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)

400 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	Q1	CNCI	IC	TOP
1	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	275.6	86.9	78.0	62.1	100.0
2	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University United States	270.8	87.7	88.1	69.0	88.3
3	Erasmus University Rotterdam Erasmus University Rotterdam Netherlands	263.4	95.5	79.6	88.0	71.6
4	Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington United States	253.2	88.9	86.6	66.7	69.8
5	Harvard University Harvard University United States	250.0	100.0	69.9	65.8	58.4
6	Columbia University Columbia University United States	239.5	65.0	70.0	70.0	100.0
7	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	232.5	76.3	76.0	68.1	73.3
8	INSEAD INSEAD France	231.4	79.2	88.8	98.3	58.4
9	Tilburg University Tilburg University Netherlands	228.4	73.6	79.2	85.6	69.8
10	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States	226.6	64.6	88.0	59.9	79.6
11	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park United States	226.0	69.6	83.4	66.7	73.3
12	Arizona State University Arizona State University United States	224.2	75.7	86.1	71.0	60.5
12	University of Washington University of Washington United States	224.2	67.7	76.3	64.9	78.1
14	Georgia State University Georgia State University United States	221.9	67.3	86.2	79.1	69.8
15	University of South Carolina - Columbia University of South Carolina - Columbia United States	221.3	68.6	85.9	73.5	68.1
16	University of Leeds University of Leeds United Kingdom	220.9	90.2	77.5	86.0	38.3
17	Michigan State University Michigan State University United States	217.9	75.4	83.9	65.6	56.3
18	Pennsylvania State University - University Park United States	217.1	68.0	76.4	71.3	69.8
19	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities United States	216.8	73.6	70.4	67.8	64.4
20	Northwestern University Northwestern University United States	216.7	65.3	83.5	71.4	69.8
21	The University of Georgia The University of Georgia United States	215.2	70.2	79.6	56.3	64.4
22	University of Southern California University of Southern California United States	215.1	62.5	80.1	63.6	74.9
23	Bocconi University Bocconi University Italy	214.9	73.3	82.8	94.1	54.1
24	Aalto University Aalto University Finland	213.4	82.5	79.4	86.5	41.3
25	University of Miami University of Miami United States	212.4	58.1	80.7	67.3	78.1
26	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus United States	211.2	63.2	72.9	66.6	73.3
27	Duke University Duke University United States	211.1	59.3	74.2	70.4	78.1
28	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	211.0	63.6	71.4	66.5	73.3
29	University of St. Gallen University of St. Gallen Switzerland	206.7	75.4	80.2	92.6	44.2
30	University of Alberta University of Alberta Canada	204.8	61.8	85.1	90.5	60.5

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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