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	Harvard University Harvard University	284.5	26.7
2	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University	251.0	41.8
3	Jiangnan University Jiangnan University	249.9	49.0
4	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University	246.7	27.2
5	Technical University of Denmark Technical University of Denmark	244.9	34.4
6	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley	238.1	71.5
7	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University	232.6	13.6
8	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	231.3	20.0
9	Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin Institute of Technology	229.8	9.6
10	Technical University of Munich Technical University of Munich	226.4	58.7
11	East China University of Science and Technology	223.2	50.8
12	Tongji University Tongji University	222.3	49.0
13	Shandong University Shandong University	208.5	21.8
14	University of Florida University of Florida	208.0	60.0
15	Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology	205.8	68.2
16	China Agricultural University China Agricultural University	203.7	0.0
17	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland	203.1	23.0
18	Seoul National University Seoul National University	202.5	50.5
19	Université Paris Cité Université Paris Cité	202.2	11.5
20	Yonsei University Yonsei University	200.3	49.0
21	Ghent University Ghent University	198.2	39.5
22	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego	197.7	11.5
23	University of Washington University of Washington	196.5	28.9
24	Korea University Korea University	195.4	28.3
25	Stanford University Stanford University	193.8	0.0
26	Sun Yat-sen University Sun Yat-sen University	193.4	20.3
27	Northwest A&F University Northwest A&F University	191.7	0.0
28	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore	191.2	21.1
29	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison	190.9	45.4
30	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	190.6	28.3

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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Methodology-Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020