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	360.9	100.0	100.0	76.2	100.0	45.6
2	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	320.4	61.6	100.0	75.4	72.9	70.7
3	Stanford University Stanford University United States	311.3	61.6	100.0	70.7	61.9	73.6
4	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	284.1	61.7	97.4	86.3	37.0	70.7
5	Rockefeller University Rockefeller University United States	281.8	30.9	100.0	73.5	49.7	86.6
6	University of California, San Francisco University of California, San Francisco United States	277.8	56.7	100.0	70.6	56.9	50.0
7	Columbia University Columbia University United States	275.5	48.1	96.1	71.9	43.3	73.6
8	University of Washington University of Washington United States	272.7	59.0	93.9	68.1	35.4	70.7
9	University College London University College London United Kingdom	264.1	56.3	92.0	84.5	28.3	70.7
10	Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University United States	255.1	59.5	93.1	70.1	38.5	50.0
11	Yale University Yale University United States	251.5	51.5	88.7	72.0	39.1	57.7
12	The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas United States	249.6	38.5	91.5	67.5	35.4	70.7
13	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	242.0	51.2	96.5	69.2	39.7	40.8
14	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States	234.0	49.8	93.0	64.7	28.3	50.0
15	University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School United States	230.6	31.3	94.3	67.9	30.2	61.2
16	Karolinska Institute Karolinska Institute Sweden	229.1	47.1	94.0	90.2	29.1	40.8
17	California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology United States	222.6	27.6	100.0	65.8	27.9	54.0
18	Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University United States	210.8	43.2	90.5	63.6	29.1	35.4
19	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego United States	209.1	58.4	92.5	73.6	43.5	0.0
20	Princeton University Princeton University United States	206.0	30.4	94.4	68.8	26.6	40.8
21	Tokyo Institute of Technology Tokyo Institute of Technology Japan	205.4	18.7	66.7	58.8	8.3	100.0
22	Norwegian University of Science and Technology - NTNU Norway	205.2	22.7	85.5	83.4	9.6	70.7
23	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	204.5	63.5	95.0	87.1	28.7	0.0
24	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	204.0	56.5	95.3	66.8	38.8	0.0
25	Cornell University Cornell University United States	201.6	57.1	90.2	70.1	40.3	0.0
26	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	199.1	58.9	88.6	80.7	35.4	0.0
27	Cardiff University Cardiff University United Kingdom	198.8	27.4	94.0	83.7	10.7	50.0
28	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	197.9	53.3	93.0	71.1	37.3	0.0
29	University of Utah University of Utah United States	192.4	35.6	90.0	64.5	18.5	35.4
30	Washington University in St. Louis Washington University in St. Louis United States	192.3	46.4	98.1	63.7	35.1	0.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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