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.

400 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	Q1	CNCI	IC	TOP	AWARD
1	Harvard University Harvard University United States	322.7	100.0	93.6	59.2	100.0	100.0
2	Stanford University Stanford University United States	275.5	79.9	100.0	55.3	88.9	56.2
3	Princeton University Princeton University United States	251.9	71.1	100.0	45.8	82.7	39.7
4	London School of Economics and Political Science United Kingdom	244.1	85.5	83.7	64.7	67.5	0.0
5	Yale University Yale University United States	240.3	67.0	97.2	47.8	77.2	45.9
6	New York University New York University United States	238.0	69.5	87.6	58.7	76.1	39.7
7	Columbia University Columbia University United States	226.8	68.7	72.4	53.4	70.1	60.7
8	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	219.4	65.5	90.5	54.1	59.2	56.2
9	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	218.0	64.4	85.1	59.2	60.7	60.7
10	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego United States	214.3	59.4	100.0	51.8	63.5	32.4
11	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	210.8	78.7	78.3	59.6	47.8	0.0
12	Duke University Duke University United States	208.9	62.0	98.8	58.3	60.7	0.0
13	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	204.0	58.7	93.5	43.2	64.9	0.0
14	University of Chicago University of Chicago United States	203.4	53.9	95.4	46.8	70.1	0.0
15	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison United States	197.0	55.7	90.7	44.9	63.5	0.0
16	Aarhus University Aarhus University Denmark	196.1	67.4	89.0	65.3	43.9	0.0
17	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	195.4	56.5	85.2	45.4	63.5	0.0
18	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University United States	194.7	55.0	93.2	49.4	60.7	0.0
19	University of Amsterdam University of Amsterdam Netherlands	194.6	74.8	98.1	68.6	26.5	0.0
20	Georgetown University Georgetown University United States	191.2	60.1	77.7	44.5	57.7	0.0
21	Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University United States	189.5	50.1	94.1	37.4	63.5	0.0
22	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	186.2	51.0	100.0	51.5	54.6	0.0
23	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus United States	184.8	58.2	96.9	50.8	43.9	0.0
24	The George Washington University The George Washington University United States	183.6	61.1	71.8	47.6	51.3	0.0
25	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia Canada	177.7	56.5	100.0	78.7	35.0	0.0
26	University College London University College London United Kingdom	175.1	58.2	79.8	60.2	41.9	0.0
27	University of Zurich University of Zurich Switzerland	175.0	50.1	100.0	78.9	41.9	0.0
28	University of Gothenburg University of Gothenburg Sweden	173.4	58.2	92.2	75.0	32.4	0.0
28	Washington University in St. Louis Washington University in St. Louis United States	173.4	44.5	82.1	49.3	60.7	0.0
30	Pennsylvania State University - University Park United States	171.0	49.3	100.0	52.1	41.9	0.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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