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)

300 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	Q1	CNCI	IC	TOP	AWARD
1	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong, China	323.4	100.0	90.7	80.0	100.0	100.0
2	University of Surrey University of Surrey United Kingdom	234.1	63.2	100.0	93.8	62.5	86.6
3	Griffith University Griffith University Australia	228.2	68.6	77.9	82.8	58.1	100.0
4	University of Central Florida University of Central Florida United States	227.4	71.5	85.8	67.4	70.6	0.0
5	Sun Yat-sen University Sun Yat-sen University China	226.9	71.3	88.7	79.8	67.6	0.0
6	Sejong University Sejong University South Korea	197.1	59.2	100.0	84.9	49.8	0.0
7	Temple University Temple University United States	189.3	53.8	87.7	74.7	57.3	0.0
8	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland Australia	189.1	60.8	83.0	75.7	48.9	0.0
9	University of Johannesburg University of Johannesburg South Africa	187.7	57.6	87.6	93.1	48.3	0.0
10	Washington State University Washington State University United States	183.9	50.6	94.8	89.3	51.5	0.0
11	Bournemouth University Bournemouth University United Kingdom	182.8	53.6	89.8	80.0	49.5	0.0
12	Kyung Hee University Kyung Hee University South Korea	179.8	51.6	91.6	83.8	48.3	0.0
13	Florida State University Florida State University United States	179.7	51.6	85.0	72.1	52.7	0.0
14	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University United States	178.6	47.8	96.4	72.1	51.5	0.0
15	Pennsylvania State University - University Park United States	176.1	51.8	72.4	61.7	56.0	0.0
16	University of Nevada-Las Vegas University of Nevada-Las Vegas United States	172.7	48.3	88.7	55.5	50.4	0.0
17	Purdue University - West Lafayette Purdue University - West Lafayette United States	167.4	49.0	75.7	69.0	49.2	0.0
18	University of South Carolina - Columbia University of South Carolina - Columbia United States	167.3	47.0	84.6	64.9	47.9	0.0
19	University of Houston University of Houston United States	164.6	45.0	83.8	54.4	49.8	0.0
20	University of Massachusetts Amherst University of Massachusetts Amherst United States	158.6	43.4	80.5	72.4	46.0	0.0
21	University of Waterloo University of Waterloo Canada	153.4	36.6	100.0	72.8	21.2	100.0
22	University of Macau University of Macau Macau, China	149.8	38.5	91.8	63.8	39.8	0.0
23	University of Otago University of Otago New Zealand	147.1	42.8	79.8	80.0	35.0	0.0
24	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University United States	145.8	40.0	82.0	66.1	38.2	0.0
25	Oklahoma State University Oklahoma State University United States	145.4	38.5	84.3	76.6	37.9	0.0
26	University of Florida University of Florida United States	142.3	39.4	81.7	64.8	35.8	0.0
27	Xiamen University Xiamen University China	140.4	34.0	91.2	80.0	35.8	0.0
28	Oxford Brookes University Oxford Brookes University United Kingdom	139.7	31.4	76.5	80.9	28.9	86.6
29	University of Canterbury University of Canterbury New Zealand	138.9	38.2	100.0	90.9	22.5	0.0
30	Edith Cowan University Edith Cowan University Australia	138.7	38.2	83.5	82.9	31.4	0.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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