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	China Agricultural University China Agricultural University China	308.6	64.8	95.7	94.8	41.8	11.5
2	Wageningen University & Research Wageningen University & Research Netherlands	299.9	95.7	73.3	72.7	41.0	17.2
3	Northwest A&F University Northwest A&F University China	290.7	38.0	100.0	100.0	42.0	10.7
4	Nanjing Agricultural University Nanjing Agricultural University China	268.3	58.4	79.5	79.4	40.8	10.3
5	Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Sweden	230.3	57.3	59.8	58.7	37.1	17.4
6	Huazhong Agricultural University Huazhong Agricultural University China	224.6	41.8	65.6	67.3	39.3	10.6
7	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University China	218.7	45.1	58.9	60.4	42.2	12.1
8	Technical University of Munich Technical University of Munich Germany	215.6	80.0	37.6	41.1	41.7	15.2
9	The University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia Australia	201.7	54.1	46.0	45.1	38.3	18.1
10	University of Florida University of Florida United States	200.0	26.1	62.9	61.6	34.9	14.4
11	University of Sao Paulo University of Sao Paulo Brazil	198.9	45.0	55.8	55.8	29.7	12.6
12	The University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne Australia	197.7	57.0	43.4	42.3	39.6	15.4
13	University of Sydney University of Sydney Australia	196.4	63.4	39.9	38.8	38.6	15.7
14	University of Alberta University of Alberta Canada	194.9	65.2	39.8	39.8	35.0	15.1
15	University of Nebraska - Lincoln University of Nebraska - Lincoln United States	191.7	69.9	36.9	36.8	35.5	12.6
16	University of California, Davis University of California, Davis United States	190.0	37.0	49.9	52.1	36.8	14.3
17	The University of Georgia The University of Georgia United States	188.4	43.5	50.0	48.6	34.0	12.4
18	South China Agricultural University South China Agricultural University China	187.8	10.1	63.1	66.0	39.7	8.9
19	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University United States	187.7	43.4	48.4	47.5	34.7	13.7
20	Aarhus University Aarhus University Denmark	187.3	30.1	51.8	51.4	37.3	16.8
21	Cornell University Cornell University United States	186.5	43.6	46.1	46.2	36.2	14.4
22	Beijing Forestry University Beijing Forestry University China	185.0	20.7	58.3	59.1	36.8	10.2
23	Nanjing Forestry University Nanjing Forestry University China	180.7	7.7	57.8	61.7	42.2	11.4
24	Czech University of Life Sciences Prague Czech Republic	180.5	42.3	45.2	42.5	35.5	14.9
25	King Saud University King Saud University Saudi Arabia	176.3	20.0	47.7	46.8	42.9	19.0
26	ETH Zurich ETH Zurich Switzerland	174.8	46.1	35.5	35.1	40.4	17.7
27	Michigan State University Michigan State University United States	174.2	35.3	44.3	44.3	36.6	13.7
28	Colorado State University Colorado State University United States	174.0	48.1	37.1	37.6	38.7	12.6
29	University of Florence University of Florence Italy	173.2	54.5	32.9	32.5	39.0	14.4
30	Northeast Forestry University Northeast Forestry University China	172.2	33.1	48.5	46.0	34.7	10.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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