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)

200 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	291.2	49.4	100.0	85.6	50.0	6.2
2	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	278.5	56.9	90.9	83.0	41.2	6.5
3	Stanford University Stanford University United States	249.0	40.4	82.6	75.3	44.5	6.2
4	Harvard University Harvard University United States	245.6	33.1	85.5	74.5	46.2	6.5
5	New York University New York University United States	234.0	42.4	78.4	72.5	34.0	6.6
6	Columbia University Columbia University United States	229.6	13.8	89.3	81.5	38.0	6.9
7	London Business School London Business School United Kingdom	222.0	36.0	74.0	61.7	41.5	8.8
8	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	218.4	35.5	68.6	68.8	36.5	8.9
9	London School of Economics and Political Science United Kingdom	214.9	33.3	70.0	71.7	32.1	7.8
10	The University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China	214.4	29.7	65.0	71.1	40.3	8.3
11	Yale University Yale University United States	211.0	30.4	70.0	54.7	50.0	5.9
12	Cornell University Cornell University United States	205.5	31.1	67.2	63.6	37.7	5.9
13	Washington University in St. Louis Washington University in St. Louis United States	202.4	20.0	70.0	62.3	43.1	7.0
14	Imperial College London Imperial College London United Kingdom	199.8	31.9	65.0	53.6	40.7	8.5
15	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign United States	192.9	23.7	59.6	67.6	35.0	6.8
16	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	192.7	8.8	71.4	61.0	44.4	7.0
17	Boston College Boston College United States	192.6	8.2	72.1	66.1	39.4	6.8
18	Trinity College Dublin Trinity College Dublin Ireland	191.5	56.2	13.9	63.3	50.0	8.1
19	University of Southern California University of Southern California United States	190.6	12.9	71.4	65.8	34.0	6.5
20	Northwestern University Northwestern University United States	189.3	17.0	62.0	55.1	48.5	6.8
21	HEC Paris HEC Paris France	187.4	20.9	62.8	55.8	39.1	8.8
22	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	186.9	4.1	73.4	63.3	40.3	5.9
22	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus United States	186.9	4.8	70.7	60.0	44.4	7.0
24	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University China	185.3	19.0	51.0	67.3	40.7	7.4
25	Monash University Monash University Australia	185.1	26.0	34.0	86.5	31.2	7.4
26	Copenhagen Business School Copenhagen Business School Denmark	184.8	24.2	51.9	61.0	39.1	8.7
27	Duke University Duke University United States	183.4	7.9	66.5	61.4	40.5	7.2
28	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	181.3	8.1	61.2	64.9	41.5	5.6
29	Southwestern University of Finance and Economics China	181.0	7.9	24.0	100.0	42.5	6.7
30	University of Sydney University of Sydney Australia	180.0	37.0	24.0	76.6	34.4	8.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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