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)

500 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	World-Class Faculty World-Class Output High Quality Research Research Impact International Collaboration
1	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University	373.7	120.0
2	Peking University Peking University	288.6	60.5
3	Nanjing University Nanjing University	286.2	61.0
4	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University	274.2	51.2
5	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland	256.9	67.7
6	Delft University of Technology Delft University of Technology	255.5	74.3
7	Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin Institute of Technology	247.2	31.5
8	ETH Zurich ETH Zurich	246.7	44.4
9	Beijing Normal University Beijing Normal University	239.9	48.2
10	Sun Yat-sen University Sun Yat-sen University	239.8	28.0
11	Stanford University Stanford University	236.3	46.0
12	Tongji University Tongji University	235.9	21.1
13	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison	235.2	71.2
14	Arizona State University Arizona State University	233.3	66.0
15	Wageningen University & Research Wageningen University & Research	231.2	55.5
16	Michigan State University Michigan State University	230.2	64.5
17	Harvard University Harvard University	225.8	27.9
18	Fudan University Fudan University	218.1	47.4
19	University of California, Davis University of California, Davis	217.4	43.7
20	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University	217.1	32.5
21	Cornell University Cornell University	216.4	42.0
22	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	216.2	63.7
22	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park	216.2	59.3
24	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley	211.7	46.8
25	Yale University Yale University	210.8	59.2
26	University of Washington University of Washington	210.3	56.0
27	Nankai University Nankai University	209.2	30.5
28	The University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong	207.2	58.4
28	The University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales	207.2	50.9
30	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	206.9	76.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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Methodology-Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020