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.

50 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	Q1	CNCI	IC	TOP
1	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University China	286.8	100.0	74.1	63.7	100.0
2	Dalian University of Technology Dalian University of Technology China	249.1	79.7	66.9	60.7	90.5
3	Harbin Engineering University Harbin Engineering University China	244.3	76.2	80.8	54.7	76.3
4	Norwegian University of Science and Technology - NTNU Norway	244.0	81.0	73.1	62.3	77.5
5	The University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia Australia	221.5	59.0	74.9	87.2	70.1
6	University of Lisbon University of Lisbon Portugal	217.1	69.7	81.6	68.1	52.2
7	Tianjin University Tianjin University China	210.8	55.0	72.5	53.1	72.6
8	Griffith University Griffith University Australia	203.8	38.1	99.0	100.0	46.7
9	University of Strathclyde University of Strathclyde United Kingdom	199.1	69.7	86.2	81.3	27.0
10	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University China	194.4	64.7	68.2	55.1	50.5
11	University of Plymouth University of Plymouth United Kingdom	193.5	46.0	100.0	86.6	30.2
12	Delft University of Technology Delft University of Technology Netherlands	190.9	67.6	81.0	77.2	27.0
13	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore Singapore	190.0	55.4	74.1	89.3	42.6
14	Hohai University Hohai University China	181.3	48.6	69.6	72.4	48.6
14	Jiangsu University of Science and Technology China	181.3	46.9	81.0	75.9	38.1
16	Ocean University of China Ocean University of China China	179.9	56.2	71.6	58.8	40.5
17	Newcastle University Newcastle University United Kingdom	177.3	48.2	74.9	92.6	35.7
18	University College London University College London United Kingdom	175.7	52.7	77.9	90.3	27.0
19	Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Brazil	174.9	40.2	68.6	69.0	52.2
20	Wuhan University of Technology Wuhan University of Technology China	174.3	53.5	75.8	74.0	30.2
21	Dalian Maritime University Dalian Maritime University China	174.1	40.7	88.1	35.4	38.1
22	University of Southampton University of Southampton United Kingdom	168.3	49.1	72.2	84.2	30.2
23	Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University Singapore	167.4	39.7	73.5	92.6	35.7
23	University of Tasmania University of Tasmania Australia	167.4	45.1	71.0	77.8	35.7
25	China University of Petroleum, Beijing China University of Petroleum, Beijing China	164.7	35.9	65.8	53.9	52.2
26	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur India	163.0	35.3	65.7	48.9	52.2
26	University of Genoa University of Genoa Italy	163.0	32.8	80.2	47.5	40.5
28	Seoul National University Seoul National University South Korea	162.1	51.1	59.1	46.5	42.6
29	Technical University of Denmark Technical University of Denmark Denmark	161.0	44.2	72.7	70.1	30.2
30	Huazhong University of Science and Technology China	160.1	47.8	88.4	52.1	13.5

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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