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	University of Chicago University of Chicago United States	450.9	107.2	200.0	87.3	50.0	6.3
2	Harvard University Harvard University United States	442.5	106.0	181.8	100.0	47.8	6.9
3	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	410.2	112.9	156.1	84.2	50.0	6.9
4	Stanford University Stanford University United States	396.5	100.6	153.4	89.2	47.0	6.3
5	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	373.8	89.3	143.9	87.2	46.8	6.6
6	Columbia University Columbia University United States	342.2	82.2	132.4	77.1	43.5	7.0
7	Yale University Yale University United States	333.9	87.4	122.8	70.5	46.4	6.8
8	Princeton University Princeton University United States	328.8	56.8	154.3	63.2	47.8	6.7
9	London School of Economics and Political Science United Kingdom	320.5	75.6	96.7	97.7	42.3	8.1
10	New York University New York University United States	303.4	64.6	125.3	67.7	39.3	6.5
11	Northwestern University Northwestern University United States	273.8	60.0	90.7	70.4	46.3	6.5
12	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	258.1	49.2	97.4	60.4	45.1	6.0
13	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	245.7	59.9	47.9	89.0	41.1	7.8
14	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego United States	237.0	51.1	80.3	55.1	43.8	6.6
15	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	222.6	39.2	61.6	71.5	43.6	6.7
16	Toulouse Capitole University Toulouse Capitole University France	220.2	51.0	87.3	41.2	32.4	8.3
17	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	209.3	22.0	65.1	70.8	43.8	7.7
18	Washington University in St. Louis Washington University in St. Louis United States	205.1	49.4	72.6	39.4	36.8	6.8
19	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	203.4	40.8	44.0	71.5	39.1	7.9
20	Boston University Boston University United States	202.2	39.8	50.1	55.1	50.0	7.2
21	Duke University Duke University United States	201.2	35.9	50.5	66.4	41.7	6.6
22	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities United States	201.0	32.9	66.6	55.1	40.0	6.4
23	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore Singapore	200.1	46.0	30.4	76.4	38.3	9.0
24	University College London University College London United Kingdom	199.6	25.3	50.5	76.8	39.0	7.8
25	Arizona State University Arizona State University United States	195.9	34.8	61.3	53.2	39.7	6.9
26	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park United States	194.1	36.1	57.6	56.6	37.1	6.8
27	University of Zurich University of Zurich Switzerland	187.8	51.1	35.1	49.8	43.3	8.5
28	Brown University Brown University United States	186.7	46.0	43.5	41.0	50.0	6.2
29	Cornell University Cornell University United States	186.3	30.5	38.1	71.7	39.1	6.9
30	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	185.2	28.5	45.0	65.1	40.3	6.3

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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