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	353.9	100.0	96.0	73.0	100.0	43.3
2	University College London University College London United Kingdom	291.1	66.8	88.8	84.2	32.0	86.6
3	Columbia University Columbia University United States	288.0	51.1	93.0	67.1	40.3	90.1
4	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	284.5	46.5	100.0	74.9	61.8	61.2
5	Rockefeller University Rockefeller University United States	274.8	25.8	100.0	75.7	33.8	100.0
6	The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center United States	246.0	35.8	95.5	67.7	39.9	61.2
7	University of Zurich University of Zurich Switzerland	241.2	42.1	86.6	85.5	34.2	61.2
8	The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas United States	240.4	32.7	87.6	61.3	32.9	75.0
9	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	238.0	50.6	86.2	64.4	38.4	50.0
10	University of California, San Francisco University of California, San Francisco United States	230.9	60.3	98.9	71.2	57.5	0.0
11	Kyoto University Kyoto University Japan	226.1	29.7	71.8	55.9	26.8	86.6
11	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	226.1	46.4	91.0	84.4	36.3	35.4
13	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	218.8	57.7	95.9	64.1	52.3	0.0
14	Stanford University Stanford University United States	218.4	54.8	100.0	67.9	49.9	0.0
15	Washington University in St. Louis Washington University in St. Louis United States	211.7	47.8	100.0	62.1	51.4	0.0
15	Yale University Yale University United States	211.7	51.4	95.7	70.5	50.5	0.0
17	Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University United States	208.4	66.9	92.3	68.6	35.5	0.0
18	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego United States	206.7	50.8	92.0	68.3	50.2	0.0
19	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	204.8	57.5	90.0	86.8	39.9	0.0
20	Norwegian University of Science and Technology - NTNU Norway	204.3	17.9	75.2	75.6	9.5	86.6
21	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	200.2	57.8	84.1	77.5	42.8	0.0
22	Cornell University Cornell University United States	199.7	42.1	95.3	66.3	49.0	0.0
23	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai United States	199.1	43.1	99.1	69.0	43.1	0.0
24	University of Washington University of Washington United States	198.6	52.1	91.0	66.9	42.1	0.0
25	University of Gothenburg University of Gothenburg Sweden	198.2	28.4	86.3	85.1	16.4	50.0
26	The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston United States	197.8	30.3	80.9	66.6	23.2	50.0
27	The University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne Australia	196.5	49.9	86.3	77.0	44.9	0.0
28	University of Strasbourg University of Strasbourg France	196.2	21.6	80.3	78.8	17.3	61.2
29	California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology United States	194.2	18.6	100.0	70.6	18.2	43.3
30	Imperial College London Imperial College London United Kingdom	193.4	49.0	90.4	86.2	36.8	0.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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