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
1	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	294.6	98.2	82.4	60.7	100.0
2	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University United States	278.3	91.3	89.6	62.2	90.3
3	Erasmus University Rotterdam Erasmus University Rotterdam Netherlands	271.9	99.1	81.1	83.7	74.3
4	Harvard University Harvard University United States	256.2	100.0	70.9	58.2	64.9
5	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	252.0	84.9	77.7	63.8	79.5
6	Tilburg University Tilburg University Netherlands	249.7	82.0	77.7	83.6	79.5
7	Duke University Duke University United States	247.9	71.1	78.0	62.1	96.0
8	Georgia State University Georgia State University United States	245.2	74.8	79.4	74.3	85.8
9	Northwestern University Northwestern University United States	244.8	70.3	84.8	66.0	90.3
10	University of Washington University of Washington United States	244.1	79.8	84.5	60.1	76.1
11	Pennsylvania State University - University Park United States	243.1	79.4	85.3	69.5	74.3
12	Columbia University Columbia University United States	240.0	73.6	70.7	68.7	87.4
13	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park United States	239.9	76.0	80.3	62.9	79.5
14	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities United States	239.8	79.8	71.8	63.8	77.8
15	Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington United States	239.4	85.9	87.0	63.8	60.7
16	Arizona State University Arizona State University United States	236.6	86.3	89.0	64.9	56.2
16	INSEAD INSEAD France	236.6	84.2	85.3	91.7	58.5
18	University of South Carolina - Columbia University of South Carolina - Columbia United States	233.5	72.8	87.0	65.5	74.3
19	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States	230.8	69.0	83.2	62.2	79.5
20	The University of Georgia The University of Georgia United States	228.0	75.6	80.5	55.7	68.8
21	Stanford University Stanford University United States	226.5	74.4	76.7	58.2	70.7
22	Michigan State University Michigan State University United States	225.9	80.9	88.9	62.5	53.8
22	University of Miami University of Miami United States	225.9	62.2	89.6	66.7	81.1
24	Aalto University Aalto University Finland	225.1	85.2	81.1	80.8	48.7
25	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	219.3	66.8	73.2	63.7	76.1
26	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia Canada	217.7	65.0	78.3	85.4	72.5
27	University of Southern California University of Southern California United States	217.6	65.9	74.5	54.5	76.1
28	Northeastern University (Boston) Northeastern University (Boston) United States	217.5	79.1	85.7	73.9	48.7
29	New York University New York University United States	216.8	66.4	72.5	66.3	74.3
29	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	216.8	73.6	75.8	78.3	60.7

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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