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	319.1	100.0	85.1	67.8	100.0	20.4
2	University of California, San Francisco University of California, San Francisco United States	293.8	55.9	86.6	63.7	45.1	93.5
3	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	279.5	38.9	85.7	82.9	38.3	100.0
4	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	273.4	59.3	85.6	57.8	49.3	67.7
5	Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University United States	265.3	64.4	85.7	63.8	52.4	50.0
6	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	258.3	45.6	93.6	82.7	59.3	43.3
7	The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center United States	254.7	49.0	88.7	67.0	32.9	70.7
8	University of Pittsburgh University of Pittsburgh United States	251.1	53.9	84.3	59.1	39.9	61.2
9	Imperial College London Imperial College London United Kingdom	248.9	47.2	88.0	83.9	53.5	43.3
10	University of Washington University of Washington United States	245.4	52.3	87.4	60.4	50.2	43.3
11	Emory University Emory University United States	238.4	44.8	86.9	58.2	45.1	50.0
12	Duke University Duke University United States	233.8	50.5	85.1	62.2	44.9	40.8
13	The University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne Australia	228.6	45.8	80.5	74.7	46.6	40.8
14	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	221.3	50.7	84.8	62.3	44.4	28.9
15	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	221.0	65.5	82.2	76.7	58.0	0.0
16	Heidelberg University Heidelberg University Germany	217.9	42.8	81.0	73.8	38.5	40.8
17	University College London University College London United Kingdom	216.5	57.5	85.3	79.8	57.7	0.0
18	University of Virginia University of Virginia United States	203.7	30.4	82.7	56.8	29.2	50.0
19	Oregon Health and Science University Oregon Health and Science University United States	203.6	35.2	89.3	57.5	32.3	35.4
20	University of Leicester University of Leicester United Kingdom	202.4	22.0	91.2	74.5	31.0	43.3
21	Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine United States	201.0	60.2	84.3	59.1	44.8	0.0
22	Aarhus University Aarhus University Denmark	199.7	37.1	80.6	73.8	31.9	35.4
23	Stanford University Stanford University United States	198.7	52.6	86.9	64.6	46.4	0.0
24	Paris-Saclay University Paris-Saclay University France	198.6	30.2	92.4	73.4	25.9	35.4
25	University of Utah University of Utah United States	197.3	35.8	78.9	54.0	28.4	43.3
26	The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas United States	195.0	36.9	83.4	57.1	28.0	35.4
27	University of Sydney University of Sydney Australia	194.1	46.0	85.1	74.0	48.1	0.0
28	Columbia University Columbia University United States	193.0	50.3	84.4	64.3	45.4	0.0
29	The University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia Australia	191.2	30.5	80.1	73.7	35.3	30.6
30	Karolinska Institute Karolinska Institute Sweden	191.1	52.6	80.8	82.7	41.2	0.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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