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	Harvard University Harvard University United States	296.7	100.0	82.6	70.3	100.0	0.0
2	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	291.2	60.6	81.8	60.4	47.9	88.8
3	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	281.5	39.3	88.0	85.0	37.1	100.0
4	University of California, San Francisco University of California, San Francisco United States	276.8	56.6	83.9	65.6	49.4	73.9
5	The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center United States	259.5	45.8	89.3	68.6	36.9	73.9
6	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	258.5	46.7	92.0	85.6	60.1	42.6
7	Imperial College London Imperial College London United Kingdom	254.1	48.0	89.1	86.8	57.1	42.6
8	Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University United States	249.3	62.5	82.1	66.0	48.9	42.6
9	University of Washington University of Washington United States	246.2	51.3	85.4	63.7	54.1	42.6
10	Emory University Emory University United States	241.0	45.3	82.7	61.2	48.6	52.2
11	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	236.5	48.9	81.0	64.7	44.5	49.2
12	Duke University Duke University United States	233.2	51.0	81.3	63.7	45.5	42.6
13	University of Pittsburgh University of Pittsburgh United States	232.9	52.1	77.3	62.4	38.8	52.2
14	The University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne Australia	227.7	47.0	77.9	77.8	44.5	42.6
15	University College London University College London United Kingdom	220.8	59.5	87.3	83.7	57.2	0.0
16	The Chinese University of Hong Kong The Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China	220.7	28.7	89.8	72.7	27.3	60.3
17	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	220.2	66.2	79.9	80.3	58.1	0.0
18	Heidelberg University Heidelberg University Germany	216.6	43.4	79.3	76.4	36.0	42.6
19	Université Paris Cité Université Paris Cité France	210.2	63.8	79.8	74.4	51.7	0.0
20	University of Leicester University of Leicester United Kingdom	207.9	22.8	94.0	78.0	32.8	42.6
21	University of Utah University of Utah United States	202.1	38.2	77.9	57.3	31.8	42.6
22	University of Nottingham University of Nottingham United Kingdom	200.1	27.3	81.6	76.9	33.3	42.6
23	Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science United States	198.0	60.2	79.8	62.9	45.4	0.0
24	Stanford University Stanford University United States	196.0	54.4	81.7	66.9	46.6	0.0
25	Oregon Health and Science University Oregon Health and Science University United States	195.7	34.2	84.3	60.6	30.3	34.8
26	King's College London King's College London United Kingdom	192.0	47.5	85.3	84.4	42.3	0.0
27	Yale University Yale University United States	190.1	49.3	83.1	65.2	44.7	0.0
28	Columbia University Columbia University United States	189.7	50.7	81.5	67.0	44.1	0.0
29	The University of Glasgow The University of Glasgow United Kingdom	189.0	30.8	100.0	84.2	41.3	0.0
30	Rockefeller University Rockefeller University United States	187.9	11.5	90.0	77.6	10.5	60.3

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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