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)

500 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	229.5	58.9	28.3	89.6	38.1	14.7
2	Peking Union Medical College Peking Union Medical College China	222.8	49.9	29.0	100.0	37.0	7.0
3	University of Naples Federico II University of Naples Federico II Italy	216.8	65.4	29.8	65.6	42.4	13.7
4	University College London University College London United Kingdom	213.4	51.4	37.7	66.3	41.1	16.9
5	Monash University Monash University Australia	211.3	52.6	38.9	65.2	38.1	16.5
6	Université Paris Cité Université Paris Cité France	210.6	45.6	30.6	87.2	32.9	14.5
7	King's College London King's College London United Kingdom	204.7	70.4	29.8	50.4	37.6	16.6
8	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University China	196.7	20.8	32.0	98.9	36.8	8.3
9	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego United States	196.5	47.4	35.9	58.7	40.1	14.4
10	Utrecht University Utrecht University Netherlands	194.9	63.7	18.8	60.0	36.8	15.6
11	University of Sao Paulo University of Sao Paulo Brazil	191.4	41.2	23.1	83.4	30.1	13.6
12	University of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen Denmark	191.1	30.2	34.6	72.2	37.6	16.5
13	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	187.6	54.5	26.7	46.6	42.7	17.2
14	Purdue University - West Lafayette Purdue University - West Lafayette United States	186.7	69.9	17.6	48.5	38.5	12.2
14	Sichuan University Sichuan University China	186.7	31.7	18.8	89.6	38.8	7.7
16	China Pharmaceutical University China Pharmaceutical University China	182.5	7.1	39.4	89.8	38.7	7.5
17	Fudan University Fudan University China	181.1	9.1	31.3	96.3	36.4	8.1
18	Sun Yat-sen University Sun Yat-sen University China	180.1	14.7	22.1	96.8	38.4	8.2
19	Leiden University Leiden University Netherlands	179.4	48.0	25.0	49.5	41.1	15.9
20	King Saud University King Saud University Saudi Arabia	179.3	38.6	9.4	74.9	39.3	17.1
21	The University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh United Kingdom	178.8	40.0	37.7	34.7	50.0	16.4
22	Duke University Duke University United States	177.6	68.5	18.8	42.8	35.2	12.3
23	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	177.5	37.2	24.0	62.0	38.0	16.2
24	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University China	175.9	14.4	21.1	96.2	36.5	7.8
25	Sungkyunkwan University Sungkyunkwan University South Korea	173.0	60.0	14.9	53.8	34.1	10.2
26	University of Nottingham University of Nottingham United Kingdom	172.7	23.9	40.0	42.6	48.8	17.3
27	University of Barcelona University of Barcelona Spain	171.9	32.6	18.8	70.1	35.3	15.0
28	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	171.2	34.5	21.1	65.5	36.5	13.7
29	Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University United States	171.1	39.2	20.0	60.9	37.4	13.6
30	University of Milan University of Milan Italy	170.3	34.6	20.0	65.0	37.3	13.4

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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