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	Harvard University Harvard University United States	349.8	76.5	87.8	84.4	68.7	100.0
2	Stanford University Stanford University United States	339.6	63.5	90.7	77.0	83.5	86.6
3	ETH Zurich ETH Zurich Switzerland	333.6	81.2	84.5	89.5	100.0	50.0
4	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison United States	302.4	57.2	78.7	70.9	52.4	100.0
5	University of California, Davis University of California, Davis United States	300.1	64.0	73.5	73.2	61.2	86.6
6	Michigan State University Michigan State University United States	295.7	55.5	75.6	77.3	49.2	100.0
7	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University China	283.4	100.0	82.7	66.7	87.3	0.0
8	Technical University of Denmark Technical University of Denmark Denmark	282.7	65.0	75.1	86.1	54.6	70.7
9	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	280.5	54.9	85.7	81.9	52.7	70.7
10	Arizona State University Arizona State University United States	278.4	57.9	78.5	71.0	57.2	70.7
11	Princeton University Princeton University United States	277.5	44.8	93.1	82.3	36.5	86.6
12	University of Alberta University of Alberta Canada	270.1	53.6	68.7	79.5	61.2	70.7
13	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	266.2	78.8	80.2	73.8	92.5	0.0
14	Nanjing University Nanjing University China	262.1	85.0	76.1	70.7	86.8	0.0
15	Peking University Peking University China	261.5	84.9	81.4	72.8	80.6	0.0
16	University of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen Denmark	258.9	60.5	78.3	88.5	41.2	61.2
17	Technical University of Munich Technical University of Munich Germany	255.1	44.1	75.1	84.6	32.4	86.6
17	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park United States	255.1	59.1	84.8	72.4	35.4	61.2
19	California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology United States	252.8	52.5	94.5	83.3	39.1	50.0
20	Delft University of Technology Delft University of Technology Netherlands	246.9	56.5	73.5	85.5	29.1	70.7
21	The University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia Australia	242.6	47.8	76.9	83.7	30.5	70.7
22	Wageningen University & Research Wageningen University & Research Netherlands	241.4	84.4	85.6	89.3	53.5	0.0
23	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland Australia	235.1	80.9	77.6	85.3	59.6	0.0
24	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus United States	234.8	45.5	73.5	69.3	40.7	61.2
25	University of Colorado at Boulder University of Colorado at Boulder United States	234.6	69.8	81.4	74.8	68.4	0.0
26	Stockholm University Stockholm University Sweden	230.9	62.1	87.2	91.8	63.2	0.0
27	Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Institute of Technology United States	226.7	54.4	84.9	84.0	70.7	0.0
27	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University China	226.7	75.9	73.0	66.8	64.4	0.0
29	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	223.7	62.0	76.6	72.2	70.7	0.0
30	University of Washington University of Washington United States	221.9	64.2	83.4	74.0	59.6	0.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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