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)

500 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	Q1	CNCI	IC	TOP	AWARD
1	Harvard University Harvard University United States	353.5	100.0	95.4	74.0	100.0	43.3
2	University College London University College London United Kingdom	306.3	65.8	89.3	86.0	47.5	86.6
3	Columbia University Columbia University United States	297.0	51.0	90.5	69.7	51.5	90.1
4	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	291.5	46.1	100.0	76.7	68.7	61.2
5	Rockefeller University Rockefeller University United States	273.7	25.2	100.0	77.4	33.0	100.0
6	The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center United States	242.0	37.0	96.7	68.7	33.3	61.2
7	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	239.7	48.4	83.8	66.4	44.2	50.0
8	The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas United States	239.3	34.4	83.5	64.3	33.6	75.0
9	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	236.7	47.0	92.5	85.9	44.7	35.4
10	University of Zurich University of Zurich Switzerland	235.5	40.5	85.4	86.0	31.1	61.2
11	Stanford University Stanford University United States	227.5	55.9	100.0	69.7	57.6	0.0
12	University of California, San Francisco University of California, San Francisco United States	225.2	58.8	94.6	71.1	57.6	0.0
13	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	216.4	57.5	94.1	65.6	51.7	0.0
14	Kyoto University Kyoto University Japan	216.2	28.6	68.6	57.4	20.9	86.6
15	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego United States	211.8	50.6	93.2	68.6	54.3	0.0
16	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	211.6	57.9	89.4	87.6	46.8	0.0
17	Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University United States	211.0	65.3	88.6	69.8	43.1	0.0
18	Norwegian University of Science and Technology - NTNU Norway	209.8	18.3	73.5	76.8	16.0	86.6
19	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai United States	204.2	44.4	97.5	71.0	48.1	0.0
19	Yale University Yale University United States	204.2	50.6	92.8	71.5	46.4	0.0
21	Cornell University Cornell University United States	204.1	43.2	97.8	67.7	49.5	0.0
22	Washington University in St. Louis Washington University in St. Louis United States	203.4	48.0	97.2	64.3	45.3	0.0
23	University of Gothenburg University of Gothenburg Sweden	199.9	29.2	84.5	86.6	18.9	50.0
24	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	198.2	58.0	83.4	79.0	41.0	0.0
25	University of Washington University of Washington United States	197.7	51.4	89.4	67.8	43.3	0.0
26	New York University New York University United States	196.7	42.9	94.3	68.8	45.8	0.0
27	Karolinska Institute Karolinska Institute Sweden	195.8	52.8	84.0	88.8	41.2	0.0
28	Imperial College London Imperial College London United Kingdom	194.8	48.1	91.8	87.2	37.5	0.0
29	University of Strasbourg University of Strasbourg France	194.1	23.7	79.8	76.2	14.1	61.2
30	California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology United States	193.9	17.0	100.0	71.4	19.4	43.3

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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