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	University of Amsterdam University of Amsterdam Netherlands	295.3	100.0	98.8	62.3	89.6
2	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus United States	282.6	89.1	87.3	51.7	100.0
3	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	269.2	89.5	88.6	39.8	86.6
4	Michigan State University Michigan State University United States	265.5	86.5	86.0	51.3	87.6
5	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	228.4	71.4	100.0	44.8	66.8
6	University of California, Santa Barbara University of California, Santa Barbara United States	228.1	65.1	85.4	43.3	83.5
7	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison United States	225.5	70.9	94.7	36.0	68.1
8	Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington United States	219.4	65.1	86.7	52.0	73.2
9	Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University Singapore	217.5	65.1	86.2	73.3	69.4
10	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Netherlands	217.2	61.4	100.0	69.1	68.1
11	Cornell University Cornell University United States	216.4	63.6	100.0	42.0	66.8
12	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	214.1	64.6	81.3	33.5	73.2
13	University of Southern California University of Southern California United States	212.9	61.4	86.7	42.0	73.2
14	University of Vienna University of Vienna Austria	209.5	61.4	100.0	76.2	59.8
15	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick United States	205.7	62.5	81.1	32.9	68.1
16	Northwestern University Northwestern University United States	203.6	62.0	95.4	46.9	58.2
17	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign United States	202.9	60.9	75.4	31.6	70.7
18	University of Zurich University of Zurich Switzerland	202.0	58.7	100.0	72.7	56.7
19	Pennsylvania State University - University Park United States	200.8	58.7	80.3	44.8	68.1
20	University of Arizona University of Arizona United States	196.8	58.7	75.0	31.2	68.1
21	The University of Georgia The University of Georgia United States	189.9	59.2	85.7	30.6	55.1
22	University of Munich University of Munich Germany	187.3	52.7	92.8	66.9	55.1
23	University of Missouri - Columbia University of Missouri - Columbia United States	186.9	59.2	83.8	44.1	51.8
24	Ghent University Ghent University Belgium	184.8	58.7	83.8	48.4	50.0
25	University of Washington University of Washington United States	183.3	57.0	84.9	36.3	51.8
26	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park United States	183.0	56.4	88.5	41.3	50.0
27	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	182.1	55.2	84.7	52.1	51.8
28	University of Utah University of Utah United States	180.5	55.2	96.2	33.0	46.3
29	KU Leuven KU Leuven Belgium	178.3	50.2	82.9	64.7	55.1
30	The Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Israel	173.9	50.2	69.9	54.6	58.2

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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