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)

499 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	434.7	129.7	139.3	100.0	50.0	15.7
2	Stanford University Stanford University United States	364.0	109.4	126.1	63.9	50.0	14.6
3	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	346.4	88.0	130.4	62.6	50.0	15.4
4	University of California, San Francisco University of California, San Francisco United States	336.9	82.3	135.0	55.3	50.0	14.3
5	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	320.4	92.6	95.1	64.8	50.0	17.9
6	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	303.7	93.5	80.2	65.6	46.6	17.8
7	Yale University Yale University United States	294.1	90.4	90.1	53.2	45.6	14.8
8	University of Washington University of Washington United States	291.9	75.0	93.2	60.4	49.4	14.0
9	University College London University College London United Kingdom	290.5	78.5	89.6	57.6	47.2	17.7
10	Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University United States	289.6	76.0	97.0	58.3	44.3	14.1
11	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	282.3	94.8	73.5	50.1	49.1	14.7
12	Columbia University Columbia University United States	278.0	66.0	98.6	50.5	48.3	14.7
13	Rockefeller University Rockefeller University United States	270.1	58.0	118.7	28.4	50.0	15.0
14	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego United States	250.6	79.7	47.6	60.9	47.4	15.1
15	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States	247.8	69.1	70.7	48.1	46.7	13.3
16	Cornell University Cornell University United States	229.5	64.2	43.3	63.0	44.4	14.6
17	The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas United States	219.9	56.6	66.0	38.4	45.1	13.7
18	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	217.4	53.2	48.2	57.1	45.0	13.9
19	Kyoto University Kyoto University Japan	216.7	67.7	54.9	46.0	35.6	12.5
20	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	212.8	69.9	31.7	54.4	43.0	13.7
21	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	212.3	62.7	32.6	58.4	42.1	16.6
22	University of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen Denmark	211.2	54.6	31.3	63.2	44.4	17.7
23	University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School United States	210.2	53.3	69.2	28.0	45.6	14.2
24	The University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia Australia	209.8	65.9	43.2	43.2	40.4	17.1
25	Université Paris Cité Université Paris Cité France	207.6	34.6	39.2	78.3	39.3	16.2
26	Washington University in St. Louis Washington University in St. Louis United States	205.9	46.9	47.3	48.9	49.0	13.7
27	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	205.3	49.3	39.9	53.1	48.5	14.6
28	Cardiff University Cardiff University United Kingdom	204.9	53.9	58.2	27.8	47.8	17.2
29	University of Alberta University of Alberta Canada	201.8	54.0	58.0	36.1	37.9	15.8
30	Norwegian University of Science and Technology - NTNU Norway	200.9	39.4	70.6	28.9	44.8	17.4

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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