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	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	323.4	100.0
2	University of Surrey University of Surrey	234.1	63.2
3	Griffith University Griffith University	228.2	68.6
4	University of Central Florida University of Central Florida	227.4	71.5
5	Sun Yat-sen University Sun Yat-sen University	226.9	71.3
6	Sejong University Sejong University	197.1	59.2
7	Temple University Temple University	189.3	53.8
8	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland	189.1	60.8
9	University of Johannesburg University of Johannesburg	187.7	57.6
10	Washington State University Washington State University	183.9	50.6
11	Bournemouth University Bournemouth University	182.8	53.6
12	Kyung Hee University Kyung Hee University	179.8	51.6
13	Florida State University Florida State University	179.7	51.6
14	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	178.6	47.8
15	Pennsylvania State University - University Park	176.1	51.8
16	University of Nevada-Las Vegas University of Nevada-Las Vegas	172.7	48.3
17	Purdue University - West Lafayette Purdue University - West Lafayette	167.4	49.0
18	University of South Carolina - Columbia University of South Carolina - Columbia	167.3	47.0
19	University of Houston University of Houston	164.6	45.0
20	University of Massachusetts Amherst University of Massachusetts Amherst	158.6	43.4
21	University of Waterloo University of Waterloo	153.4	36.6
22	University of Macau University of Macau	149.8	38.5
23	University of Otago University of Otago	147.1	42.8
24	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University	145.8	40.0
25	Oklahoma State University Oklahoma State University	145.4	38.5
26	University of Florida University of Florida	142.3	39.4
27	Xiamen University Xiamen University	140.4	34.0
28	Oxford Brookes University Oxford Brookes University	139.7	31.4
29	University of Canterbury University of Canterbury	138.9	38.2
30	Edith Cowan University Edith Cowan University	138.7	38.2

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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Methodology-Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020