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	357.4	66.2	81.9	71.8	94.9	100.0
2	Stanford University Stanford University United States	308.1	62.4	91.9	66.9	80.8	59.8
3	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	291.3	51.8	80.3	69.7	79.7	65.5
4	Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University United States	283.6	60.2	70.9	73.3	100.0	37.8
5	ETH Zurich ETH Zurich Switzerland	271.3	59.7	100.0	84.7	68.0	26.7
6	Harvard University Harvard University United States	260.3	62.4	84.8	70.1	52.8	46.3
7	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University China	257.7	100.0	74.4	66.9	69.9	0.0
8	Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University Singapore	243.1	88.1	85.1	86.3	52.6	0.0
9	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	237.5	50.1	78.6	74.4	53.0	40.8
10	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	236.4	48.8	74.0	80.6	59.6	37.8
11	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	232.7	46.8	67.8	66.7	51.3	53.5
12	Princeton University Princeton University United States	232.1	40.4	80.1	69.3	55.5	42.3
13	University of Technology Sydney University of Technology Sydney Australia	222.7	64.9	95.8	88.9	44.2	0.0
14	Cornell University Cornell University United States	221.5	42.1	76.2	66.1	57.3	32.7
15	University of Southern California University of Southern California United States	220.8	49.3	77.2	67.5	54.0	26.7
16	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	219.0	46.0	75.0	64.1	58.4	26.7
17	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States	218.0	41.7	95.5	71.4	28.7	37.8
18	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore Singapore	217.9	72.0	78.0	87.4	50.4	0.0
19	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University China	217.0	83.2	76.0	65.4	44.7	0.0
20	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University China	210.5	84.5	70.4	63.6	42.8	0.0
21	Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin Institute of Technology China	209.7	82.7	85.8	60.9	28.9	0.0
22	The Chinese University of Hong Kong The Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China	209.6	61.5	85.0	66.5	49.8	0.0
23	University College London University College London United Kingdom	207.8	57.8	86.4	81.9	47.3	0.0
24	Peking University Peking University China	207.1	63.1	79.2	67.2	51.4	0.0
25	University of Science and Technology of China China	206.4	64.3	90.0	64.8	39.2	0.0
26	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	205.3	56.5	80.5	64.8	55.4	0.0
27	New York University New York University United States	205.0	43.2	74.7	74.7	41.3	30.9
28	Huazhong University of Science and Technology China	204.1	86.0	83.2	64.7	22.0	0.0
29	Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Institute of Technology United States	203.8	55.1	71.6	70.3	63.0	0.0
30	University of Electronic Science and Technology of China China	201.8	74.6	86.4	66.3	27.5	0.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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