2023 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 Cambridge University of Cambridge	256.2	69.7
2	University of Oxford University of Oxford	247.2	78.2
3	The University of Manchester The University of Manchester	237.6	56.6
4	Durham University Durham University	234.0	58.8
5	University College London University College London	227.3	72.7
6	Newcastle University Newcastle University	222.2	54.1
7	The University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne	222.0	74.6
8	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore	221.9	57.9
8	University of Exeter University of Exeter	221.9	57.8
10	King's College London King's College London	217.6	50.9
11	The University of Sheffield The University of Sheffield	217.1	60.3
12	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia	202.1	62.2
13	University of Birmingham University of Birmingham	200.4	51.7
14	The University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong	200.2	65.1
15	University of Toronto University of Toronto	199.1	60.6
16	Wageningen University & Research Wageningen University & Research	198.6	61.8
17	University of Washington University of Washington	197.0	55.3
18	University of Bristol University of Bristol	196.8	48.7
19	Sun Yat-sen University Sun Yat-sen University	193.1	69.8
20	Utrecht University Utrecht University	191.2	78.3
21	Wuhan University Wuhan University	190.9	100.0
22	The University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales	189.1	51.5
23	University of Leeds University of Leeds	188.9	60.3
24	Royal Holloway, University of London Royal Holloway, University of London	188.6	41.1
25	University of Colorado at Boulder University of Colorado at Boulder	187.2	63.7
26	The University of Glasgow The University of Glasgow	186.0	46.9
27	University of St Andrews University of St Andrews	185.6	39.6
28	Queen Mary University of London Queen Mary University of London	185.5	37.9
29	London School of Economics and Political Science	184.9	55.0
30	The Australian National University The Australian National University	183.9	59.9

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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Methodology-Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020