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	Harvard University Harvard University United States	281.8	83.9	100.0	59.0	100.0
2	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	266.8	100.0	84.2	79.9	66.7
3	Stanford University Stanford University United States	265.6	74.6	96.7	52.8	100.0
4	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	248.6	77.2	75.4	68.3	88.2
5	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	243.8	72.7	76.4	42.2	92.3
6	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	243.6	82.9	93.7	57.2	66.7
7	Pennsylvania State University - University Park United States	241.5	85.3	83.7	50.6	66.7
8	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus United States	240.0	83.9	85.3	47.3	66.7
9	Duke University Duke University United States	229.1	61.2	100.0	55.7	81.6
10	Cornell University Cornell University United States	223.4	82.9	85.0	56.6	50.9
11	University of Amsterdam University of Amsterdam Netherlands	219.3	84.6	93.0	73.6	38.5
12	Columbia University Columbia University United States	218.1	58.4	77.4	57.8	86.1
13	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	215.2	68.7	92.8	48.8	60.9
14	Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington United States	213.5	67.8	85.7	50.3	63.8
15	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	212.6	76.1	86.7	40.7	50.9
16	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison United States	211.4	74.6	74.1	46.8	57.7
17	University of Chicago University of Chicago United States	207.8	59.8	76.3	53.5	74.5
18	University of California, Irvine University of California, Irvine United States	200.3	68.3	78.2	44.1	54.4
19	London School of Economics and Political Science United Kingdom	197.1	71.9	89.4	60.0	38.5
20	Northwestern University Northwestern University United States	195.5	57.4	87.9	45.6	60.9
21	New York University New York University United States	195.2	58.9	83.1	44.9	60.9
22	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States	193.8	60.3	82.9	42.1	57.7
23	Princeton University Princeton University United States	190.4	58.4	94.4	47.5	50.9
24	The University of Manchester The University of Manchester United Kingdom	189.0	82.9	79.1	58.5	19.2
25	Yale University Yale University United States	187.7	48.3	82.2	48.1	69.4
26	University of Washington University of Washington United States	186.6	53.3	76.2	47.0	63.8
27	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities United States	182.1	57.4	89.2	42.7	47.1
28	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park United States	177.6	58.4	83.7	51.2	43.0
29	Purdue University - West Lafayette Purdue University - West Lafayette United States	173.3	52.8	92.8	47.2	43.0
30	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia Canada	172.4	60.3	73.1	69.4	38.5

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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