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	AWARD
1	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	370.9	78.2	91.8	82.1	84.5	100.0
2	Harvard University Harvard University United States	303.0	73.4	72.5	75.2	81.1	60.9
3	University of California, San Francisco University of California, San Francisco United States	298.6	42.2	98.0	68.3	46.3	98.6
4	The University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China	293.1	71.4	98.7	80.8	56.1	50.7
5	King's College London King's College London United Kingdom	291.7	66.0	67.3	80.5	56.1	86.2
6	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States	290.4	53.9	73.7	69.8	64.4	84.5
7	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	285.8	44.3	79.6	70.3	49.3	98.6
8	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	285.7	51.7	83.3	75.1	62.1	73.7
9	University of Bern University of Bern Switzerland	285.5	83.6	85.8	96.7	35.9	60.9
10	Sichuan University Sichuan University China	278.8	85.3	82.0	57.1	100.0	0.0
11	University at Buffalo, the State University of New York United States	265.0	47.2	87.9	70.4	54.8	60.9
12	University of Washington University of Washington United States	264.8	57.2	81.3	76.6	41.4	69.7
13	University of Iowa University of Iowa United States	251.6	46.3	81.7	70.3	46.3	63.2
14	University of Sao Paulo University of Sao Paulo Brazil	246.9	100.0	63.3	64.4	41.4	29.3
15	University College London University College London United Kingdom	245.8	44.9	86.6	78.0	37.8	60.9
16	University of Birmingham University of Birmingham United Kingdom	244.1	45.7	100.0	78.4	29.3	53.5
17	New York University New York University United States	242.6	49.9	77.6	75.8	49.3	50.7
18	University of Pittsburgh University of Pittsburgh United States	238.2	37.4	79.2	67.4	52.1	56.1
19	Columbia University Columbia University United States	235.8	38.1	97.7	69.1	44.7	41.4
20	University of Zurich University of Zurich Switzerland	235.4	75.8	86.2	86.6	26.7	29.3
21	Osaka University Osaka University Japan	234.9	49.5	72.2	51.8	39.6	63.2
22	KU Leuven KU Leuven Belgium	233.3	54.9	83.4	89.6	29.3	47.8
23	Stanford University Stanford University United States	232.7	34.1	84.2	79.6	47.8	50.7
24	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University United States	230.8	32.4	90.4	80.4	35.9	56.1
25	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus United States	229.9	57.9	80.7	70.5	47.8	29.3
26	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	228.5	57.6	65.6	80.4	41.4	47.8
27	The University of Adelaide The University of Adelaide Australia	227.2	34.1	65.6	70.5	37.8	75.6
28	Tokyo Medical and Dental University Tokyo Medical and Dental University Japan	227.0	65.9	61.1	63.0	39.6	47.8
28	University of Maryland, Baltimore University of Maryland, Baltimore United States	227.0	55.5	78.2	78.8	39.6	37.8
30	Radboud University Nijmegen Radboud University Nijmegen Netherlands	226.6	49.7	83.0	83.2	35.9	41.4

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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