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	450.6	134.1
2	Stanford University Stanford University	400.4	93.2
3	Princeton University Princeton University	350.4	83.2
4	Columbia University Columbia University	331.6	84.0
5	London School of Economics and Political Science	320.9	96.8
6	European University Institute European University Institute	300.1	84.2
7	New York University New York University	284.4	65.9
8	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley	280.0	55.9
9	University of Oxford University of Oxford	265.0	63.0
10	Pennsylvania State University - University Park	262.1	74.6
11	University of Konstanz University of Konstanz	251.4	61.2
12	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego	249.4	42.0
13	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles	247.2	43.1
14	The Australian National University The Australian National University	246.5	62.1
15	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	245.6	26.8
16	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania	243.0	61.9
17	Cornell University Cornell University	239.5	55.9
18	University of Toronto University of Toronto	235.3	43.7
19	Yale University Yale University	232.8	12.1
20	The George Washington University The George Washington University	225.8	35.6
21	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	212.9	40.6
22	Aarhus University Aarhus University	206.4	26.8
23	New York University Abu Dhabi New York University Abu Dhabi	204.0	26.8
24	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus	203.3	26.8
25	University of Chicago University of Chicago	198.7	24.0
26	Georgetown University Georgetown University	197.4	45.2
27	University of Amsterdam University of Amsterdam	197.3	40.2
28	Central European University Central European University	194.9	59.4
29	University College London University College London	189.9	35.6
30	King's College London King's College London	183.5	39.7

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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Methodology-Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020