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
1	Harvard University Harvard University United States	284.6	100.0	71.0	68.1	100.0
2	Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University United States	219.0	76.3	71.8	69.8	57.0
3	London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine United Kingdom	208.2	59.5	73.8	91.6	56.7
4	University of Washington University of Washington United States	206.3	64.4	74.1	64.5	54.9
5	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States	204.8	59.8	70.9	60.3	62.0
6	Karolinska Institute Karolinska Institute Sweden	202.5	49.1	71.3	84.2	65.2
7	University College London University College London United Kingdom	199.1	59.0	73.6	78.6	50.8
8	University of Bristol University of Bristol United Kingdom	198.0	36.6	86.0	71.5	61.1
9	Imperial College London Imperial College London United Kingdom	195.4	49.9	78.9	84.8	49.6
10	Columbia University Columbia University United States	193.4	55.7	72.3	63.5	52.7
11	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	192.3	51.7	79.7	86.5	43.6
12	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	191.2	60.1	68.8	71.4	48.0
13	University of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen Denmark	187.4	46.4	70.2	79.5	54.9
14	University of California, San Francisco University of California, San Francisco United States	186.7	64.5	72.5	64.6	36.7
15	Emory University Emory University United States	185.6	49.4	76.2	62.3	47.6
16	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	185.0	54.3	66.7	52.9	53.5
17	The University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne Australia	180.8	46.3	74.5	72.7	45.4
18	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	177.8	39.7	84.4	77.0	38.3
19	Pompeu Fabra University Pompeu Fabra University Spain	177.6	23.9	85.2	82.9	51.9
20	Erasmus University Rotterdam Erasmus University Rotterdam Netherlands	177.1	43.8	79.5	77.1	38.3
21	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	176.9	37.3	70.7	65.8	55.6
21	Utrecht University Utrecht University Netherlands	176.9	41.5	70.3	77.1	49.6
23	Boston University Boston University United States	175.9	45.5	73.7	59.0	45.0
24	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	174.1	53.2	66.0	59.0	43.2
25	McGill University McGill University Canada	173.4	42.5	70.4	75.4	45.4
26	Yale University Yale University United States	173.0	50.8	73.9	61.1	36.2
27	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland Australia	172.6	42.2	74.8	71.2	41.3
28	Stanford University Stanford University United States	171.8	45.1	80.7	63.5	33.3
29	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia Canada	167.9	45.2	71.3	70.7	37.3
30	University of Basel University of Basel Switzerland	167.8	32.0	78.3	88.0	39.8

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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