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	Tongji University Tongji University China	294.0	46.4	100.0	100.0	36.4	11.2
2	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong, China	256.5	52.9	73.3	75.4	42.4	12.5
3	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University China	236.9	40.4	72.5	75.8	38.0	10.3
4	Southeast University Southeast University China	227.6	9.4	80.4	89.6	37.1	11.1
5	Chongqing University Chongqing University China	199.8	6.8	73.5	67.9	39.8	11.9
6	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University China	198.5	32.5	53.2	64.0	37.7	11.1
7	Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin Institute of Technology China	192.9	5.6	67.0	74.1	36.4	9.9
8	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore Singapore	181.9	31.4	43.7	48.7	40.1	18.1
9	Central South University Central South University China	179.0	4.3	60.9	65.6	38.0	10.3
10	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University China	178.0	18.3	43.7	64.9	40.0	11.1
11	Beijing University of Technology Beijing University of Technology China	176.0	8.1	62.4	58.8	36.9	9.7
12	Dalian University of Technology Dalian University of Technology China	175.3	6.9	52.8	68.4	36.8	10.3
13	Delft University of Technology Delft University of Technology Netherlands	171.9	29.4	37.0	53.4	35.6	16.6
14	Tianjin University Tianjin University China	171.8	0.0	60.7	66.4	34.9	9.8
15	Hunan University Hunan University China	170.8	5.2	54.4	58.8	40.2	12.2
16	Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology China	165.7	0.0	64.6	57.8	35.8	7.6
17	University College London University College London United Kingdom	164.7	30.9	38.7	38.7	39.0	17.5
18	Southwest Jiaotong University Southwest Jiaotong University China	158.6	0.0	56.4	57.8	34.1	10.3
19	Imperial College London Imperial College London United Kingdom	157.7	34.4	34.7	35.3	37.7	15.7
20	The University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales Australia	157.1	22.2	38.4	42.0	38.8	15.8
21	University of Technology Sydney University of Technology Sydney Australia	156.4	30.7	28.8	35.2	44.6	17.1
22	The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Hong Kong, China	154.4	30.4	33.2	37.2	41.6	12.1
23	Hohai University Hohai University China	152.8	4.7	37.0	64.2	35.8	11.2
24	ETH Zurich ETH Zurich Switzerland	151.0	31.5	31.6	35.1	36.5	16.3
25	Wuhan University Wuhan University China	150.9	4.4	42.1	54.0	38.9	11.6
26	The University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China	150.5	4.9	46.0	46.1	42.2	11.3
27	RMIT University RMIT University Australia	149.8	16.9	36.9	38.5	41.2	16.4
28	Norwegian University of Science and Technology - NTNU Norway	149.4	17.5	36.0	44.1	36.0	15.8
29	Chang'an University Chang'an University China	149.3	0.0	42.2	62.1	35.1	9.9
30	Guangzhou University Guangzhou University China	148.9	0.0	49.2	46.5	41.0	12.2

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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