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.

100 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	Q1 CNCI IC TOP AWARD
1	Harvard University Harvard University	294.4	100.0
2	Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington	218.5	79.2
3	Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University	214.1	66.2
4	City University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong	213.8	74.9
5	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	212.5	72.1
6	Columbia University Columbia University	183.3	59.3
7	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania	180.4	60.2
8	The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston	180.3	52.0
9	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park	180.2	58.5
9	University of Utah University of Utah	180.2	56.7
11	University of Washington University of Washington	179.7	59.8
12	The University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales	179.4	62.7
13	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore	178.3	63.5
14	Arizona State University Arizona State University	176.6	61.0
15	University of Pittsburgh University of Pittsburgh	176.5	54.9
16	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	176.4	55.3
17	Georgia State University Georgia State University	173.1	61.4
18	Wuhan University Wuhan University	172.1	74.2
19	University of Montreal University of Montreal	171.7	61.9
20	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin	170.9	63.1
21	University of Arizona University of Arizona	169.2	59.8
22	Cornell University Cornell University	169.1	50.5
23	Stanford University Stanford University	168.0	53.5
24	University of Amsterdam University of Amsterdam	167.3	64.3
25	Northwestern University Northwestern University	164.2	51.5
26	Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Institute of Technology	163.9	55.3
27	University of Wolverhampton University of Wolverhampton	163.3	65.1
28	Yonsei University Yonsei University	162.6	58.9
29	KU Leuven KU Leuven	159.9	67.8
30	New York University New York University	159.0	49.5

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.