2020 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects

ShanghaiRanking began to publish world university ranking by academic subjects in 2009. By introducing improved methodology, the Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS) was first published in 2017. The 2024 GRAS contains rankings of universities in 55 subjects across Natural Sciences, Engineering, Life Sciences, Medical Sciences, and Social Sciences. More than 1,900 out of 5,000 universities across 96 countries and regions are finally listed in the rankings. The GRAS rankings use a range of objective academic indicators and third-party data to measure the performance of world universities in respective subjects, covering in 5 major evaluation categories such as 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.

499 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	Q1 CNCI IC TOP AWARD
1	Harvard University Harvard University	319.1	100.0
2	University of California, San Francisco University of California, San Francisco	293.8	55.9
3	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge	279.5	38.9
4	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania	273.4	59.3
5	Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University	265.3	64.4
6	University of Oxford University of Oxford	258.3	45.6
7	The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center	254.7	49.0
8	University of Pittsburgh University of Pittsburgh	251.1	53.9
9	Imperial College London Imperial College London	248.9	47.2
10	University of Washington University of Washington	245.4	52.3
11	Emory University Emory University	238.4	44.8
12	Duke University Duke University	233.8	50.5
13	The University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne	228.6	45.8
14	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles	221.3	50.7
15	University of Toronto University of Toronto	221.0	65.5
16	Heidelberg University Heidelberg University	217.9	42.8
17	University College London University College London	216.5	57.5
18	University of Virginia University of Virginia	203.7	30.4
19	Oregon Health and Science University Oregon Health and Science University	203.6	35.2
20	University of Leicester University of Leicester	202.4	22.0
21	Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine	201.0	60.2
22	Aarhus University Aarhus University	199.7	37.1
23	Stanford University Stanford University	198.7	52.6
24	Paris-Saclay University Paris-Saclay University	198.6	30.2
25	University of Utah University of Utah	197.3	35.8
26	The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas	195.0	36.9
27	University of Sydney University of Sydney	194.1	46.0
28	Columbia University Columbia University	193.0	50.3
29	The University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia	191.2	30.5
30	Karolinska Institute Karolinska Institute	191.1	52.6

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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