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	World-Class Faculty	World-Class Output	High Quality Research	Research Impact	International Collaboration
1	Harvard University Harvard University United States	243.7	43.1	60.0	81.2	42.8	16.5
2	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	227.5	63.2	46.3	52.4	49.4	16.1
3	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University China	215.6	12.6	50.9	100.0	41.1	11.0
4	Sichuan University Sichuan University China	215.1	48.6	42.1	70.9	43.0	10.5
5	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University China	206.3	30.6	47.6	76.5	41.3	10.4
6	Stanford University Stanford University United States	175.4	23.3	40.4	55.4	41.8	14.5
7	Duke University Duke University United States	173.0	60.0	25.5	39.0	36.9	11.7
8	Seoul National University Seoul National University South Korea	172.6	45.8	35.5	47.7	33.1	10.5
8	University of Pittsburgh University of Pittsburgh United States	172.6	58.9	28.1	41.1	31.4	13.2
10	Sun Yat-sen University Sun Yat-sen University China	162.5	0.0	39.2	72.5	40.7	10.2
11	The Chinese University of Hong Kong The Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China	158.7	26.5	27.0	45.2	45.8	14.3
12	University College London University College London United Kingdom	158.1	37.8	19.3	50.1	34.0	17.0
13	Fudan University Fudan University China	157.8	0.0	42.1	65.9	39.7	10.2
14	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore Singapore	155.9	13.4	34.9	49.0	40.6	18.1
15	Columbia University Columbia University United States	155.5	39.0	26.2	36.7	39.7	13.9
16	Queensland University of Technology Queensland University of Technology Australia	155.1	53.9	18.8	32.2	33.7	16.6
17	Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University Singapore	154.8	29.5	25.1	40.2	42.3	17.8
18	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland Australia	153.6	38.4	23.9	38.4	36.1	16.9
19	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University China	153.4	15.3	29.4	56.1	41.4	11.2
20	Southern Medical University Southern Medical University China	152.9	0.0	35.2	67.5	41.5	8.8
21	South China University of Technology South China University of Technology China	151.4	13.7	36.1	48.3	44.0	9.4
22	Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University United States	151.1	12.6	34.6	51.7	38.2	14.0
23	University of Washington University of Washington United States	150.1	37.4	27.0	37.9	35.1	12.7
24	Peking University Peking University China	149.8	0.0	32.0	64.4	43.4	10.1
25	Wake Forest University Wake Forest University United States	149.5	61.8	11.8	26.7	35.8	13.5
26	Huazhong University of Science and Technology China	149.1	6.1	31.7	56.0	44.1	11.3
27	Soochow University (China) Soochow University (China) China	147.9	10.0	34.6	50.4	43.9	9.0
28	Southeast University Southeast University China	146.3	26.5	19.3	46.1	42.7	11.8
29	Imperial College London Imperial College London United Kingdom	143.0	17.7	21.7	48.1	38.2	17.3
30	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	142.6	11.2	30.1	44.1	42.4	14.8

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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