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	Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin Institute of Technology China	247.0
2	Xi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an Jiaotong University China	234.6
3	Beihang University Beihang University China	234.3
4	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University China	226.3
5	Southeast University Southeast University China	222.7
6	Huazhong University of Science and Technology China	213.4
7	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University China	210.2
8	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University China	209.3
9	Jilin University Jilin University China	202.5
10	Tianjin University Tianjin University China	199.9
11	Northeastern University (Shenyang) Northeastern University (Shenyang) China	199.4
12	Chongqing University Chongqing University China	193.0
13	Northwestern Polytechnical University Northwestern Polytechnical University China	187.9
14	University of Electronic Science and Technology of China China	181.7
15	Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics China	180.9
16	Dalian University of Technology Dalian University of Technology China	179.5
17	Hunan University Hunan University China	177.9
18	Southwest Jiaotong University Southwest Jiaotong University China	176.8
19	Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing Institute of Technology China	174.9
20	Central South University Central South University China	173.9
21	Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University Singapore	173.6
22	Tongji University Tongji University China	172.9
23	Wuhan University Wuhan University China	171.6
24	Shandong University Shandong University China	170.9
25	South China University of Technology South China University of Technology China	164.5
26	Jiangsu University Jiangsu University China	162.4
26	Shenzhen University Shenzhen University China	162.4
28	University of Science and Technology of China China	159.8
29	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong, China	157.0
29	Xidian University Xidian University China	157.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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