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
1	Yale University Yale University United States	283.6	87.1	100.0	28.6	100.0
2	Harvard University Harvard University United States	282.7	100.0	99.7	36.7	79.2
3	University of Chicago University of Chicago United States	242.7	92.9	100.0	30.7	50.4
4	New York University New York University United States	234.4	92.9	86.5	30.1	48.9
5	Columbia University Columbia University United States	226.3	84.5	92.4	29.4	50.4
6	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	217.7	86.4	97.1	29.3	36.7
7	University of Virginia University of Virginia United States	192.9	72.0	95.8	23.6	34.6
8	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	191.9	76.0	94.9	31.8	27.3
9	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	187.9	72.3	87.2	36.0	32.3
10	Stanford University Stanford University United States	185.7	70.3	94.9	28.1	29.9
11	Duke University Duke University United States	184.0	69.4	99.7	27.5	27.3
12	Georgetown University Georgetown University United States	183.3	63.7	96.8	27.4	36.7
13	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	178.1	61.8	100.0	30.9	32.3
14	Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University United States	158.8	63.9	97.1	20.9	12.2
15	Arizona State University Arizona State University United States	156.2	68.6	100.0	32.7	0.0
15	Florida State University Florida State University United States	156.2	61.2	96.3	40.5	12.2
17	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	156.1	51.1	93.6	27.7	29.9
18	University of California, Irvine University of California, Irvine United States	152.8	66.1	100.0	37.5	0.0
19	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities United States	152.3	63.7	82.2	34.5	12.2
20	Cornell University Cornell University United States	144.6	55.6	80.7	35.3	17.3
21	Northwestern University Northwestern University United States	144.2	57.7	84.7	30.3	12.2
22	Temple University Temple University United States	139.1	49.0	100.0	33.3	12.2
23	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	138.5	62.9	77.4	55.3	0.0
24	University of Cincinnati University of Cincinnati United States	136.5	58.3	90.0	40.2	0.0
25	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park United States	135.2	55.0	98.8	33.6	0.0
26	University of Washington University of Washington United States	135.1	49.4	90.9	33.2	12.2
27	Simon Fraser University Simon Fraser University Canada	134.2	55.6	87.9	67.9	0.0
28	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick United States	133.9	51.8	81.1	35.0	12.2
28	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Netherlands	133.9	56.8	85.3	59.7	0.0
30	University of Southern California University of Southern California United States	131.6	51.1	78.2	35.9	12.2

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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