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)

50 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	Q1 CNCI IC TOP AWARD
1	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University	282.8	100.0
2	Harbin Engineering University Harbin Engineering University	253.7	81.4
3	University of Strathclyde University of Strathclyde	252.0	74.6
4	Dalian University of Technology Dalian University of Technology	249.8	81.2
4	Norwegian University of Science and Technology - NTNU	249.8	73.8
6	University of Lisbon University of Lisbon	245.5	66.8
7	Wuhan University of Technology Wuhan University of Technology	226.9	67.2
8	Dalian Maritime University Dalian Maritime University	218.0	58.3
9	Delft University of Technology Delft University of Technology	211.0	64.7
10	Ocean University of China Ocean University of China	210.6	66.6
11	Tianjin University Tianjin University	208.2	59.7
12	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University	199.5	62.3
13	The University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia	193.1	51.7
14	Hohai University Hohai University	192.0	53.3
15	Jiangsu University of Science and Technology	191.7	53.0
16	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore	189.1	50.8
17	University College London University College London	183.0	45.6
18	Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin Institute of Technology	180.6	44.3
19	Huazhong University of Science and Technology	178.5	47.4
20	University of Plymouth University of Plymouth	176.1	38.2
21	Aalto University Aalto University	173.2	36.7
22	Northwestern Polytechnical University Northwestern Polytechnical University	172.2	40.0
23	Southwest Petroleum University Southwest Petroleum University	170.2	31.8
24	Newcastle University Newcastle University	169.0	40.7
25	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University	167.7	35.6
26	Istanbul Technical University Istanbul Technical University	165.2	43.7
27	Technical University of Denmark Technical University of Denmark	165.0	38.9
28	Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Federal University of Rio de Janeiro	162.7	40.0
29	University of Tasmania University of Tasmania	162.4	38.2
30	University of Southampton University of Southampton	162.2	43.1

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

Methodology-Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020