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	Central South University Central South University China	262.2	100.0	81.2	49.2	71.2
2	China University of Mining and Technology China	259.3	65.6	83.9	48.9	100.0
3	China University of Geosciences Beijing China University of Geosciences Beijing China	226.4	95.8	90.0	65.2	27.6
4	The University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia Australia	225.1	72.4	91.0	90.6	43.6
5	China University of Mining & Technology-Beijing China	214.2	47.7	87.6	52.3	68.4
6	Sichuan University Sichuan University China	207.0	36.6	99.9	49.7	60.6
7	The University of Adelaide The University of Adelaide Australia	205.0	45.5	100.0	79.7	43.6
8	China University of Geosciences China University of Geosciences China	204.2	67.2	81.3	60.8	43.6
9	Monash University Monash University Australia	203.0	48.6	96.0	81.8	42.1
10	Shandong University of Science and Technology China	196.0	32.5	100.0	53.7	52.8
11	University of Lorraine University of Lorraine France	193.2	45.5	86.0	83.4	45.0
12	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland Australia	192.0	85.1	68.8	65.0	25.2
13	The University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales Australia	189.4	49.0	82.0	67.4	45.0
14	Northeastern University (Shenyang) Northeastern University (Shenyang) China	184.5	63.8	65.0	39.6	47.7
15	Kyushu University Kyushu University Japan	178.0	35.5	94.4	81.7	31.8
16	The University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China	177.7	33.1	100.0	54.3	33.8
17	Chongqing University Chongqing University China	177.6	38.3	78.1	36.5	54.0
18	McGill University McGill University Canada	177.4	58.4	69.4	69.9	35.6
19	Curtin University Curtin University Australia	174.8	57.4	68.7	74.7	33.8
20	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	174.7	33.1	76.3	68.3	51.6
21	Nanjing University Nanjing University China	174.6	52.6	100.0	54.1	11.3
22	University of Alberta University of Alberta Canada	169.4	46.0	73.1	73.9	35.6
23	Imperial College London Imperial College London United Kingdom	169.2	34.9	80.6	73.4	39.0
24	Pennsylvania State University - University Park United States	167.7	31.2	79.8	65.7	43.6
25	University of Tasmania University of Tasmania Australia	166.6	43.7	93.8	89.1	11.3
26	Colorado School of Mines Colorado School of Mines United States	166.5	39.3	62.8	77.0	49.0
27	Technical University Freiberg Technical University Freiberg Germany	164.8	40.8	72.0	73.2	37.3
28	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	164.4	23.9	98.5	72.7	27.6
29	University of Science and Technology Beijing China	164.3	59.1	55.3	38.7	42.1
30	Dalian University of Technology Dalian University of Technology China	163.3	25.5	89.0	57.7	37.3

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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