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
1	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	270.4	81.8	87.1	41.8	100.0
2	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	269.8	93.0	92.3	47.8	79.3
3	Harvard University Harvard University United States	268.5	84.2	98.1	48.8	88.2
4	Stanford University Stanford University United States	266.6	78.0	96.6	51.2	96.2
5	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	255.1	100.0	79.5	76.6	57.7
6	Cornell University Cornell University United States	253.4	95.5	81.7	55.0	63.8
7	Pennsylvania State University - University Park United States	250.0	97.3	83.3	47.0	57.7
8	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus United States	243.9	86.6	85.5	46.0	66.7
9	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison United States	236.3	85.4	85.7	44.5	60.9
10	New York University New York University United States	235.4	71.2	90.5	39.7	79.3
11	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	232.2	81.0	69.3	66.9	69.4
12	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	225.9	75.8	87.5	46.5	63.8
13	Duke University Duke University United States	225.2	65.8	98.2	54.5	72.0
14	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	224.7	82.2	86.0	39.5	54.4
15	Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington United States	222.9	70.7	85.2	48.7	69.4
16	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States	222.0	77.1	83.3	38.0	60.9
17	University of Chicago University of Chicago United States	219.6	65.8	83.5	46.2	74.5
18	University of California, Irvine University of California, Irvine United States	218.9	71.7	80.7	44.6	66.7
19	University of Amsterdam University of Amsterdam Netherlands	218.7	87.4	95.0	68.0	33.3
20	Columbia University Columbia University United States	217.6	61.5	81.2	53.3	79.3
21	Princeton University Princeton University United States	216.8	59.8	100.0	50.0	72.0
22	Northwestern University Northwestern University United States	214.8	63.7	86.3	41.7	72.0
23	London School of Economics and Political Science United Kingdom	205.6	78.0	89.0	56.5	38.5
24	Yale University Yale University United States	199.8	55.1	80.4	48.8	72.0
25	University of Washington University of Washington United States	196.0	63.1	84.1	48.3	54.4
26	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park United States	191.0	62.6	89.6	51.1	47.1
27	The University of Manchester The University of Manchester United Kingdom	186.9	81.8	79.7	51.0	19.2
28	Utrecht University Utrecht University Netherlands	186.1	67.8	76.0	78.9	38.5
29	Michigan State University Michigan State University United States	184.3	73.1	84.4	53.2	27.2
30	Purdue University - West Lafayette Purdue University - West Lafayette United States	179.5	53.3	88.0	47.2	50.9

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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