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)

100 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	Q1	CNCI	IC	TOP
1	Central South University Central South University China	280.8	100.0	86.5	50.4	84.2
2	China University of Mining and Technology China	266.8	69.4	87.3	50.6	100.0
3	China University of Mining & Technology-Beijing China	228.3	52.0	93.1	53.2	72.6
4	The University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia Australia	221.9	68.3	93.8	91.5	41.5
5	Monash University Monash University Australia	214.7	45.6	97.6	83.2	54.9
6	Northeastern University (Shenyang) Northeastern University (Shenyang) China	213.4	67.0	72.3	42.4	65.6
7	China University of Geosciences Beijing China University of Geosciences Beijing China	211.6	92.7	81.0	62.7	25.4
8	Shandong University of Science and Technology China	208.1	38.7	98.0	50.2	61.3
9	Sichuan University Sichuan University China	206.6	34.4	100.0	45.8	63.1
10	The University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales Australia	203.7	45.2	91.1	77.9	51.8
11	The University of Adelaide The University of Adelaide Australia	203.6	49.8	93.4	82.2	44.0
12	China University of Geosciences China University of Geosciences China	198.1	70.6	76.5	61.0	38.8
13	Chongqing University Chongqing University China	184.1	36.0	83.1	46.0	55.8
14	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland Australia	182.4	71.8	72.8	73.1	23.2
15	Pennsylvania State University - University Park United States	182.3	31.8	83.9	69.1	52.9
16	Curtin University Curtin University Australia	182.2	56.6	72.4	78.9	37.4
17	University of Lorraine University of Lorraine France	182.1	42.9	84.3	87.0	37.4
18	Colorado School of Mines Colorado School of Mines United States	177.1	38.0	78.2	67.1	47.5
19	Wuhan University Wuhan University China	175.6	27.9	84.6	61.6	50.8
20	Imperial College London Imperial College London United Kingdom	173.7	30.4	86.2	78.4	41.5
21	Dalian University of Technology Dalian University of Technology China	173.6	26.8	88.1	50.0	48.6
22	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University China	172.9	29.9	86.5	56.8	45.2
23	Henan Polytechnic University Henan Polytechnic University China	172.2	28.4	90.5	58.8	41.5
24	Shandong University Shandong University China	169.6	22.8	98.8	39.2	40.2
25	Laurentian University Laurentian University Canada	165.9	32.2	83.5	71.4	35.9
26	University of Science and Technology Beijing China	164.8	51.8	62.5	45.7	41.5
27	Nanjing University Nanjing University China	164.4	44.6	93.8	56.8	14.7
28	Chengdu University of Technology Chengdu University of Technology China	163.3	38.7	84.0	56.7	29.3
29	University of Tasmania University of Tasmania Australia	163.2	43.6	83.5	90.6	18.0
29	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	163.2	31.8	69.6	77.7	46.4

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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