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)

100 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	World-Class Faculty	World-Class Output	High Quality Research	Research Impact	International Collaboration
1	City University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China	242.7	32.4	68.0	79.1	48.9	14.3
2	Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington United States	238.0	53.7	73.3	69.7	28.2	13.2
3	University of Arkansas at Fayetteville University of Arkansas at Fayetteville United States	213.2	11.4	77.8	61.9	50.0	12.2
4	Temple University Temple University United States	201.7	0.0	80.0	70.0	37.5	14.1
5	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	199.4	15.2	77.7	63.8	29.9	12.9
6	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore Singapore	196.7	9.6	46.2	71.7	50.0	19.2
7	McGill University McGill University Canada	196.6	34.8	65.3	51.6	28.6	16.3
8	University of South Florida University of South Florida United States	195.0	8.1	68.0	56.0	50.0	12.9
9	Wuhan University Wuhan University China	192.3	31.9	18.9	100.0	28.9	12.6
10	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park United States	188.9	17.8	73.3	53.4	30.7	13.7
11	Copenhagen Business School Copenhagen Business School Denmark	186.5	9.1	42.2	65.2	50.0	20.0
12	Arizona State University Arizona State University United States	183.5	17.8	56.6	58.0	37.9	13.3
12	The University of Georgia The University of Georgia United States	183.5	4.5	65.3	51.6	46.7	15.3
14	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities United States	182.7	0.0	75.4	68.0	29.4	10.0
15	The University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China	180.9	24.5	53.4	52.5	33.7	16.9
16	University of Washington University of Washington United States	180.6	17.0	47.8	72.7	31.9	11.2
17	University of Sydney University of Sydney Australia	177.0	31.1	32.6	63.4	33.4	16.5
18	Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University United States	176.9	19.8	62.6	52.5	27.1	15.0
18	University of Virginia University of Virginia United States	176.9	3.7	59.6	52.5	50.0	11.1
20	Nanjing University Nanjing University China	176.5	14.0	46.2	73.9	29.2	13.1
21	Hong Kong Baptist University Hong Kong Baptist University Hong Kong, China	175.7	28.0	37.7	45.3	50.0	14.6
22	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University United States	174.5	5.2	46.2	59.2	50.0	13.9
23	The University of Sheffield The University of Sheffield United Kingdom	173.0	57.0	13.1	38.1	50.0	14.8
24	Georgia State University Georgia State University United States	172.0	3.7	56.6	66.6	29.5	15.6
25	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland Australia	171.3	28.0	37.7	53.4	35.7	16.5
26	University of Arizona University of Arizona United States	170.1	0.0	77.8	54.7	25.8	11.8
27	Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University Singapore	167.6	8.9	46.2	60.8	34.2	17.5
28	The University of Texas at Dallas The University of Texas at Dallas United States	166.1	3.7	65.3	56.4	27.3	13.4
29	The Chinese University of Hong Kong The Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China	165.8	8.1	56.6	52.1	33.7	15.4
30	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong, China	163.3	0.0	46.2	59.2	42.4	15.6

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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