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	Aarhus University Aarhus University Denmark	282.9	100.0	100.0	59.1	77.0
2	Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington United States	274.8	84.2	86.2	54.5	100.0
3	Utrecht University Utrecht University Netherlands	247.6	88.6	98.7	76.2	57.7
4	Arizona State University Arizona State University United States	241.4	76.3	87.4	62.4	77.0
5	Erasmus University Rotterdam Erasmus University Rotterdam Netherlands	238.6	84.9	93.9	64.8	57.7
6	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus United States	230.0	74.6	92.7	50.5	66.7
7	The University of Georgia The University of Georgia United States	228.4	72.9	100.0	51.9	63.8
8	Cardiff University Cardiff University United Kingdom	220.5	75.5	92.9	64.5	54.4
9	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University United States	218.5	73.8	90.5	49.0	57.7
10	London School of Economics and Political Science United Kingdom	206.8	81.1	92.0	57.2	33.3
11	University of Exeter University of Exeter United Kingdom	193.5	65.6	100.0	65.6	38.5
12	University College London University College London United Kingdom	190.8	72.0	85.3	68.1	33.3
13	Florida State University Florida State University United States	190.6	57.4	88.2	60.4	54.4
14	Harvard University Harvard University United States	188.1	73.8	75.5	63.3	33.3
15	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities United States	182.5	51.6	91.0	52.2	54.4
16	Leiden University Leiden University Netherlands	180.2	68.4	86.6	70.4	27.2
17	University of Southern California University of Southern California United States	179.0	55.1	67.3	49.0	57.7
18	University of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen Denmark	177.9	59.5	97.3	66.1	33.3
19	Bocconi University Bocconi University Italy	173.5	52.8	78.5	79.8	47.1
20	University of Washington University of Washington United States	171.5	52.8	89.9	44.0	43.0
21	American University American University United States	171.1	59.5	65.5	59.7	43.0
22	City University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China	170.9	52.8	81.4	80.4	43.0
23	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison United States	163.9	52.8	74.5	44.3	43.0
24	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	162.1	60.6	74.9	65.8	27.2
25	Radboud University Nijmegen Radboud University Nijmegen Netherlands	161.9	57.4	84.5	64.4	27.2
26	University of Antwerp University of Antwerp Belgium	161.7	61.6	86.4	68.3	19.2
27	Tilburg University Tilburg University Netherlands	161.1	46.4	100.0	81.7	33.3
28	Syracuse University Syracuse University United States	159.5	47.7	89.9	44.8	38.5
29	University of Bern University of Bern Switzerland	158.4	55.1	100.0	64.9	19.2
30	The George Washington University The George Washington University United States	157.7	49.0	75.0	36.4	43.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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