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)

300 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	Q1	CNCI	IC	TOP
1	Jiangnan University Jiangnan University China	290.6	100.0	79.9	53.4	100.0
2	China Agricultural University China Agricultural University China	255.3	79.8	83.2	52.5	81.8
3	South China University of Technology South China University of Technology China	230.7	66.5	86.8	60.6	65.2
4	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University China	225.6	65.7	84.6	53.6	64.7
5	Northwest A&F University Northwest A&F University China	225.3	68.7	81.8	48.4	65.1
6	Jiangsu University Jiangsu University China	224.8	57.3	86.0	61.2	69.3
7	Nanjing Agricultural University Nanjing Agricultural University China	223.3	68.1	83.2	48.5	62.2
8	Nanchang University Nanchang University China	216.0	60.0	88.7	50.8	57.0
9	Huazhong Agricultural University Huazhong Agricultural University China	213.3	59.7	83.4	56.9	58.8
10	Beijing Technology and Business University China	212.9	61.5	81.2	47.8	60.6
11	Northeast Agricultural University Northeast Agricultural University China	203.6	57.4	92.6	45.7	44.5
12	Wageningen University & Research Wageningen University & Research Netherlands	203.5	65.9	76.5	80.1	45.1
13	University of Massachusetts Amherst University of Massachusetts Amherst United States	202.9	44.8	95.7	90.5	44.3
14	Dalian Polytechnic University Dalian Polytechnic University China	193.2	52.3	78.4	44.1	53.6
15	University of Vigo University of Vigo Spain	186.1	38.9	87.7	88.4	41.8
16	University of Campinas University of Campinas Brazil	185.8	57.6	76.1	57.9	40.5
17	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore Singapore	183.5	37.7	90.9	92.3	36.4
18	Hefei University of Technology Hefei University of Technology China	183.3	40.4	88.9	34.3	47.1
19	Ocean University of China Ocean University of China China	182.7	48.2	77.7	42.9	48.2
20	South China Agricultural University South China Agricultural University China	182.0	50.7	79.3	52.0	41.6
21	Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University China	181.5	42.1	85.7	56.2	42.4
22	Anhui Agricultural University Anhui Agricultural University China	179.7	41.5	86.8	53.4	40.7
23	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland Australia	179.6	43.5	79.1	86.2	39.8
24	Institut Agro Institut Agro France	176.7	48.8	67.9	76.5	44.7
25	Southwest University Southwest University China	176.6	43.3	82.0	45.3	42.2
26	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick United States	175.8	42.2	84.5	90.1	31.0
27	Tianjin University of Science and Technology China	175.5	48.0	73.7	43.7	45.1
28	University College Dublin University College Dublin Ireland	174.2	33.2	87.0	80.3	37.9
29	University of Porto University of Porto Portugal	173.6	45.0	70.0	70.6	44.5
30	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University China	172.7	43.6	76.6	60.0	40.5

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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