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	Nanjing Agricultural University Nanjing Agricultural University	237.3	0.0
2	China Agricultural University China Agricultural University	229.5	24.5
3	Yangzhou University Yangzhou University	224.2	0.0
4	University of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen	220.1	39.0
5	The Royal Veterinary College The Royal Veterinary College	217.0	60.0
6	Ghent University Ghent University	213.0	12.3
7	University of California, Davis University of California, Davis	207.6	34.1
8	Northwest A&F University Northwest A&F University	206.7	0.0
9	University of Bern University of Bern	201.6	41.5
10	University of Guelph University of Guelph	198.7	26.6
11	South China Agricultural University South China Agricultural University	196.5	0.0
12	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus	195.2	49.9
13	Cornell University Cornell University	194.4	52.8
14	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	193.8	34.2
15	The University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne	193.0	24.8
16	Utrecht University Utrecht University	187.9	13.8
17	University College Dublin University College Dublin	183.4	42.6
18	University of Liverpool University of Liverpool	183.3	34.5
19	Autonomous University of Barcelona Autonomous University of Barcelona	182.9	8.9
20	Iowa State University Iowa State University	181.6	14.9
21	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University	181.5	16.8
22	Sichuan Agricultural University Sichuan Agricultural University	180.5	0.0
23	Free University Berlin Free University Berlin	180.4	30.0
24	University of Sydney University of Sydney	179.2	23.9
25	University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover	179.0	6.4
26	Huazhong Agricultural University Huazhong Agricultural University	178.7	0.0
27	University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna	176.4	6.2
28	North Carolina State University - Raleigh	175.2	22.8
29	Seoul National University Seoul National University	174.9	49.2
30	University of Bologna University of Bologna	173.2	11.5

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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Methodology-Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020