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	240.6	70.9	74.6	57.3	91.2
2	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore Singapore	239.1	81.4	80.8	90.8	67.5
3	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	237.6	61.3	79.2	59.5	100.0
4	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong, China	232.3	100.0	83.2	69.4	33.7
5	Erasmus University Rotterdam Erasmus University Rotterdam Netherlands	231.8	80.3	81.2	84.1	62.4
6	INSEAD INSEAD France	217.7	55.0	83.5	91.0	84.4
7	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	215.1	67.1	74.7	65.8	70.5
8	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	214.8	64.7	75.0	64.4	73.8
9	Arizona State University Arizona State University United States	214.6	70.4	82.5	67.6	60.9
10	New York University New York University United States	209.5	56.2	77.8	73.8	78.9
11	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities United States	208.7	59.3	84.0	68.1	70.9
12	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	201.7	58.2	71.0	79.9	70.9
13	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University United States	200.0	65.8	76.8	60.5	56.9
14	Stanford University Stanford University United States	196.4	50.2	82.0	63.2	73.8
15	University of Montreal University of Montreal Canada	195.8	81.5	68.7	81.5	31.0
16	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park United States	195.7	57.6	76.8	65.5	64.3
17	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	195.1	60.7	79.6	83.8	55.8
18	Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Institute of Technology United States	194.9	68.1	74.6	70.9	48.3
19	Copenhagen Business School Copenhagen Business School Denmark	193.5	63.2	75.5	84.8	52.5
20	Pennsylvania State University - University Park United States	193.2	61.6	78.2	64.0	55.3
21	Michigan State University Michigan State University United States	192.5	63.4	84.3	63.2	48.9
22	University of Warwick University of Warwick United Kingdom	191.2	65.4	75.8	74.5	47.7
23	Bocconi University Bocconi University Italy	188.5	49.9	85.3	86.2	62.4
24	University of Washington University of Washington United States	185.9	50.8	80.1	63.0	63.3
25	City University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China	184.7	67.2	74.5	70.8	39.5
26	Northwestern University Northwestern University United States	184.4	52.0	71.4	64.4	64.3
26	University of Southern California University of Southern California United States	184.4	48.7	77.7	55.7	67.0
28	The University of Texas at Dallas The University of Texas at Dallas United States	183.6	52.0	72.5	74.5	61.9
29	Purdue University - West Lafayette Purdue University - West Lafayette United States	183.3	61.1	73.7	64.4	48.3
30	Cornell University Cornell University United States	183.2	51.4	72.2	67.0	63.3

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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