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	TOP	AWARD
1	Tongji University Tongji University China	364.8	100.0	69.1	66.0	98.0	84.5
2	ETH Zurich ETH Zurich Switzerland	286.4	56.1	78.0	77.1	52.4	84.5
3	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University China	274.6	89.6	80.3	64.7	91.8	0.0
4	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	246.1	46.8	67.7	69.9	64.2	53.5
5	Polytechnic University of Madrid Polytechnic University of Madrid Spain	240.2	49.9	59.5	55.1	19.8	100.0
6	Lehigh University Lehigh University United States	239.5	26.1	71.6	61.1	64.2	65.5
7	National Technical University of Athens National Technical University of Athens Greece	234.8	43.3	67.1	58.9	37.0	75.6
8	The University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales Australia	231.9	64.7	72.8	76.4	79.2	0.0
9	University of Canterbury University of Canterbury New Zealand	231.3	25.9	62.6	81.6	61.0	65.5
10	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	224.1	63.5	85.0	80.7	59.4	0.0
11	Southeast University Southeast University China	223.6	76.6	69.9	64.5	64.2	0.0
12	Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University Singapore	216.9	60.4	77.0	84.5	62.6	0.0
12	University at Buffalo, the State University of New York United States	216.9	33.9	68.5	72.4	100.0	0.0
14	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong, China	215.7	78.2	82.8	63.6	42.0	0.0
15	Western University Western University Canada	212.5	34.4	70.6	71.8	39.6	53.5
16	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne Switzerland	210.1	51.9	84.3	80.6	57.7	0.0
17	Hunan University Hunan University China	208.8	57.5	79.6	69.3	57.7	0.0
18	Colorado State University Colorado State University United States	205.7	34.2	68.6	55.6	91.8	0.0
19	The University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China	205.2	55.7	83.9	66.4	52.4	0.0
19	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign United States	205.2	51.6	66.2	66.3	74.1	0.0
21	University of Sydney University of Sydney Australia	204.2	52.3	77.9	81.6	57.7	0.0
22	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego United States	203.4	31.5	72.6	75.8	84.0	0.0
23	Dalian University of Technology Dalian University of Technology China	202.3	68.9	67.6	57.4	54.2	0.0
24	Purdue University - West Lafayette Purdue University - West Lafayette United States	201.4	55.7	69.4	67.9	62.6	0.0
25	The University of Adelaide The University of Adelaide Australia	200.8	44.6	91.6	70.6	50.5	0.0
26	Beijing Jiaotong University Beijing Jiaotong University China	197.4	55.7	75.2	70.1	52.4	0.0
27	The University of Auckland The University of Auckland New Zealand	196.5	42.4	68.7	84.3	68.6	0.0
28	Tianjin University Tianjin University China	195.6	68.4	68.5	61.1	46.4	0.0
29	The University of Tokyo The University of Tokyo Japan	193.8	39.2	62.6	73.1	39.6	37.8
30	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia Canada	193.3	45.5	69.9	76.1	62.6	0.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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