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.

400 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	Q1 CNCI IC TOP AWARD
1	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania	294.6	98.2
2	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University	278.3	91.3
3	Erasmus University Rotterdam Erasmus University Rotterdam	271.9	99.1
4	Harvard University Harvard University	256.2	100.0
5	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	252.0	84.9
6	Tilburg University Tilburg University	249.7	82.0
7	Duke University Duke University	247.9	71.1
8	Georgia State University Georgia State University	245.2	74.8
9	Northwestern University Northwestern University	244.8	70.3
10	University of Washington University of Washington	244.1	79.8
11	Pennsylvania State University - University Park	243.1	79.4
12	Columbia University Columbia University	240.0	73.6
13	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park	239.9	76.0
14	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	239.8	79.8
15	Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington	239.4	85.9
16	Arizona State University Arizona State University	236.6	86.3
16	INSEAD INSEAD	236.6	84.2
18	University of South Carolina - Columbia University of South Carolina - Columbia	233.5	72.8
19	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	230.8	69.0
20	The University of Georgia The University of Georgia	228.0	75.6
21	Stanford University Stanford University	226.5	74.4
22	Michigan State University Michigan State University	225.9	80.9
22	University of Miami University of Miami	225.9	62.2
24	Aalto University Aalto University	225.1	85.2
25	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin	219.3	66.8
26	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia	217.7	65.0
27	University of Southern California University of Southern California	217.6	65.9
28	Northeastern University (Boston) Northeastern University (Boston)	217.5	79.1
29	New York University New York University	216.8	66.4
29	University of Toronto University of Toronto	216.8	73.6

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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