8	49.4	80.9	80.7
26	City University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China	193.9	51.8	77.7	62.9
27	South China University of Technology South China University of Technology China	193.7	52.1	78.6	54.5
28	Hanyang University Hanyang University South Korea	193.5	53.2	76.2	54.6
29	Seoul National University Seoul National University South Korea	192.9	56.8	66.6	63.1
30	Central South University Central South University China	192.7	55.2	72.2	50.8

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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