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.

100 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	Q1	CNCI	IC	TOP	AWARD
1	Harvard University Harvard University United States	294.4	100.0	77.7	55.0	100.0	0.0
2	Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington United States	218.5	79.2	70.0	65.4	44.0	70.7
3	Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University United States	214.1	66.2	89.0	46.6	65.6	0.0
4	City University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China	213.8	74.9	88.9	83.7	48.6	0.0
5	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	212.5	72.1	84.7	57.8	56.1	0.0
6	Columbia University Columbia University United States	183.3	59.3	66.2	45.0	56.7	0.0
7	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	180.4	60.2	71.6	50.9	49.2	0.0
8	The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston United States	180.3	52.0	85.2	46.6	55.0	0.0
9	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park United States	180.2	58.5	76.8	55.1	39.7	44.7
9	University of Utah University of Utah United States	180.2	56.7	79.8	47.7	50.5	0.0
11	University of Washington University of Washington United States	179.7	59.8	76.2	52.2	46.7	0.0
12	The University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales Australia	179.4	62.7	80.1	79.6	37.3	0.0
13	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore Singapore	178.3	63.5	67.3	97.1	39.7	0.0
14	Arizona State University Arizona State University United States	176.6	61.0	80.7	66.0	38.1	0.0
15	University of Pittsburgh University of Pittsburgh United States	176.5	54.9	67.5	59.2	41.9	63.2
16	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities United States	176.4	55.3	87.2	64.3	43.3	0.0
17	Georgia State University Georgia State University United States	173.1	61.4	75.8	73.5	35.7	0.0
18	Wuhan University Wuhan University China	172.1	74.2	72.5	70.7	17.4	0.0
19	University of Montreal University of Montreal Canada	171.7	61.9	89.6	82.6	25.8	0.0
20	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	170.9	63.1	80.8	57.3	30.2	0.0
21	University of Arizona University of Arizona United States	169.2	59.8	71.8	62.9	37.3	0.0
22	Cornell University Cornell University United States	169.1	50.5	80.9	46.4	41.9	31.6
23	Stanford University Stanford University United States	168.0	53.5	67.7	66.3	47.4	0.0
24	University of Amsterdam University of Amsterdam Netherlands	167.3	64.3	80.9	84.2	22.0	0.0
25	Northwestern University Northwestern University United States	164.2	51.5	78.5	50.4	42.6	0.0
26	Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Institute of Technology United States	163.9	55.3	90.3	77.1	28.1	0.0
27	University of Wolverhampton University of Wolverhampton United Kingdom	163.3	65.1	88.5	59.0	15.6	0.0
28	Yonsei University Yonsei University South Korea	162.6	58.9	68.0	62.8	33.9	0.0
29	KU Leuven KU Leuven Belgium	159.9	67.8	68.0	86.7	15.6	0.0
30	New York University New York University United States	159.0	49.5	87.8	69.1	33.9	0.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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