2022 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.(Methodology)

300 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	Q1 CNCI IC TOP AWARD
1	Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin Institute of Technology	279.7	100.0
2	Beihang University Beihang University	264.6	94.2
3	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University	256.2	87.6
4	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University	253.3	88.2
5	Jilin University Jilin University	245.0	79.3
6	Southeast University Southeast University	241.2	78.3
7	Huazhong University of Science and Technology	235.9	76.7
8	Xi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an Jiaotong University	233.8	78.0
9	Northwestern Polytechnical University Northwestern Polytechnical University	228.9	71.6
10	Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University	228.4	64.2
11	Northeastern University (Shenyang) Northeastern University (Shenyang)	227.2	71.1
12	Dalian University of Technology Dalian University of Technology	225.4	73.3
13	Chongqing University Chongqing University	225.3	69.8
14	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University	223.7	73.5
15	Wuhan University Wuhan University	217.8	72.5
16	Tianjin University Tianjin University	217.5	72.7
17	University of Electronic Science and Technology of China	215.0	66.8
18	Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing Institute of Technology	214.1	69.1
19	Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics	213.6	68.1
20	Central South University Central South University	204.4	59.5
21	Aalborg University Aalborg University	203.3	44.5
22	Hanyang University Hanyang University	203.1	56.4
23	South China University of Technology South China University of Technology	202.1	55.9
24	Hunan University Hunan University	201.8	55.7
25	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	196.2	57.5
26	Tongji University Tongji University	196.1	56.9
27	King Abdulaziz University King Abdulaziz University	195.3	38.0
27	University of Science and Technology of China	195.3	61.3
29	City University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong	191.4	47.6
30	Shenzhen University Shenzhen University	191.3	54.1

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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Methodology-Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020