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	Donghua University Donghua University	281.0	40.0
2	Jiangnan University Jiangnan University	187.7	0.0
3	Wuhan Textile University Wuhan Textile University	174.7	0.0
4	Qingdao University Qingdao University	167.3	0.0
5	Seoul National University Seoul National University	159.9	31.4
6	Tiangong University Tiangong University	158.3	0.0
7	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	156.1	23.8
8	Zhejiang Sci-Tech University Zhejiang Sci-Tech University	156.0	0.0
9	King Abdulaziz University King Abdulaziz University	153.0	0.0
10	King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok	151.8	0.0
11	South China University of Technology South China University of Technology	151.7	0.0
12	University Putra Malaysia University Putra Malaysia	150.9	0.0
13	National Textile University Faisalabad National Textile University Faisalabad	149.0	0.0
14	Soochow University (China) Soochow University (China)	143.8	0.0
15	Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Indian Institute of Technology Delhi	143.5	5.0
16	Nanjing Forestry University Nanjing Forestry University	137.1	0.0
17	North Carolina State University - Raleigh	137.0	14.0
18	Southwest University Southwest University	136.3	0.0
19	The University of Manchester The University of Manchester	133.9	22.2
20	Amirkabir University of Technology Amirkabir University of Technology	133.1	0.0
21	University of Minho University of Minho	130.2	33.9
22	King Saud University King Saud University	128.1	0.0
23	Universite de Monastir Universite de Monastir	127.8	0.0
24	Technical University of Liberec Technical University of Liberec	127.2	0.0
25	TU Dresden TU Dresden	126.4	31.4
26	Ege University Ege University	123.8	38.4
27	Vellore Institute of Technology Vellore Institute of Technology	123.2	0.0
28	Guangxi University Guangxi University	122.4	0.0
29	University of Sao Paulo University of Sao Paulo	121.8	12.8
30	Deakin University Deakin University	120.8	12.8

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

Methodology-Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020