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)

400 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	World-Class Faculty	World-Class Output	High Quality Research	Research Impact	International Collaboration
1	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University China	298.7	53.2	100.0	97.9	37.4	10.1
2	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University China	272.1	53.4	88.8	83.5	36.0	10.5
3	Xi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an Jiaotong University China	246.1	32.2	68.9	100.0	35.7	9.4
4	Imperial College London Imperial College London United Kingdom	244.9	53.2	85.8	51.5	37.4	17.0
5	The University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales Australia	240.5	72.3	67.6	44.7	39.2	16.7
6	Huazhong University of Science and Technology China	227.5	29.9	72.8	76.9	37.9	10.0
7	University of Science and Technology of China China	220.7	9.8	83.7	81.3	36.7	9.1
8	South China University of Technology South China University of Technology China	220.2	30.1	76.8	64.0	40.7	8.7
9	City University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China	218.9	30.9	77.9	52.9	44.7	12.5
10	Stanford University Stanford University United States	215.9	20.0	97.3	41.1	42.9	14.6
11	Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Institute of Technology United States	210.8	31.0	84.0	40.5	40.5	14.9
12	Tianjin University Tianjin University China	208.1	15.0	72.2	74.5	36.3	10.1
13	Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University Singapore	206.6	29.9	65.7	48.9	43.4	18.7
14	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne Switzerland	205.6	28.9	82.7	36.5	40.0	17.5
15	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong, China	203.7	32.2	62.4	56.9	40.7	11.6
16	Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing Institute of Technology China	200.6	20.0	60.3	66.0	43.5	10.9
16	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	200.6	25.0	86.2	35.0	39.2	15.3
18	University of Houston University of Houston United States	190.7	80.0	41.8	21.2	33.3	14.3
19	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University China	190.1	0.0	72.2	72.7	34.9	10.3
20	The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Hong Kong, China	188.6	29.9	59.9	37.8	48.8	12.1
21	Fudan University Fudan University China	188.0	30.5	64.4	38.6	43.4	11.2
22	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	186.8	4.2	81.6	43.6	41.1	16.2
23	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	184.7	36.4	58.5	40.7	35.6	13.6
24	Aalborg University Aalborg University Denmark	184.0	58.9	30.1	39.5	37.4	18.1
25	Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Germany	182.6	18.5	64.1	49.3	35.4	15.3
26	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore Singapore	182.3	10.6	62.0	50.4	41.4	18.0
27	Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin Institute of Technology China	182.2	4.2	56.6	76.1	35.3	10.0
27	Northwestern University Northwestern University United States	182.2	28.9	70.3	23.0	43.7	16.3
29	Central South University Central South University China	181.8	5.0	66.7	58.4	41.6	10.1
30	Peking University Peking University China	178.7	0.0	77.1	49.6	39.8	12.2

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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