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.

300 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	Q1	CNCI	IC	TOP
1	Ghent University Ghent University Belgium	287.6	95.2	77.8	73.4	100.0
2	The University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh United Kingdom	250.9	81.4	80.6	74.0	74.1
3	University of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen Denmark	250.8	79.5	87.4	79.1	68.1
4	University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover Germany	249.0	79.7	71.4	65.4	84.8
5	Autonomous University of Barcelona Autonomous University of Barcelona Spain	244.4	72.6	82.7	79.6	73.3
6	The Royal Veterinary College The Royal Veterinary College United Kingdom	243.9	94.8	86.0	74.7	48.1
7	University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna Austria	238.1	77.0	73.6	79.7	71.6
8	University of California, Davis University of California, Davis United States	234.8	100.0	72.7	57.5	50.6
9	University of Bern University of Bern Switzerland	232.6	76.6	78.6	79.5	61.5
10	Technical University of Denmark Technical University of Denmark Denmark	231.6	58.8	90.4	76.1	67.2
11	Utrecht University Utrecht University Netherlands	231.0	80.0	78.1	83.0	56.3
12	Wageningen University & Research Wageningen University & Research Netherlands	230.6	70.3	86.3	82.7	57.4
13	Nanjing Agricultural University Nanjing Agricultural University China	229.4	60.4	85.3	44.3	74.9
14	Complutense University of Madrid Complutense University of Madrid Spain	225.7	65.2	84.2	79.3	60.5
15	University of Guelph University of Guelph Canada	224.4	82.3	76.9	73.2	50.6
16	Leibniz University Hannover Leibniz University Hannover Germany	223.2	67.4	69.1	63.3	74.1
17	University of Sydney University of Sydney Australia	221.4	69.4	83.3	73.3	54.1
18	Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Sweden	219.6	75.5	84.2	85.5	42.8
19	Iowa State University Iowa State University United States	217.4	62.5	79.4	60.2	63.4
20	China Agricultural University China Agricultural University China	216.5	45.7	87.9	56.4	71.6
21	University of Zurich University of Zurich Switzerland	216.2	76.6	76.4	75.3	48.1
22	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus United States	215.7	68.2	78.1	60.0	57.4
23	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities United States	213.2	68.2	85.1	64.8	46.9
24	University of Liverpool University of Liverpool United Kingdom	212.9	71.9	79.5	73.1	46.9
25	Cornell University Cornell University United States	211.9	75.0	75.9	64.4	48.1
26	The University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne Australia	211.6	59.6	82.6	71.2	55.2
27	South China Agricultural University South China Agricultural University China	211.5	50.9	93.8	36.6	59.5
28	The University of Georgia The University of Georgia United States	206.5	70.4	71.0	54.8	54.1
29	The University of Glasgow The University of Glasgow United Kingdom	206.0	58.2	80.8	76.1	51.8
30	University of Sao Paulo University of Sao Paulo Brazil	203.5	80.9	63.6	48.2	49.4

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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