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	Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin Institute of Technology	247.0	0.0
2	Xi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an Jiaotong University	234.6	16.3
3	Beihang University Beihang University	234.3	5.8
4	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University	226.3	6.7
5	Southeast University Southeast University	222.7	0.0
6	Huazhong University of Science and Technology	213.4	0.0
7	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University	210.2	0.0
8	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University	209.3	0.0
9	Jilin University Jilin University	202.5	0.0
10	Tianjin University Tianjin University	199.9	0.0
11	Northeastern University (Shenyang) Northeastern University (Shenyang)	199.4	0.0
12	Chongqing University Chongqing University	193.0	0.0
13	Northwestern Polytechnical University Northwestern Polytechnical University	187.9	0.0
14	University of Electronic Science and Technology of China	181.7	0.0
15	Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics	180.9	0.0
16	Dalian University of Technology Dalian University of Technology	179.5	0.0
17	Hunan University Hunan University	177.9	0.0
18	Southwest Jiaotong University Southwest Jiaotong University	176.8	0.0
19	Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing Institute of Technology	174.9	3.5
20	Central South University Central South University	173.9	0.0
21	Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University	173.6	0.0
22	Tongji University Tongji University	172.9	0.0
23	Wuhan University Wuhan University	171.6	0.0
24	Shandong University Shandong University	170.9	0.0
25	South China University of Technology South China University of Technology	164.5	0.0
26	Jiangsu University Jiangsu University	162.4	0.0
26	Shenzhen University Shenzhen University	162.4	0.0
28	University of Science and Technology of China	159.8	0.0
29	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	157.0	0.0
29	Xidian University Xidian University	157.0	5.8

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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Methodology-Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020