2024 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	World-Class Faculty World-Class Output High Quality Research Research Impact International Collaboration
1	University of Oxford University of Oxford	265.5	52.9
2	University College London University College London	253.9	51.3
3	Newcastle University Newcastle University	248.7	48.2
4	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia	245.7	54.0
5	Durham University Durham University	243.3	39.4
5	King's College London King's College London	243.3	60.0
7	The University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne	240.5	39.3
8	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge	234.2	18.3
9	The University of Manchester The University of Manchester	223.6	25.4
10	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore	220.5	13.1
11	The University of Glasgow The University of Glasgow	217.0	53.9
12	Peking University Peking University	214.8	38.1
13	University of Toronto University of Toronto	212.5	25.8
14	Wuhan University Wuhan University	211.0	23.5
15	The Chinese University of Hong Kong The Chinese University of Hong Kong	209.2	34.8
16	University of Colorado at Boulder University of Colorado at Boulder	208.7	43.0
17	The University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong	205.5	26.5
18	Arizona State University Arizona State University	204.4	32.8
19	The University of Sheffield The University of Sheffield	196.9	11.8
20	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison	196.7	45.0
21	The Australian National University The Australian National University	195.1	55.4
22	University of Exeter University of Exeter	193.3	16.6
23	University of Bristol University of Bristol	191.8	14.1
24	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles	191.5	41.3
25	Cardiff University Cardiff University	189.0	29.9
26	The University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh	187.8	33.3
27	University of Birmingham University of Birmingham	187.5	25.8
28	Wageningen University & Research Wageningen University & Research	187.2	23.5
29	Sun Yat-sen University Sun Yat-sen University	186.5	14.1
30	University of St Andrews University of St Andrews	185.3	35.5

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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Methodology-Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020