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)

400 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	Q1	CNCI	IC	TOP
1	University of Leeds University of Leeds United Kingdom	288.7	96.4	71.5	83.8	100.0
2	Copenhagen Business School Copenhagen Business School Denmark	283.3	99.6	73.4	90.7	88.2
3	Harvard University Harvard University United States	277.9	100.0	69.0	67.2	86.7
4	Erasmus University Rotterdam Erasmus University Rotterdam Netherlands	260.1	97.0	80.0	86.4	66.0
5	The University of Manchester The University of Manchester United Kingdom	259.8	87.4	73.8	81.1	83.6
6	Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington United States	254.2	89.4	77.3	69.5	74.5
7	Monash University Monash University Australia	254.0	82.1	71.9	79.7	87.0
8	Newcastle University Newcastle University United Kingdom	246.0	83.5	73.3	80.0	76.2
9	University of Birmingham University of Birmingham United Kingdom	241.8	78.4	72.6	80.6	79.8
10	University of Sydney University of Sydney Australia	236.7	77.6	80.2	75.0	72.7
11	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland Australia	236.5	78.4	64.8	80.1	78.5
12	Hanken School of Economics Hanken School of Economics Finland	233.6	73.4	79.2	86.7	75.2
13	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University United States	233.5	81.6	78.9	65.3	65.2
14	Pennsylvania State University - University Park United States	232.7	83.9	69.1	66.5	65.6
15	University of Groningen University of Groningen Netherlands	232.3	76.8	79.8	85.1	68.7
16	University of St. Gallen University of St. Gallen Switzerland	231.7	76.6	82.0	90.8	66.8
17	Aalto University Aalto University Finland	227.4	76.3	71.4	81.8	69.0
18	University of Vaasa University of Vaasa Finland	225.7	69.6	81.9	87.1	71.6
19	Macquarie University Macquarie University Australia	225.6	74.5	74.0	78.1	69.0
20	King's College London King's College London United Kingdom	225.3	74.0	70.6	81.7	70.9
21	Griffith University Griffith University Australia	225.0	68.2	73.0	77.3	78.5
22	University of Liverpool University of Liverpool United Kingdom	223.7	75.3	70.8	78.8	67.5
23	Lancaster University Lancaster University United Kingdom	222.1	71.5	78.3	81.1	67.5
24	Western University Western University Canada	219.9	71.0	75.5	85.1	67.1
25	University of Nottingham University of Nottingham United Kingdom	218.3	72.6	65.4	79.6	68.7
26	The University of Reading The University of Reading United Kingdom	217.2	69.9	70.9	83.0	68.7
27	University of Turin University of Turin Italy	217.1	70.4	100.0	85.6	52.9
28	The University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne Australia	215.6	75.0	63.9	78.9	63.2
29	KEDGE Business School KEDGE Business School France	215.4	67.0	75.0	91.5	68.3
30	University of Sussex University of Sussex United Kingdom	215.0	67.9	80.6	88.8	64.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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