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)

300 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score
1	Southeast University Southeast University China	268.8
2	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University China	264.4
3	University of Electronic Science and Technology of China China	262.1
4	Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications China	249.4
5	Xidian University Xidian University China	245.8
6	Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University Singapore	234.9
7	Princeton University Princeton University United States	232.7
8	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	219.7
9	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University China	217.5
10	University of Southampton University of Southampton United Kingdom	216.1
11	University of Sydney University of Sydney Australia	206.2
12	The University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales Australia	202.7
13	The Chinese University of Hong Kong The Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China	201.8
14	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia Canada	200.6
15	University of Waterloo University of Waterloo Canada	199.3
16	Stanford University Stanford University United States	199.0
17	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University China	198.3
18	Queen Mary University of London Queen Mary University of London United Kingdom	195.3
19	Shenzhen University Shenzhen University China	193.0
20	Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing Institute of Technology China	187.8
21	Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications China	183.0
22	Singapore University of Technology & Design Singapore	182.4
23	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore Singapore	182.0
24	University of Technology Sydney University of Technology Sydney Australia	181.3
25	University of Houston University of Houston United States	180.8
26	Beijing Jiaotong University Beijing Jiaotong University China	180.2
27	City University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China	177.0
28	Carleton University Carleton University Canada	171.9
29	Paris-Saclay University Paris-Saclay University France	170.4
30	University of Oulu University of Oulu Finland	170.3

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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