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
1	Harvard University Harvard University United States	277.9	100.0	78.6	57.0	82.9
2	Michigan State University Michigan State University United States	271.2	82.9	84.6	46.4	100.0
3	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	257.7	87.6	79.1	47.2	82.0
4	Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University United States	255.9	87.1	87.5	34.3	78.1
5	Stanford University Stanford University United States	244.0	78.4	85.2	56.9	78.1
6	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	243.5	77.0	79.7	42.9	83.9
7	University of Washington University of Washington United States	236.8	72.9	81.9	46.2	82.0
8	University of Virginia University of Virginia United States	230.5	73.9	80.7	33.2	76.0
9	Utrecht University Utrecht University Netherlands	229.4	77.0	88.4	72.3	62.5
10	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	227.8	96.9	72.6	66.2	39.5
11	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States	226.1	74.4	75.7	37.9	72.9
12	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison United States	224.8	76.0	74.6	39.1	69.6
13	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	224.2	72.0	81.3	36.8	71.8
14	University of California, Irvine University of California, Irvine United States	221.0	65.2	94.1	44.0	71.8
15	Monash University Monash University Australia	216.4	84.5	76.1	65.8	45.1
16	New York University New York University United States	214.8	69.7	76.7	45.0	67.3
17	The University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China	214.6	76.2	93.8	66.7	46.8
18	Columbia University Columbia University United States	211.1	68.0	71.8	48.3	68.5
19	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus United States	208.7	72.5	73.0	48.2	58.6
20	Pennsylvania State University - University Park United States	206.8	64.0	77.2	48.4	67.3
21	Arizona State University Arizona State University United States	206.4	64.4	76.5	53.6	66.1
22	University College London University College London United Kingdom	204.9	78.1	73.2	61.4	45.1
23	University of Southern California University of Southern California United States	204.7	57.1	80.3	49.7	74.0
24	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities United States	204.2	75.2	73.4	47.4	50.0
25	Ghent University Ghent University Belgium	203.3	59.4	87.5	79.4	62.5
26	University of Pittsburgh University of Pittsburgh United States	203.1	62.9	80.8	46.7	63.7
27	Northwestern University Northwestern University United States	201.0	62.7	87.1	48.1	58.6
28	The Education University of Hong Kong The Education University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China	200.9	68.1	76.9	57.6	54.5
29	Maastricht University Maastricht University Netherlands	199.4	82.7	82.6	91.0	25.0
30	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park United States	196.8	59.0	82.1	47.5	62.5

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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