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	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania	301.0	40.0
2	Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University	295.2	62.9
3	Emory University Emory University	263.7	56.7
4	Duke University Duke University	248.0	55.5
5	Griffith University Griffith University	240.7	37.6
6	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus	235.7	58.4
7	University of California, San Francisco University of California, San Francisco	235.5	31.5
8	New York University New York University	228.5	53.1
9	Columbia University Columbia University	227.2	31.3
10	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	223.2	30.8
10	University of Sydney University of Sydney	223.2	38.2
12	Case Western Reserve University Case Western Reserve University	222.2	52.8
13	Monash University Monash University	220.2	23.2
14	University of Washington University of Washington	219.0	38.4
15	Deakin University Deakin University	216.9	34.2
15	University of Technology Sydney University of Technology Sydney	216.9	40.9
17	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	215.2	36.8
18	University of Pittsburgh University of Pittsburgh	211.2	24.9
19	University of Illinois at Chicago University of Illinois at Chicago	208.3	43.4
20	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore	207.8	13.3
21	King's College London King's College London	201.9	37.0
22	Boston College Boston College	196.8	43.7
23	The Chinese University of Hong Kong The Chinese University of Hong Kong	196.6	25.9
24	Queensland University of Technology Queensland University of Technology	195.9	25.0
25	Taipei Medical University Taipei Medical University	194.8	13.3
25	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia	194.8	39.8
27	La Trobe University La Trobe University	194.4	36.2
28	University of Connecticut University of Connecticut	191.5	54.6
29	Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University	189.5	33.3
30	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin	187.3	26.7

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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Methodology-Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020