2024 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects

ShanghaiRanking began publishing the world university rankings by academic subjects in 2009. Building on this foundation, the Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS) was introduced in 2017 with an enhanced methodology.The 2024 edition of GRAS evaluates universities in 55 subjects across five broad fields: Natural Sciences, Engineering, Life Sciences, Medical Sciences, and Social Sciences. Among more than 5,000 universities worldwide, over 1,900 institutions from 96 countries and regions are presented.GRAS relies on a comprehensive set of objective academic indicators and independent third-party data to assess performance at the subject level. The evaluation spans five major dimensions: World-Class Faculty, World-Class Output, High-Quality Research, Research Impact, and International Collaboration.The index of international academic awards is based on Academic Excellence Survey (AES) conducted by ShanghaiRanking.(Methodology)

500 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	World-Class Faculty World-Class Output High Quality Research Research Impact International Collaboration
1	Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University	219.2	60.0
2	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	212.1	43.9
3	Michigan State University Michigan State University	210.2	47.4
4	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin	203.5	49.2
5	Harvard University Harvard University	200.8	31.5
6	University College London University College London	197.0	51.0
7	Stanford University Stanford University	196.9	35.4
8	Monash University Monash University	184.6	35.4
9	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus	184.3	43.4
10	University of Florida University of Florida	181.5	52.1
11	The University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong	181.0	19.1
12	University of Toronto University of Toronto	180.1	25.6
13	The Education University of Hong Kong The Education University of Hong Kong	171.4	25.0
14	The Chinese University of Hong Kong The Chinese University of Hong Kong	169.6	29.8
15	University of Pittsburgh University of Pittsburgh	168.4	34.1
16	Pennsylvania State University - University Park	167.7	26.9
17	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania	166.9	24.3
18	University of Washington University of Washington	166.0	25.9
19	Arizona State University Arizona State University	164.9	36.9
20	University of Virginia University of Virginia	163.6	22.4
21	Columbia University Columbia University	160.7	28.0
21	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	160.7	37.9
23	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	160.5	29.0
24	Beijing Normal University Beijing Normal University	160.0	15.2
25	University of California, Irvine University of California, Irvine	159.7	25.0
26	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland	157.1	46.8
27	Purdue University - West Lafayette Purdue University - West Lafayette	155.5	30.2
28	National Taiwan Normal University National Taiwan Normal University	154.0	36.3
29	University of Connecticut University of Connecticut	152.3	38.4
30	The University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne	152.1	37.4

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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Methodology-Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020