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	Harvard University Harvard University	244.6	44.8
2	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	237.4	47.5
3	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University	232.1	59.9
4	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	224.4	20.1
5	Copenhagen Business School Copenhagen Business School	223.1	62.4
6	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore	222.0	15.4
7	University of Southern California University of Southern California	219.1	53.8
8	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University	215.7	43.3
9	Erasmus University Rotterdam Erasmus University Rotterdam	213.8	23.4
10	Cornell University Cornell University	212.9	49.2
10	University of Toronto University of Toronto	212.9	43.2
12	Pennsylvania State University - University Park	204.8	31.8
13	New York University New York University	202.8	32.1
14	Arizona State University Arizona State University	202.6	29.5
15	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus	201.4	49.3
16	INSEAD INSEAD	201.1	20.1
17	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania	200.4	9.5
18	The University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne	197.5	46.9
19	Michigan State University Michigan State University	197.1	36.9
20	The University of Texas at Dallas The University of Texas at Dallas	194.5	26.0
21	University of Washington University of Washington	193.0	34.4
22	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	191.8	15.0
23	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	191.3	19.1
24	Columbia University Columbia University	190.6	28.7
25	Imperial College London Imperial College London	190.4	46.3
26	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	188.6	38.7
27	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge	188.0	33.5
28	Washington University in St. Louis Washington University in St. Louis	186.7	33.3
29	Bocconi University Bocconi University	185.3	33.2
30	Stanford University Stanford University	183.4	14.6

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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Methodology-Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020