2023 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	AWARD
1	Princeton University Princeton University United States	287.9	65.9	84.2	68.1	100.0	91.6
2	Paris-Saclay University Paris-Saclay University France	279.0	81.4	63.5	74.6	69.9	100.0
3	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	240.6	73.8	69.4	79.4	69.9	67.2
4	Sorbonne University Sorbonne University France	227.3	90.9	65.5	74.5	83.0	25.4
5	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	225.7	58.3	73.9	78.1	80.3	56.8
6	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	220.3	74.0	77.8	61.5	93.1	25.4
7	Université Paris Cité Université Paris Cité France	213.7	91.6	63.9	75.4	94.3	0.0
8	ETH Zurich ETH Zurich Switzerland	205.1	67.3	71.3	81.8	63.2	44.0
9	Stanford University Stanford University United States	196.6	54.4	77.0	64.4	69.9	44.0
10	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	195.9	56.6	76.8	66.6	53.7	56.8
11	Stony Brook University Stony Brook University United States	186.1	39.4	65.7	67.6	63.2	56.8
12	New York University New York University United States	184.4	53.2	77.4	69.7	42.2	59.6
13	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne Switzerland	174.6	50.7	68.3	86.4	42.2	50.8
14	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick United States	165.7	53.2	64.1	73.9	53.7	31.1
15	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	164.6	55.1	71.4	60.8	47.1	35.9
16	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison United States	162.5	54.8	66.6	66.0	55.8	25.4
17	Columbia University Columbia University United States	161.5	53.7	76.5	68.2	78.9	0.0
18	The University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh United Kingdom	160.4	50.5	73.4	80.1	53.7	25.4
19	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	159.3	56.8	60.4	79.6	74.5	0.0
20	PSL University PSL University France	158.9	60.4	66.6	75.2	44.7	25.4
21	University of Warwick University of Warwick United Kingdom	157.2	51.6	61.9	79.4	33.3	44.0
22	The Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Israel	155.7	37.7	52.2	78.5	51.6	40.2
23	University of Bonn University of Bonn Germany	155.4	56.8	67.5	76.5	25.8	44.0
24	Imperial College London Imperial College London United Kingdom	155.2	62.5	73.5	82.6	61.5	0.0
25	University of Chicago University of Chicago United States	151.5	52.4	70.4	60.0	73.0	0.0
26	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	151.0	59.0	69.8	65.8	65.0	0.0
27	University of Geneva University of Geneva Switzerland	148.1	32.7	72.0	84.3	33.3	50.8
28	Peking University Peking University China	147.8	73.7	65.0	58.3	49.4	0.0
29	Harvard University Harvard University United States	147.7	44.4	66.2	65.1	51.6	25.4
30	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	142.1	58.8	66.5	61.2	57.7	0.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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