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.

200 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	Q1 CNCI IC TOP AWARD
1	Aarhus University Aarhus University	282.9	100.0
2	Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington	274.8	84.2
3	Utrecht University Utrecht University	247.6	88.6
4	Arizona State University Arizona State University	241.4	76.3
5	Erasmus University Rotterdam Erasmus University Rotterdam	238.6	84.9
6	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus	230.0	74.6
7	The University of Georgia The University of Georgia	228.4	72.9
8	Cardiff University Cardiff University	220.5	75.5
9	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University	218.5	73.8
10	London School of Economics and Political Science	206.8	81.1
11	University of Exeter University of Exeter	193.5	65.6
12	University College London University College London	190.8	72.0
13	Florida State University Florida State University	190.6	57.4
14	Harvard University Harvard University	188.1	73.8
15	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	182.5	51.6
16	Leiden University Leiden University	180.2	68.4
17	University of Southern California University of Southern California	179.0	55.1
18	University of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen	177.9	59.5
19	Bocconi University Bocconi University	173.5	52.8
20	University of Washington University of Washington	171.5	52.8
21	American University American University	171.1	59.5
22	City University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong	170.9	52.8
23	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison	163.9	52.8
24	University of Oxford University of Oxford	162.1	60.6
25	Radboud University Nijmegen Radboud University Nijmegen	161.9	57.4
26	University of Antwerp University of Antwerp	161.7	61.6
27	Tilburg University Tilburg University	161.1	46.4
28	Syracuse University Syracuse University	159.5	47.7
29	University of Bern University of Bern	158.4	55.1
30	The George Washington University The George Washington University	157.7	49.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.