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	Harvard University Harvard University	243.7	43.1
2	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	227.5	63.2
3	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University	215.6	12.6
4	Sichuan University Sichuan University	215.1	48.6
5	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University	206.3	30.6
6	Stanford University Stanford University	175.4	23.3
7	Duke University Duke University	173.0	60.0
8	Seoul National University Seoul National University	172.6	45.8
8	University of Pittsburgh University of Pittsburgh	172.6	58.9
10	Sun Yat-sen University Sun Yat-sen University	162.5	0.0
11	The Chinese University of Hong Kong The Chinese University of Hong Kong	158.7	26.5
12	University College London University College London	158.1	37.8
13	Fudan University Fudan University	157.8	0.0
14	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore	155.9	13.4
15	Columbia University Columbia University	155.5	39.0
16	Queensland University of Technology Queensland University of Technology	155.1	53.9
17	Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University	154.8	29.5
18	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland	153.6	38.4
19	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University	153.4	15.3
20	Southern Medical University Southern Medical University	152.9	0.0
21	South China University of Technology South China University of Technology	151.4	13.7
22	Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University	151.1	12.6
23	University of Washington University of Washington	150.1	37.4
24	Peking University Peking University	149.8	0.0
25	Wake Forest University Wake Forest University	149.5	61.8
26	Huazhong University of Science and Technology	149.1	6.1
27	Soochow University (China) Soochow University (China)	147.9	10.0
28	Southeast University Southeast University	146.3	26.5
29	Imperial College London Imperial College London	143.0	17.7
30	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles	142.6	11.2

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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Methodology-Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020