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
1	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	286.4	93.1	78.3	92.6	96.4
2	University of Montpellier University of Montpellier France	283.9	100.0	73.0	90.5	92.8
3	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities United States	273.9	76.2	83.2	72.4	100.0
4	PSL University PSL University France	271.9	87.1	71.7	89.3	95.2
5	University of Zurich University of Zurich Switzerland	268.9	72.1	79.4	92.4	98.8
6	Wageningen University & Research Wageningen University & Research Netherlands	262.9	82.7	79.7	91.6	82.1
7	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	256.5	77.0	79.3	76.6	84.9
8	ETH Zurich ETH Zurich Switzerland	255.4	78.9	81.8	91.8	76.2
9	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia Canada	251.3	84.5	73.3	86.3	76.2
10	University of California, Davis University of California, Davis United States	250.9	79.8	69.3	70.9	87.6
11	University of Exeter University of Exeter United Kingdom	250.6	80.6	77.4	89.2	74.7
12	Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Sweden	249.3	82.8	73.4	91.8	74.7
13	Institut Agro Institut Agro France	247.5	78.8	72.2	86.0	79.2
14	Cornell University Cornell University United States	246.7	77.3	75.1	75.4	79.2
15	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	245.1	76.2	81.0	90.2	69.9
16	Imperial College London Imperial College London United Kingdom	244.2	60.5	86.2	91.2	79.2
17	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland Australia	243.7	85.9	76.0	85.6	64.7
18	Peking University Peking University China	240.1	59.4	95.4	76.9	69.9
19	University of Florida University of Florida United States	239.3	82.2	69.1	74.6	73.1
20	University of Helsinki University of Helsinki Finland	235.1	81.8	74.0	90.9	61.0
21	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	234.4	63.1	70.3	80.6	84.9
22	Sorbonne University Sorbonne University France	232.8	78.8	68.4	86.8	68.2
23	Colorado State University Colorado State University United States	230.3	72.2	73.3	66.5	71.5
24	University of Goettingen University of Goettingen Germany	228.6	71.1	82.6	89.1	57.1
25	University of Colorado at Boulder University of Colorado at Boulder United States	227.4	60.5	77.5	73.4	74.7
26	Stanford University Stanford University United States	225.6	61.1	80.6	78.5	68.2
27	University of Halle-Wittenberg University of Halle-Wittenberg Germany	225.4	55.7	92.2	91.9	59.1
28	University of Washington University of Washington United States	224.2	70.7	74.7	70.3	64.7
29	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	222.6	55.2	85.4	77.5	66.5
30	University of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen Denmark	222.0	77.0	77.9	94.4	48.2

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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