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
1	Harvard University Harvard University United States	277.1	100.0	82.5	53.5	80.5
2	Michigan State University Michigan State University United States	263.6	78.0	84.5	43.6	100.0
3	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	249.2	81.4	84.4	44.4	80.5
4	Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University United States	244.7	83.7	90.1	34.1	70.7
5	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	237.3	74.8	82.8	43.5	79.3
6	Stanford University Stanford University United States	235.7	71.1	88.5	54.9	79.3
7	University of Washington University of Washington United States	230.9	71.8	90.8	45.1	73.3
8	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison United States	230.6	75.3	81.7	34.7	73.3
9	Utrecht University Utrecht University Netherlands	227.9	72.2	89.9	66.1	68.0
10	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States	223.7	74.3	81.0	38.2	68.0
11	University of California, Irvine University of California, Irvine United States	220.2	59.6	100.0	37.2	77.0
12	University of Virginia University of Virginia United States	216.2	64.8	82.7	31.1	74.5
13	University of Pittsburgh University of Pittsburgh United States	214.8	67.0	86.1	45.7	66.7
14	Maastricht University Maastricht University Netherlands	214.5	86.0	87.1	86.4	33.3
15	New York University New York University United States	213.5	66.8	81.3	46.8	68.0
16	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	212.6	94.6	74.6	61.8	27.2
17	Arizona State University Arizona State University United States	208.6	68.7	77.2	46.8	62.4
18	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	207.8	68.7	87.2	35.1	57.7
19	Pennsylvania State University - University Park United States	204.1	59.6	81.4	45.4	69.4
20	Columbia University Columbia University United States	202.9	65.6	75.9	42.2	62.4
21	University of Colorado at Boulder University of Colorado at Boulder United States	201.2	55.4	90.3	36.0	69.4
21	University of Groningen University of Groningen Netherlands	201.2	67.0	79.7	64.3	54.4
23	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus United States	199.9	69.4	73.8	44.1	54.4
24	Ghent University Ghent University Belgium	199.4	60.3	90.6	75.9	56.1
25	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities United States	197.9	73.0	76.8	47.9	45.1
26	Purdue University - West Lafayette Purdue University - West Lafayette United States	194.3	61.8	73.4	41.0	60.9
27	Northwestern University Northwestern University United States	194.0	57.4	91.0	45.6	57.7
28	University of Illinois at Chicago University of Illinois at Chicago United States	193.9	67.9	78.7	55.6	47.1
29	University of Amsterdam University of Amsterdam Netherlands	189.9	62.4	81.3	66.4	49.1
30	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	189.6	66.4	77.9	39.6	47.1

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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