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	AWARD
1	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	367.4	66.9	86.5	83.5	97.3	100.0
2	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States	328.9	55.7	85.2	68.3	96.0	78.3
3	King's College London King's College London United Kingdom	317.0	60.7	78.0	78.7	84.3	78.3
4	University of Washington University of Washington United States	314.8	55.6	86.1	78.0	77.8	79.8
5	Harvard University Harvard University United States	310.7	66.5	73.8	79.6	100.0	54.4
6	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	309.2	43.3	82.3	74.0	68.8	100.0
7	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	299.2	47.6	85.3	79.1	70.7	79.8
8	University of California, San Francisco University of California, San Francisco United States	298.8	38.5	86.0	72.3	66.9	92.9
9	KU Leuven KU Leuven Belgium	282.5	57.3	98.0	94.0	56.2	52.2
10	University of Sao Paulo University of Sao Paulo Brazil	277.5	100.0	65.7	64.1	68.8	30.2
11	University at Buffalo, the State University of New York United States	273.4	39.2	100.0	74.9	64.9	54.4
12	University of Zurich University of Zurich Switzerland	268.4	77.3	90.0	91.2	42.9	39.9
13	Osaka University Osaka University Japan	264.0	45.9	72.1	57.6	76.1	58.4
14	University of Birmingham University of Birmingham United Kingdom	263.8	43.5	94.2	79.3	53.8	56.4
15	University College London University College London United Kingdom	263.2	48.7	82.4	85.7	58.5	56.4
16	The University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China	259.2	65.7	88.0	84.3	48.7	39.9
17	University of Bern University of Bern Switzerland	255.3	81.3	91.9	98.9	36.3	26.1
18	University of Gothenburg University of Gothenburg Sweden	254.6	66.7	92.6	78.9	45.9	33.7
19	University of Southern California University of Southern California United States	249.8	36.8	63.2	88.9	62.8	69.1
20	The University of Manchester The University of Manchester United Kingdom	249.2	42.0	68.3	81.6	48.7	73.9
21	New York University New York University United States	248.6	55.9	70.6	85.4	48.7	56.4
22	University of Pittsburgh University of Pittsburgh United States	245.3	34.8	75.8	70.0	70.7	50.0
23	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia Canada	244.2	39.9	65.6	87.6	53.8	67.4
24	University of Helsinki University of Helsinki Finland	243.9	44.3	77.3	81.3	53.8	52.2
25	University of Iowa University of Iowa United States	241.9	37.6	71.4	61.4	58.5	62.2
26	University of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen Denmark	241.7	42.9	94.8	88.9	36.3	50.0
26	University of Florida University of Florida United States	241.7	41.8	65.4	67.2	48.7	72.3
28	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Netherlands	241.6	67.6	88.7	82.5	68.8	0.0
29	Tokyo Medical and Dental University Tokyo Medical and Dental University Japan	239.2	58.4	65.0	65.5	62.8	39.9
30	Sichuan University Sichuan University China	237.9	61.2	74.1	68.5	88.9	0.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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