2022 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.(See full Methodology)

200 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	Q1	CNCI	IC	TOP
1	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego United States	296.0	100.0	81.4	72.7	100.0
2	University of Washington University of Washington United States	292.1	97.8	88.3	71.3	91.8
3	Sorbonne University Sorbonne University France	280.2	91.8	84.3	90.7	86.0
4	University of Southampton University of Southampton United Kingdom	249.2	78.0	85.6	91.3	67.4
5	Oregon State University Oregon State University United States	246.9	79.9	81.0	68.7	72.3
6	Utrecht University Utrecht University Netherlands	237.7	73.3	79.0	91.3	67.1
7	California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology United States	234.7	57.0	100.0	75.6	62.6
8	Ocean University of China Ocean University of China China	229.7	87.2	56.7	55.2	74.8
9	University of Miami University of Miami United States	228.8	66.3	82.0	76.7	65.1
10	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	227.0	64.1	86.2	75.6	61.5
11	University of Western Brittany University of Western Brittany France	225.5	65.5	83.8	88.4	58.5
12	University of Hawaii at Manoa University of Hawaii at Manoa United States	223.6	62.9	84.5	78.8	60.4
13	University of Tasmania University of Tasmania Australia	223.2	68.7	83.9	80.9	54.4
14	University of Bergen University of Bergen Norway	221.9	64.6	83.2	87.8	56.5
15	University of Bremen University of Bremen Germany	221.6	64.8	86.3	89.8	52.6
16	Columbia University Columbia University United States	219.7	61.4	86.6	81.1	55.6
17	Paul Sabatier University (Toulouse 3) Paul Sabatier University (Toulouse 3) France	210.8	55.0	80.8	92.5	56.5
18	Aix Marseille University Aix Marseille University France	208.6	57.0	82.9	90.3	50.7
19	Stanford University Stanford University United States	208.1	53.5	88.2	74.2	51.6
20	The University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales Australia	207.5	55.4	84.4	86.4	50.3
21	Xiamen University Xiamen University China	207.3	62.1	68.6	76.0	61.5
22	University of Delaware University of Delaware United States	206.3	57.4	75.5	77.8	57.9
23	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	204.9	51.0	85.8	86.1	51.0
24	Florida State University Florida State University United States	204.8	53.9	83.1	77.9	52.3
25	University of California, Santa Cruz University of California, Santa Cruz United States	200.4	57.4	82.5	73.4	45.9
26	Princeton University Princeton University United States	199.0	47.9	91.4	76.4	44.4
27	The University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia Australia	197.4	57.2	80.0	86.3	42.9
28	University of Alaska - Fairbanks University of Alaska - Fairbanks United States	196.7	48.3	86.4	77.1	46.6
29	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick United States	195.9	54.1	79.5	68.2	48.7
30	Delft University of Technology Delft University of Technology Netherlands	195.6	57.5	77.3	89.2	42.9

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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