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)

400 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	Q1 CNCI IC TOP AWARD
1	Stanford University Stanford University	313.5	94.0
2	Harvard University Harvard University	311.9	99.6
3	Princeton University Princeton University	268.0	81.8
4	University of Oxford University of Oxford	256.2	100.0
5	Yale University Yale University	248.8	74.1
6	New York University New York University	248.7	74.5
7	London School of Economics and Political Science	245.8	96.1
8	Columbia University Columbia University	244.1	75.0
9	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	239.4	74.5
10	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania	235.7	73.8
11	Aarhus University Aarhus University	235.2	85.1
12	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego	232.0	67.5
13	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley	227.1	69.4
14	University of Chicago University of Chicago	217.6	62.9
15	University of Amsterdam University of Amsterdam	207.4	87.4
16	University of Gothenburg University of Gothenburg	207.1	77.1
17	Duke University Duke University	205.4	67.9
18	University of Zurich University of Zurich	204.9	68.3
19	University College London University College London	204.3	73.4
20	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	203.4	58.9
21	ETH Zurich ETH Zurich	200.7	66.9
22	European University Institute European University Institute	198.3	71.3
23	Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University	198.1	57.1
24	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles	198.0	55.9
25	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University	195.3	62.1
26	The George Washington University The George Washington University	194.0	62.3
27	Georgetown University Georgetown University	192.6	61.9
28	Uppsala University Uppsala University	189.8	66.5
29	University of Oslo University of Oslo	187.7	71.8
30	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia	187.4	65.7

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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Methodology-Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020