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)

50 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	World-Class Faculty	World-Class Output	High Quality Research	Research Impact	International Collaboration
1	Donghua University Donghua University China	281.0	40.0	100.0	100.0	32.7	8.4
2	Jiangnan University Jiangnan University China	187.7	0.0	79.5	70.8	30.5	6.9
3	Wuhan Textile University Wuhan Textile University China	174.7	0.0	58.0	68.0	38.5	10.2
4	Qingdao University Qingdao University China	167.3	0.0	53.0	62.3	41.7	10.3
5	Seoul National University Seoul National University South Korea	159.9	31.4	44.6	45.1	32.7	6.2
6	Tiangong University Tiangong University China	158.3	0.0	61.9	58.5	29.1	8.9
7	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong, China	156.1	23.8	44.0	48.3	31.1	8.9
8	Zhejiang Sci-Tech University Zhejiang Sci-Tech University China	156.0	0.0	54.4	62.7	32.6	6.3
9	King Abdulaziz University King Abdulaziz University Saudi Arabia	153.0	0.0	47.9	35.7	50.0	19.4
10	King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok Thailand	151.8	0.0	48.4	33.5	50.0	19.8
11	South China University of Technology South China University of Technology China	151.7	0.0	30.3	73.6	40.3	7.5
12	University Putra Malaysia University Putra Malaysia Malaysia	150.9	0.0	50.5	38.0	47.7	14.8
13	National Textile University Faisalabad National Textile University Faisalabad Pakistan	149.0	0.0	58.0	43.5	33.7	13.8
14	Soochow University (China) Soochow University (China) China	143.8	0.0	45.7	53.3	35.7	9.0
15	Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Indian Institute of Technology Delhi India	143.5	5.0	56.7	43.7	31.1	7.0
16	Nanjing Forestry University Nanjing Forestry University China	137.1	0.0	18.9	57.6	48.9	11.8
17	North Carolina State University - Raleigh United States	137.0	14.0	34.3	38.8	36.1	13.8
18	Southwest University Southwest University China	136.3	0.0	35.7	48.1	44.6	7.9
19	The University of Manchester The University of Manchester United Kingdom	133.9	22.2	31.9	26.9	33.8	19.1
20	Amirkabir University of Technology Amirkabir University of Technology Iran	133.1	0.0	50.0	45.6	29.4	8.1
21	University of Minho University of Minho Portugal	130.2	33.9	20.2	26.5	32.8	16.9
22	King Saud University King Saud University Saudi Arabia	128.1	0.0	34.3	30.6	44.3	19.0
23	Universite de Monastir Universite de Monastir Tunisia	127.8	0.0	48.4	36.9	28.0	14.6
24	Technical University of Liberec Technical University of Liberec Czech Republic	127.2	0.0	45.7	36.9	30.4	14.3
25	TU Dresden TU Dresden Germany	126.4	31.4	29.5	25.2	27.6	12.7
26	Ege University Ege University Turkey	123.8	38.4	28.6	27.6	20.9	8.3
27	Vellore Institute of Technology Vellore Institute of Technology India	123.2	0.0	41.6	32.6	38.8	10.2
28	Guangxi University Guangxi University China	122.4	0.0	20.2	44.4	49.5	8.2
29	University of Sao Paulo University of Sao Paulo Brazil	121.8	12.8	22.6	36.9	35.9	13.6
30	Deakin University Deakin University Australia	120.8	12.8	25.8	30.9	33.7	17.6

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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