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)

100 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	Q1 CNCI IC TOP AWARD
1	Central South University Central South University	280.8	100.0
2	China University of Mining and Technology	266.8	69.4
3	China University of Mining & Technology-Beijing	228.3	52.0
4	The University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia	221.9	68.3
5	Monash University Monash University	214.7	45.6
6	Northeastern University (Shenyang) Northeastern University (Shenyang)	213.4	67.0
7	China University of Geosciences Beijing China University of Geosciences Beijing	211.6	92.7
8	Shandong University of Science and Technology	208.1	38.7
9	Sichuan University Sichuan University	206.6	34.4
10	The University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales	203.7	45.2
11	The University of Adelaide The University of Adelaide	203.6	49.8
12	China University of Geosciences China University of Geosciences	198.1	70.6
13	Chongqing University Chongqing University	184.1	36.0
14	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland	182.4	71.8
15	Pennsylvania State University - University Park	182.3	31.8
16	Curtin University Curtin University	182.2	56.6
17	University of Lorraine University of Lorraine	182.1	42.9
18	Colorado School of Mines Colorado School of Mines	177.1	38.0
19	Wuhan University Wuhan University	175.6	27.9
20	Imperial College London Imperial College London	173.7	30.4
21	Dalian University of Technology Dalian University of Technology	173.6	26.8
22	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University	172.9	29.9
23	Henan Polytechnic University Henan Polytechnic University	172.2	28.4
24	Shandong University Shandong University	169.6	22.8
25	Laurentian University Laurentian University	165.9	32.2
26	University of Science and Technology Beijing	164.8	51.8
27	Nanjing University Nanjing University	164.4	44.6
28	Chengdu University of Technology Chengdu University of Technology	163.3	38.7
29	University of Tasmania University of Tasmania	163.2	43.6
29	University of Toronto University of Toronto	163.2	31.8

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

Methodology-Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020