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)

400 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	World-Class Faculty World-Class Output High Quality Research Research Impact International Collaboration
1	Harvard University Harvard University	304.2	69.9
2	Stanford University Stanford University	293.3	57.9
3	Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University	289.9	78.8
4	University of California, San Francisco University of California, San Francisco	267.5	74.9
5	University of Toronto University of Toronto	260.0	65.2
6	Duke University Duke University	257.5	66.5
7	University of Washington University of Washington	246.1	81.4
8	New York University New York University	226.8	69.2
9	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania	225.9	26.2
10	University College London University College London	222.0	56.1
11	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	218.6	70.2
12	Yale University Yale University	218.4	38.3
13	Cornell University Cornell University	215.7	49.9
14	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam	210.2	49.0
15	Technical University of Munich Technical University of Munich	208.0	40.7
16	Heidelberg University Heidelberg University	203.9	51.8
17	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	202.6	63.4
18	Washington University in St. Louis Washington University in St. Louis	199.0	6.2
19	King's College London King's College London	196.6	54.8
20	The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas	195.5	64.0
21	University of Southern California University of Southern California	191.6	32.1
22	University of Munich University of Munich	189.3	22.3
23	Imperial College London Imperial College London	186.4	15.1
23	University of Pittsburgh University of Pittsburgh	186.4	15.1
25	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles	185.8	34.8
26	Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science	181.7	0.0
27	University of Oxford University of Oxford	179.5	46.3
28	Université Paris Cité Université Paris Cité	178.6	33.8
29	Radboud University Nijmegen Radboud University Nijmegen	175.4	35.2
30	Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University	174.5	49.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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Methodology-Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020