2024 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)

399 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	World-Class Faculty	World-Class Output	High Quality Research	Research Impact	International Collaboration
1	Princeton University Princeton University United States	342.1	123.8	110.2	49.6	43.6	14.9
2	University of Washington University of Washington United States	337.2	70.4	154.8	57.5	40.2	14.3
3	Columbia University Columbia University United States	302.0	85.8	90.0	62.5	47.4	16.3
4	University of Colorado at Boulder University of Colorado at Boulder United States	300.5	61.7	110.6	73.9	39.0	15.4
5	The University of Reading The University of Reading United Kingdom	285.3	78.4	95.4	56.8	37.8	16.9
6	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	271.3	44.9	121.1	47.8	42.1	15.4
7	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	256.5	70.9	87.5	43.5	38.8	15.8
8	Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology China	255.0	8.7	100.0	100.0	32.8	13.4
9	Colorado State University Colorado State University United States	248.6	40.9	103.2	55.0	35.5	14.1
10	University of California, Irvine University of California, Irvine United States	243.5	57.4	77.1	46.1	46.6	16.4
11	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park United States	235.8	48.0	78.5	54.2	39.5	15.6
12	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	234.1	58.6	78.3	42.4	40.1	14.7
13	University of Hawaii at Manoa University of Hawaii at Manoa United States	233.6	52.2	85.6	42.5	35.5	17.9
14	California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology United States	232.6	53.4	68.1	55.1	40.6	15.4
15	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego United States	228.3	49.8	73.4	49.7	39.6	15.8
16	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	215.6	41.2	66.7	49.6	40.5	17.6
17	Harvard University Harvard University United States	212.8	41.2	66.6	47.4	40.8	16.8
18	Nanjing University Nanjing University China	209.9	32.0	68.1	60.8	34.6	14.3
19	Pennsylvania State University - University Park United States	208.5	30.0	88.5	39.8	36.5	13.8
20	Paris-Saclay University Paris-Saclay University France	208.3	41.2	44.1	62.4	41.9	18.6
21	The University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales Australia	207.7	65.8	39.8	43.6	41.6	17.0
21	The University of Tokyo The University of Tokyo Japan	207.7	60.0	56.1	43.1	34.2	14.4
23	University of Miami University of Miami United States	204.5	46.8	73.3	34.0	37.1	13.4
24	ETH Zurich ETH Zurich Switzerland	203.3	40.0	40.7	60.7	43.6	18.3
25	University of Exeter University of Exeter United Kingdom	200.7	45.6	40.7	48.6	48.2	17.6
26	Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Institute of Technology United States	200.0	57.6	56.2	35.0	34.5	16.7
27	Peking University Peking University China	199.4	35.1	45.0	65.8	38.5	15.1
28	University of Leeds University of Leeds United Kingdom	198.3	48.4	38.2	52.9	40.7	18.1
29	Beijing Normal University Beijing Normal University China	195.1	29.4	52.2	61.9	38.5	13.2
30	Stanford University Stanford University United States	195.0	41.2	56.1	35.0	48.0	14.7

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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