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)

500 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	Q1 CNCI IC TOP AWARD
1	Wageningen University & Research Wageningen University & Research	292.0	93.9
2	China Agricultural University China Agricultural University	291.1	98.5
3	Northwest A&F University Northwest A&F University	290.9	100.0
4	Nanjing Agricultural University Nanjing Agricultural University	285.2	97.5
5	Huazhong Agricultural University Huazhong Agricultural University	261.9	83.6
6	University of California, Davis University of California, Davis	250.5	77.9
7	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University	246.8	75.1
8	University of Florida University of Florida	246.1	78.5
9	Cornell University Cornell University	242.1	71.9
10	Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences	239.8	72.1
11	Paris-Saclay University Paris-Saclay University	230.6	65.3
12	Michigan State University Michigan State University	229.8	67.4
13	Ghent University Ghent University	223.6	62.4
14	South China Agricultural University South China Agricultural University	223.3	65.3
15	The University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia	222.6	61.5
16	University of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen	221.5	62.2
17	University of Montpellier University of Montpellier	218.8	62.9
18	University of Sao Paulo University of Sao Paulo	218.2	71.6
19	Aarhus University Aarhus University	217.0	61.9
20	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison	216.6	62.6
21	Institut Agro Institut Agro	216.0	59.9
22	University of Goettingen University of Goettingen	215.2	58.9
23	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	215.1	60.5
24	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland	210.8	59.0
25	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia	210.2	56.9
26	Shandong Agricultural University Shandong Agricultural University	209.8	60.9
27	Iowa State University Iowa State University	207.2	58.3
28	Purdue University - West Lafayette Purdue University - West Lafayette	205.6	56.7
29	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	205.3	57.1
30	University of Guelph University of Guelph	204.6	58.3

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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Methodology-Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020