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)

500 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	World-Class Faculty World-Class Output High Quality Research Research Impact International Collaboration
1	Harvard University Harvard University	393.6	138.2
2	Stanford University Stanford University	321.9	107.4
3	Yale University Yale University	315.8	95.8
4	University College London University College London	307.6	108.8
5	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	306.2	100.4
6	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania	304.1	101.4
7	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles	283.7	99.0
8	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	274.3	101.1
9	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge	267.3	88.6
10	Northwestern University Northwestern University	253.1	54.8
11	Columbia University Columbia University	253.0	69.5
12	King's College London King's College London	247.7	77.1
13	University of Toronto University of Toronto	246.9	59.2
14	University of Amsterdam University of Amsterdam	245.9	75.1
15	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus	244.1	71.6
16	Utrecht University Utrecht University	242.0	90.7
17	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin	239.5	83.1
18	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	238.3	75.3
19	Duke University Duke University	232.3	62.0
20	University of Virginia University of Virginia	228.0	64.1
21	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison	227.2	89.5
22	Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University	225.9	68.7
23	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam	224.1	63.6
24	University of Oxford University of Oxford	223.1	59.8
25	Princeton University Princeton University	221.3	47.2
26	New York University New York University	220.1	34.7
27	Pennsylvania State University - University Park	219.1	60.0
28	McGill University McGill University	217.6	58.4
29	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego	215.8	40.3
30	University of California, Davis University of California, Davis	215.6	72.4

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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Methodology-Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020