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	Harvard University Harvard University	298.3	97.1
2	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University	281.5	100.0
3	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University	247.1	78.8
4	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	239.0	61.6
5	Sun Yat-sen University Sun Yat-sen University	238.5	74.6
6	Sichuan University Sichuan University	232.6	71.6
7	Stanford University Stanford University	227.3	67.1
8	Peking University Peking University	223.8	68.7
9	Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University	220.0	62.0
10	Southern Medical University Southern Medical University	219.4	65.1
11	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore	216.9	55.5
12	Fudan University Fudan University	216.7	66.2
13	Huazhong University of Science and Technology	208.8	58.2
14	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University	207.2	58.5
15	Central South University Central South University	206.9	50.5
15	Peking Union Medical College Peking Union Medical College	206.9	60.1
17	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles	204.7	53.5
18	Wenzhou Medical University Wenzhou Medical University	201.5	43.0
19	University College London University College London	201.0	57.3
20	The Chinese University of Hong Kong The Chinese University of Hong Kong	199.3	48.9
21	Imperial College London Imperial College London	198.9	54.6
22	Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University	198.6	44.3
23	Asia University Asia University	198.4	26.1
24	Shenzhen University Shenzhen University	194.8	51.1
25	Soochow University Soochow University	193.7	53.1
26	Jilin University Jilin University	193.5	43.9
27	Xi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an Jiaotong University	193.2	50.7
28	Zhengzhou University Zhengzhou University	192.7	46.2
29	Southeast University Southeast University	192.5	46.8
30	Korea University Korea University	192.3	52.4

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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Methodology-Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020