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	Aarhus University Aarhus University Denmark	302.7	100.0	90.8	72.7	100.0
2	Utrecht University Utrecht University Netherlands	271.0	97.4	96.8	80.6	68.4
3	Leiden University Leiden University Netherlands	262.5	91.9	90.6	75.1	71.8
4	Erasmus University Rotterdam Erasmus University Rotterdam Netherlands	249.5	84.9	93.2	70.9	68.4
5	Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington United States	233.9	74.6	80.2	57.2	76.2
6	Arizona State University Arizona State University United States	232.1	66.6	92.9	74.4	78.3
7	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus United States	220.8	68.1	87.0	56.2	69.6
8	Florida State University Florida State University United States	212.2	62.6	93.0	58.0	66.0
9	Cardiff University Cardiff University United Kingdom	210.5	68.1	86.3	70.1	58.2
10	Rutgers University-Newark Rutgers University-Newark United States	209.8	62.6	92.9	72.2	62.2
10	The University of Georgia The University of Georgia United States	209.8	64.2	96.8	42.2	60.9
12	University College London University College London United Kingdom	205.4	70.3	83.1	75.7	50.8
13	London School of Economics and Political Science United Kingdom	203.5	81.2	83.3	63.6	33.6
14	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University United States	201.9	65.8	82.3	53.0	56.8
15	American University American University United States	198.9	64.2	72.8	66.2	59.6
15	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	198.9	76.0	75.1	72.3	40.2
17	Syracuse University Syracuse University United States	197.8	60.1	91.8	49.5	56.8
18	Bocconi University Bocconi University Italy	196.7	60.9	95.0	86.6	49.2
19	University of Exeter University of Exeter United Kingdom	195.5	61.8	89.9	70.9	50.8
20	University of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen Denmark	193.4	62.6	94.3	65.9	45.8
21	Radboud University Nijmegen Radboud University Nijmegen Netherlands	193.0	68.9	93.4	71.1	35.9
22	University of Antwerp University of Antwerp Belgium	190.9	63.4	80.8	78.4	47.5
23	University of Gothenburg University of Gothenburg Sweden	186.7	64.2	78.5	71.7	44.0
24	Tilburg University Tilburg University Netherlands	185.9	54.7	100.0	81.1	45.8
25	University of Oslo University of Oslo Norway	185.5	61.8	79.2	75.0	45.8
26	Harvard University Harvard University United States	184.6	65.8	63.0	68.6	47.5
27	University at Albany (State University of New York) United States	184.0	60.9	65.0	62.7	53.9
28	University of Munich University of Munich Germany	183.0	65.0	96.6	60.7	31.1
29	University of Amsterdam University of Amsterdam Netherlands	182.7	64.2	99.7	81.3	28.4
30	KU Leuven KU Leuven Belgium	179.4	57.4	72.4	78.5	49.2

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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