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.

200 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	Q1	CNCI	IC	TOP	AWARD
1	Harvard University Harvard University United States	399.8	100.0	87.2	62.2	100.0	100.0
2	Stanford University Stanford University United States	304.5	78.7	86.1	58.0	89.1	48.5
3	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	292.0	69.8	78.4	66.3	77.3	64.2
4	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	282.6	72.7	76.0	49.9	88.5	42.0
5	Columbia University Columbia University United States	278.6	71.4	86.5	64.3	73.2	48.5
6	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	276.7	74.2	87.2	74.5	65.8	48.5
7	Duke University Duke University United States	275.4	71.9	71.2	55.5	84.3	42.0
8	Princeton University Princeton University United States	274.2	59.2	98.8	68.9	80.6	48.5
9	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States	259.9	69.3	64.4	56.5	83.7	34.3
10	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	258.3	62.2	92.5	80.4	46.5	64.2
11	University of Chicago University of Chicago United States	257.1	63.7	85.2	59.1	71.1	42.0
12	Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University United States	250.8	66.3	86.0	54.4	60.9	42.0
13	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison United States	249.6	57.1	100.0	63.1	59.2	48.5
14	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	248.5	66.3	78.9	64.4	54.7	48.5
15	Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University United States	242.4	53.6	73.8	59.2	65.0	54.2
16	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	234.7	77.1	75.7	58.7	75.3	0.0
17	ETH Zurich ETH Zurich Switzerland	233.9	56.5	100.0	76.3	43.1	48.5
18	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University United States	232.9	64.2	62.8	69.8	73.9	24.3
19	University of Washington University of Washington United States	215.9	72.5	73.7	60.2	64.2	0.0
20	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	214.4	65.6	100.0	67.5	59.2	0.0
21	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore Singapore	202.7	63.9	70.4	91.8	62.6	0.0
22	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities United States	194.6	57.7	67.2	56.3	68.9	0.0
23	Yale University Yale University United States	193.4	59.2	77.6	65.2	59.2	0.0
24	North Carolina State University - Raleigh United States	192.4	55.5	64.0	54.6	71.8	0.0
25	University of California, Davis University of California, Davis United States	192.1	54.6	64.4	62.2	71.8	0.0
26	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	191.9	47.0	68.5	63.0	56.5	24.3
27	University College London University College London United Kingdom	191.8	65.1	86.8	76.6	43.1	0.0
28	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	190.0	65.8	72.2	76.6	47.6	0.0
29	Pennsylvania State University - University Park United States	185.3	51.2	72.5	64.8	65.8	0.0
30	University of Warwick University of Warwick United Kingdom	182.4	59.0	67.6	82.2	51.8	0.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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