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)

399 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	World-Class Faculty	World-Class Output	High Quality Research	Research Impact	International Collaboration
1	Copenhagen Business School Copenhagen Business School Denmark	310.4	62.9	93.3	100.0	35.9	18.4
2	Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington United States	289.9	65.3	87.3	86.8	36.4	14.1
3	Monash University Monash University Australia	278.8	60.0	88.7	78.1	35.8	16.2
4	Harvard University Harvard University United States	271.5	40.9	89.4	94.2	33.5	13.6
5	The University of Manchester The University of Manchester United Kingdom	270.1	50.9	81.8	86.2	34.9	16.2
6	University of Leeds University of Leeds United Kingdom	256.7	12.5	100.0	93.6	33.4	17.1
7	University of Birmingham University of Birmingham United Kingdom	255.4	46.7	79.2	77.7	35.2	16.6
8	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University United States	252.8	53.3	72.5	75.7	38.3	13.1
9	The University of Reading The University of Reading United Kingdom	237.9	42.4	68.5	73.9	35.4	17.5
10	RMIT University RMIT University Australia	235.1	36.4	78.1	74.4	30.8	15.5
11	University of Tennessee - Knoxville University of Tennessee - Knoxville United States	235.0	59.1	64.7	60.8	38.4	11.9
12	University of Turin University of Turin Italy	234.7	35.2	59.5	75.7	46.8	17.6
13	The University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales Australia	232.5	46.7	69.9	65.3	34.2	16.3
14	Pennsylvania State University - University Park United States	230.7	26.6	75.6	79.8	35.3	13.4
15	University of Sussex University of Sussex United Kingdom	226.3	44.3	60.6	65.8	38.2	17.4
16	Western University Western University Canada	226.1	30.1	71.2	70.0	37.1	17.7
17	The University of Georgia The University of Georgia United States	225.5	53.4	61.0	65.3	34.8	11.0
18	Curtin University Curtin University Australia	224.8	46.6	65.1	61.9	34.2	17.0
19	Georgia State University Georgia State University United States	224.7	39.7	64.0	56.9	48.8	15.4
20	Swansea University Swansea University United Kingdom	222.9	36.2	56.7	62.4	50.0	17.7
21	University of Warwick University of Warwick United Kingdom	222.6	44.3	58.3	68.6	35.3	16.2
22	University of Vaasa University of Vaasa Finland	220.3	14.1	73.8	71.6	42.6	18.2
23	Erasmus University Rotterdam Erasmus University Rotterdam Netherlands	219.8	0.0	73.5	91.5	37.1	17.7
24	Swinburne University of Technology Swinburne University of Technology Australia	219.3	17.3	72.2	64.0	49.8	16.1
25	City University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China	219.2	37.5	63.6	70.2	34.1	13.8
26	Newcastle University Newcastle University United Kingdom	218.4	0.0	78.9	87.4	36.0	16.1
27	Deakin University Deakin University Australia	217.8	50.9	59.8	57.2	34.5	15.4
28	The University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne Australia	217.7	31.9	64.3	74.2	31.1	16.3
29	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	217.6	41.2	51.9	70.7	37.6	16.2
30	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland Australia	216.7	4.8	82.4	81.2	32.3	16.1

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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