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	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	371.1	71.4
2	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	313.9	57.0
3	Harvard University Harvard University	311.0	68.7
4	King's College London King's College London	309.5	63.5
5	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles	301.1	44.1
6	University of California, San Francisco University of California, San Francisco	297.3	41.7
7	University of Washington University of Washington	294.8	53.7
8	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania	286.5	47.6
9	The University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong	278.9	69.1
10	University at Buffalo, the State University of New York	272.3	43.7
11	University College London University College London	269.8	46.2
12	Sichuan University Sichuan University	268.9	71.7
13	University of Bern University of Bern	266.9	83.1
14	KU Leuven KU Leuven	264.7	56.8
15	University of Sao Paulo University of Sao Paulo	263.3	100.0
16	University of Iowa University of Iowa	262.6	42.3
17	New York University New York University	256.4	53.7
17	University of Pittsburgh University of Pittsburgh	256.4	34.9
19	University of Zurich University of Zurich	254.5	76.3
20	Columbia University Columbia University	252.9	38.0
21	Osaka University Osaka University	250.1	47.1
22	University of Birmingham University of Birmingham	245.7	43.7
23	University of Toronto University of Toronto	245.3	53.9
24	Stanford University Stanford University	244.1	30.7
25	The University of Manchester The University of Manchester	243.9	39.8
26	Tokyo Medical and Dental University Tokyo Medical and Dental University	241.5	63.0
27	Radboud University Nijmegen Radboud University Nijmegen	240.8	46.3
28	University of Amsterdam University of Amsterdam	240.7	55.3
29	University of Florida University of Florida	240.2	43.9
30	University of Geneva University of Geneva	238.4	50.1

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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Methodology-Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020