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	Jiangnan University Jiangnan University	291.9	40.4
2	South China University of Technology South China University of Technology	220.3	32.2
3	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University	217.3	37.4
4	China Agricultural University China Agricultural University	216.5	12.7
5	University of Massachusetts Amherst University of Massachusetts Amherst	206.2	47.1
6	Wageningen University & Research Wageningen University & Research	205.9	33.6
7	Nanchang University Nanchang University	194.8	20.0
8	Northwest A&F University Northwest A&F University	193.1	12.7
9	Jiangsu University Jiangsu University	184.3	8.9
10	Northeast Agricultural University Northeast Agricultural University	182.2	12.7
11	Beijing Technology and Business University	180.3	8.9
12	Nanjing Agricultural University Nanjing Agricultural University	177.7	6.2
13	University of Campinas University of Campinas	175.2	37.6
14	Huazhong Agricultural University Huazhong Agricultural University	174.4	0.0
15	Zhejiang Gongshang University Zhejiang Gongshang University	162.8	27.2
16	University College Dublin University College Dublin	161.4	36.0
17	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland	158.1	17.9
18	University of Guelph University of Guelph	155.9	40.0
19	Dalian Polytechnic University Dalian Polytechnic University	153.8	0.0
20	University of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen	153.0	23.0
21	The University of Auckland The University of Auckland	144.6	22.2
22	Anhui Agricultural University Anhui Agricultural University	144.4	8.9
23	South China Agricultural University South China Agricultural University	143.0	0.0
24	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore	142.9	11.6
25	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University	141.2	4.2
26	Yangzhou University Yangzhou University	141.0	10.8
27	Ocean University of China Ocean University of China	140.8	0.0
28	Cornell University Cornell University	139.9	20.3
29	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick	139.8	8.9
30	Southwest University Southwest University	139.4	0.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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Methodology-Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020