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)

50 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	World-Class Faculty World-Class Output High Quality Research Research Impact International Collaboration
1	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University	194.3	16.1
2	Harbin Engineering University Harbin Engineering University	184.8	0.0
3	Norwegian University of Science and Technology - NTNU	177.4	26.8
4	University of Lisbon University of Lisbon	173.8	22.9
5	Dalian University of Technology Dalian University of Technology	171.7	0.0
6	Wuhan University of Technology Wuhan University of Technology	165.1	5.7
7	Ocean University of China Ocean University of China	162.3	2.9
8	Dalian Maritime University Dalian Maritime University	161.3	0.0
9	University of Strathclyde University of Strathclyde	155.2	11.2
10	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University	140.6	0.0
11	Tianjin University Tianjin University	138.4	0.0
12	Delft University of Technology Delft University of Technology	136.4	11.5
13	Hohai University Hohai University	126.8	0.0
14	Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin Institute of Technology	124.8	0.0
15	Jiangsu University of Science and Technology	123.5	0.0
16	Shanghai Maritime University Shanghai Maritime University	119.8	0.0
17	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	118.8	30.2
18	Northwestern Polytechnical University Northwestern Polytechnical University	117.4	0.0
19	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University	117.2	0.0
20	University College London University College London	116.1	14.0
21	Huazhong University of Science and Technology	115.5	4.4
22	Aalto University Aalto University	114.5	3.7
23	Sun Yat-sen University Sun Yat-sen University	113.5	0.0
24	Technical University of Denmark Technical University of Denmark	113.1	10.3
25	The University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia	112.2	2.9
26	Liverpool John Moores University Liverpool John Moores University	110.3	9.9
27	Seoul National University Seoul National University	108.7	20.0
28	University of Southampton University of Southampton	108.2	9.9
29	China University of Petroleum (East China)	108.0	0.0
30	Newcastle University Newcastle University	105.7	15.2

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

Methodology-Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020