2020 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.

300 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	Q1 CNCI IC TOP AWARD
1	Jiangnan University Jiangnan University	289.8	100.0
2	Wageningen University & Research Wageningen University & Research	277.3	92.6
3	China Agricultural University China Agricultural University	271.4	91.0
4	South China University of Technology South China University of Technology	264.9	80.6
5	Nanjing Agricultural University Nanjing Agricultural University	245.1	76.4
6	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University	244.6	75.7
7	University of Massachusetts Amherst University of Massachusetts Amherst	241.5	62.0
8	University of Campinas University of Campinas	237.5	74.3
9	Ghent University Ghent University	236.1	70.8
10	University of Sao Paulo University of Sao Paulo	232.2	73.6
11	Nanchang University Nanchang University	225.4	62.1
12	Northwest A&F University Northwest A&F University	225.0	67.3
13	University of Guelph University of Guelph	222.4	63.3
14	KU Leuven KU Leuven	221.9	66.4
15	University of Porto University of Porto	220.8	67.9
16	Cornell University Cornell University	216.2	61.9
17	University of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen	215.6	64.0
18	University College Dublin University College Dublin	214.6	55.0
19	University of California, Davis University of California, Davis	211.4	62.4
20	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland	210.4	55.2
21	King Abdulaziz University King Abdulaziz University	208.9	46.7
22	Huazhong Agricultural University Huazhong Agricultural University	207.2	59.3
23	University of Valencia University of Valencia	206.5	55.4
24	Aarhus University Aarhus University	203.9	54.9
25	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick	202.7	54.7
26	University of Bologna University of Bologna	201.7	57.0
27	University of Naples Federico II University of Naples Federico II	197.7	53.4
28	Polytechnic University of Valencia Polytechnic University of Valencia	195.5	54.1
29	University of Milan University of Milan	195.3	56.4
30	Instituto Politecnico de Braganca Instituto Politecnico de Braganca	195.0	49.9

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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