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	New York University New York University United States	298.5	100.0	89.3	66.5	97.2
2	University of Chicago University of Chicago United States	293.8	92.1	100.0	55.7	100.0
3	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	286.9	91.0	93.3	65.1	97.2
4	Harvard University Harvard University United States	274.9	85.8	86.3	64.5	96.5
5	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	257.7	82.7	82.8	54.1	86.8
6	Columbia University Columbia University United States	256.4	84.7	72.9	69.8	86.0
7	University of Southern California University of Southern California United States	254.6	79.1	100.0	66.7	79.4
8	Stanford University Stanford University United States	248.6	77.4	97.5	61.6	77.6
9	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	238.5	81.9	78.6	60.7	70.2
10	University of Washington University of Washington United States	237.7	74.3	90.5	59.4	74.9
11	Northwestern University Northwestern University United States	237.3	74.8	87.0	58.1	75.9
12	London Business School London Business School United Kingdom	237.1	70.7	100.0	98.3	71.2
13	Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington United States	236.7	79.5	83.3	56.6	70.2
14	Boston College Boston College United States	234.0	74.3	92.7	59.2	70.2
15	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus United States	233.3	72.1	86.4	61.1	75.9
16	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign United States	232.1	79.9	77.5	63.1	67.2
17	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	231.1	73.0	88.1	63.5	71.2
18	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	230.9	80.3	74.2	92.0	64.1
19	Duke University Duke University United States	228.2	66.9	100.0	47.8	73.1
20	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	227.2	72.5	74.8	69.3	74.0
21	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States	225.1	69.8	82.0	54.6	74.0
22	London School of Economics and Political Science United Kingdom	225.0	75.2	67.7	80.9	70.2
23	Cornell University Cornell University United States	223.3	76.5	72.7	59.8	66.2
24	The University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales Australia	219.7	80.7	74.3	79.2	53.6
25	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	210.1	61.2	83.8	71.3	69.2
26	Tilburg University Tilburg University Netherlands	209.1	66.4	90.5	93.1	54.9
27	Arizona State University Arizona State University United States	206.6	70.2	85.0	63.7	52.3
28	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	205.2	66.4	70.8	83.0	61.9
29	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities United States	203.6	65.4	78.4	55.4	60.8
30	Washington University in St. Louis Washington University in St. Louis United States	202.7	64.4	78.3	73.1	59.7

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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