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	Tongji University Tongji University	294.0	46.4
2	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	256.5	52.9
3	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University	236.9	40.4
4	Southeast University Southeast University	227.6	9.4
5	Chongqing University Chongqing University	199.8	6.8
6	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University	198.5	32.5
7	Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin Institute of Technology	192.9	5.6
8	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore	181.9	31.4
9	Central South University Central South University	179.0	4.3
10	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University	178.0	18.3
11	Beijing University of Technology Beijing University of Technology	176.0	8.1
12	Dalian University of Technology Dalian University of Technology	175.3	6.9
13	Delft University of Technology Delft University of Technology	171.9	29.4
14	Tianjin University Tianjin University	171.8	0.0
15	Hunan University Hunan University	170.8	5.2
16	Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology	165.7	0.0
17	University College London University College London	164.7	30.9
18	Southwest Jiaotong University Southwest Jiaotong University	158.6	0.0
19	Imperial College London Imperial College London	157.7	34.4
20	The University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales	157.1	22.2
21	University of Technology Sydney University of Technology Sydney	156.4	30.7
22	The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology	154.4	30.4
23	Hohai University Hohai University	152.8	4.7
24	ETH Zurich ETH Zurich	151.0	31.5
25	Wuhan University Wuhan University	150.9	4.4
26	The University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong	150.5	4.9
27	RMIT University RMIT University	149.8	16.9
28	Norwegian University of Science and Technology - NTNU	149.4	17.5
29	Chang'an University Chang'an University	149.3	0.0
30	Guangzhou University Guangzhou University	148.9	0.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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Methodology-Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020