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	299.5	100.0	84.7	74.2	100.0	0.0
2	University of California, San Francisco University of California, San Francisco United States	233.4	61.6	82.9	69.9	75.0	0.0
3	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego United States	226.2	63.2	82.5	71.4	66.1	0.0
4	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States	225.7	76.4	80.7	63.1	55.9	0.0
5	Karolinska Institute Karolinska Institute Sweden	224.1	68.5	81.7	90.0	55.9	0.0
6	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	221.9	43.0	88.8	75.5	75.0	0.0
7	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	220.7	60.9	86.1	89.1	55.9	0.0
8	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	218.5	55.5	84.7	85.4	61.2	0.0
9	University of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen Denmark	215.6	80.8	75.3	81.0	43.3	0.0
10	University College London University College London United Kingdom	215.0	72.3	82.6	83.8	43.3	0.0
11	Monash University Monash University Australia	212.0	70.1	82.1	82.7	43.3	0.0
12	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	210.8	53.5	77.4	68.0	50.0	81.6
13	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	209.3	73.5	76.3	81.0	43.3	0.0
14	Imperial College London Imperial College London United Kingdom	206.0	63.1	82.5	85.3	43.3	0.0
15	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	204.6	56.6	79.7	61.8	55.9	0.0
16	King's College London King's College London United Kingdom	204.2	63.1	77.4	84.1	35.4	57.7
17	Yale University Yale University United States	203.9	56.4	78.2	67.1	55.9	0.0
18	Duke University Duke University United States	203.6	56.9	77.7	64.9	55.9	0.0
19	Pierre and Marie Curie University - Paris 6 France	203.3	59.8	72.7	74.7	55.9	0.0
20	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai United States	202.0	49.6	88.2	71.3	50.0	0.0
21	University of Paris University of Paris France	200.3	71.8	70.5	73.3	43.3	0.0
22	University of Washington University of Washington United States	200.0	59.8	84.0	64.5	43.3	0.0
23	Stanford University Stanford University United States	197.4	50.8	89.8	67.6	43.3	0.0
24	Uppsala University Uppsala University Sweden	197.0	58.5	78.7	83.0	43.3	0.0
25	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	195.7	67.9	79.7	63.6	35.4	0.0
26	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland Australia	194.6	65.8	77.4	80.5	35.4	0.0
27	Free University Berlin Free University Berlin Germany	194.4	62.1	73.7	76.3	43.3	0.0
28	The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas United States	194.3	38.4	86.6	67.0	55.9	0.0
29	Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University United States	194.2	55.4	76.3	62.3	50.0	0.0
30	University of Pittsburgh University of Pittsburgh United States	192.7	62.3	74.7	61.8	43.3	0.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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