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.

100 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	Q1	CNCI	IC	TOP
1	Wuhan University Wuhan University China	282.0	100.0	71.4	53.2	100.0
2	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park United States	241.3	68.8	75.7	82.7	80.3
3	California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology United States	231.4	62.3	73.4	72.8	81.1
4	Beijing Normal University Beijing Normal University China	220.6	71.4	64.2	73.8	70.3
5	Paul Sabatier University (Toulouse 3) Paul Sabatier University (Toulouse 3) France	204.9	52.0	75.4	86.9	60.1
6	University of Iceland University of Iceland Iceland	202.2	35.4	100.0	97.7	47.3
7	University of Twente University of Twente Netherlands	198.9	52.5	72.8	90.6	55.5
8	Technical University of Munich Technical University of Munich Germany	197.4	44.4	87.8	73.7	50.5
9	Xidian University Xidian University China	190.8	48.9	64.7	49.8	67.3
10	Boston University Boston University United States	188.7	33.3	99.7	82.0	39.3
11	University of Valencia University of Valencia Spain	188.1	37.6	88.2	86.9	44.9
12	ETH Zurich ETH Zurich Switzerland	185.6	37.1	86.5	92.5	43.4
13	The University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales Australia	183.3	39.2	79.7	91.1	46.2
14	South Dakota State University South Dakota State University United States	182.1	33.7	98.3	65.0	37.2
15	University of Colorado at Boulder University of Colorado at Boulder United States	181.5	37.6	84.1	72.9	45.2
16	Nanjing University Nanjing University China	179.9	45.6	68.0	76.0	51.1
17	University of Zurich University of Zurich Switzerland	177.5	31.6	88.0	91.5	39.7
18	University of Massachusetts Boston University of Massachusetts Boston United States	176.9	25.7	100.0	78.7	35.5
19	University of Trento University of Trento Italy	176.7	31.4	83.2	89.7	44.2
20	Sun Yat-sen University Sun Yat-sen University China	175.7	36.7	81.1	79.4	42.0
21	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University China	174.3	43.2	68.5	70.4	48.6
22	Peking University Peking University China	174.1	43.5	70.4	68.1	46.6
23	Northwestern Polytechnical University Northwestern Polytechnical University China	173.9	27.0	100.0	68.6	33.2
24	Hunan University Hunan University China	173.7	23.8	100.0	83.6	33.2
25	Humboldt University of Berlin Humboldt University of Berlin Germany	172.1	27.5	98.5	79.5	30.2
26	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia Canada	171.6	33.1	79.7	80.9	42.7
27	University of Extremadura University of Extremadura Spain	169.7	28.2	88.5	94.6	34.1
28	Monash University Monash University Australia	169.3	27.5	85.7	90.2	38.0
29	University of Oklahoma - Norman University of Oklahoma - Norman United States	168.0	36.6	72.2	84.5	42.3
30	Mississippi State University Mississippi State University United States	167.6	26.5	93.4	95.7	28.6

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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