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	Harvard University Harvard University	277.9	100.0
2	Michigan State University Michigan State University	271.2	82.9
3	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	257.7	87.6
4	Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University	255.9	87.1
5	Stanford University Stanford University	244.0	78.4
6	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin	243.5	77.0
7	University of Washington University of Washington	236.8	72.9
8	University of Virginia University of Virginia	230.5	73.9
9	Utrecht University Utrecht University	229.4	77.0
10	University of Toronto University of Toronto	227.8	96.9
11	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	226.1	74.4
12	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison	224.8	76.0
13	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania	224.2	72.0
14	University of California, Irvine University of California, Irvine	221.0	65.2
15	Monash University Monash University	216.4	84.5
16	New York University New York University	214.8	69.7
17	The University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong	214.6	76.2
18	Columbia University Columbia University	211.1	68.0
19	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus	208.7	72.5
20	Pennsylvania State University - University Park	206.8	64.0
21	Arizona State University Arizona State University	206.4	64.4
22	University College London University College London	204.9	78.1
23	University of Southern California University of Southern California	204.7	57.1
24	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	204.2	75.2
25	Ghent University Ghent University	203.3	59.4
26	University of Pittsburgh University of Pittsburgh	203.1	62.9
27	Northwestern University Northwestern University	201.0	62.7
28	The Education University of Hong Kong The Education University of Hong Kong	200.9	68.1
29	Maastricht University Maastricht University	199.4	82.7
30	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park	196.8	59.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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Methodology-Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020