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)

299 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	World-Class Faculty	World-Class Output	High Quality Research	Research Impact	International Collaboration
1	Nanjing Agricultural University Nanjing Agricultural University China	237.3	0.0	100.0	87.3	40.7	9.3
2	China Agricultural University China Agricultural University China	229.5	24.5	66.5	88.0	41.5	9.1
3	Yangzhou University Yangzhou University China	224.2	0.0	88.2	88.0	38.6	9.4
4	University of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen Denmark	220.1	39.0	47.1	78.7	39.7	15.6
5	The Royal Veterinary College The Royal Veterinary College United Kingdom	217.0	60.0	18.9	85.6	38.0	14.5
6	Ghent University Ghent University Belgium	213.0	12.3	64.9	84.5	36.3	15.0
7	University of California, Davis University of California, Davis United States	207.6	34.1	26.7	100.0	34.3	12.4
8	Northwest A&F University Northwest A&F University China	206.7	0.0	70.2	84.9	43.3	8.3
9	University of Bern University of Bern Switzerland	201.6	41.5	36.8	74.3	33.8	15.2
10	University of Guelph University of Guelph Canada	198.7	26.6	36.8	84.7	35.8	14.8
11	South China Agricultural University South China Agricultural University China	196.5	0.0	62.7	86.8	40.2	6.8
12	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus United States	195.2	49.9	32.7	66.4	34.6	11.7
13	Cornell University Cornell University United States	194.4	52.8	22.4	73.2	34.2	11.9
14	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities United States	193.8	34.2	43.1	69.0	33.9	13.6
15	The University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne Australia	193.0	24.8	46.3	70.1	37.7	14.1
16	Utrecht University Utrecht University Netherlands	187.9	13.8	37.8	82.6	38.1	15.6
17	University College Dublin University College Dublin Ireland	183.4	42.6	23.9	62.2	38.4	16.3
18	University of Liverpool University of Liverpool United Kingdom	183.3	34.5	25.4	71.5	37.2	14.8
19	Autonomous University of Barcelona Autonomous University of Barcelona Spain	182.9	8.9	39.6	80.7	38.1	15.6
20	Iowa State University Iowa State University United States	181.6	14.9	46.3	73.1	35.3	11.9
21	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University United States	181.5	16.8	32.7	83.2	36.4	12.4
22	Sichuan Agricultural University Sichuan Agricultural University China	180.5	0.0	55.4	76.6	41.1	7.4
23	Free University Berlin Free University Berlin Germany	180.4	30.0	41.4	61.2	34.8	13.0
24	University of Sydney University of Sydney Australia	179.2	23.9	29.3	75.6	35.9	14.5
25	University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover Germany	179.0	6.4	39.6	87.2	33.2	12.5
26	Huazhong Agricultural University Huazhong Agricultural University China	178.7	0.0	56.1	73.4	38.2	11.1
27	University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna Austria	176.4	6.2	37.8	83.1	33.7	15.7
28	North Carolina State University - Raleigh United States	175.2	22.8	26.7	79.7	35.0	11.0
29	Seoul National University Seoul National University South Korea	174.9	49.2	34.8	51.4	30.2	9.4
30	University of Bologna University of Bologna Italy	173.2	11.5	20.7	87.2	40.9	12.9

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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