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)

200 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	World-Class Faculty World-Class Output High Quality Research Research Impact International Collaboration
1	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego	320.0	73.8
2	University of Washington University of Washington	271.8	49.4
3	Ocean University of China Ocean University of China	248.0	39.1
4	Oregon State University Oregon State University	216.6	32.0
5	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	208.3	33.3
6	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University	198.6	19.3
7	University of Hawaii at Manoa University of Hawaii at Manoa	196.0	28.3
8	Sorbonne University Sorbonne University	191.6	16.3
9	University of Southampton University of Southampton	188.9	16.3
10	Columbia University Columbia University	181.5	28.1
11	University of Miami University of Miami	173.8	32.4
12	University of Western Brittany University of Western Brittany	168.4	0.0
13	Florida State University Florida State University	167.9	16.3
14	The University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales	166.9	22.9
15	The University of Tokyo The University of Tokyo	165.6	34.7
15	Xiamen University Xiamen University	165.6	9.0
17	Utrecht University Utrecht University	161.7	0.0
18	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick	160.9	32.4
19	University of Tasmania University of Tasmania	156.5	5.0
20	Kiel University Kiel University	156.0	16.3
21	University of Bergen University of Bergen	152.0	11.1
22	University of Florida University of Florida	149.0	40.0
23	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University	148.5	5.4
24	Princeton University Princeton University	148.2	16.3
25	Hohai University Hohai University	147.4	0.0
26	California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology	147.1	0.0
27	University of Maine University of Maine	146.8	33.7
28	East China Normal University East China Normal University	145.4	17.9
29	University of Victoria University of Victoria	144.4	24.4
30	Sun Yat-sen University Sun Yat-sen University	144.0	0.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

Methodology-Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020