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.

500 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	Q1 CNCI IC TOP AWARD
1	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore	255.5	91.0
2	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania	252.3	69.1
3	Harvard University Harvard University	246.9	77.3
4	Erasmus University Rotterdam Erasmus University Rotterdam	238.7	87.7
5	Arizona State University Arizona State University	236.2	81.3
6	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	235.8	100.0
7	INSEAD INSEAD	235.2	64.3
8	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	228.8	72.9
9	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	221.2	77.0
10	Pennsylvania State University - University Park	219.7	71.7
11	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	216.1	66.0
12	University of Toronto University of Toronto	215.1	66.0
13	University of Montreal University of Montreal	214.6	90.0
14	Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Institute of Technology	213.4	79.0
15	City University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong	210.7	82.4
16	New York University New York University	208.8	59.8
17	Stanford University Stanford University	206.7	58.4
18	University of Warwick University of Warwick	206.6	74.6
19	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University	205.2	69.1
20	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park	203.9	67.6
21	Michigan State University Michigan State University	199.8	67.4
22	University of Washington University of Washington	198.1	60.0
23	Bocconi University Bocconi University	195.9	57.1
24	Purdue University - West Lafayette Purdue University - West Lafayette	195.7	68.2
25	The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology	194.3	63.3
26	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge	193.9	63.0
27	Aalto University Aalto University	193.1	70.0
28	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley	192.6	62.7
29	Imperial College London Imperial College London	191.7	58.0
30	Copenhagen Business School Copenhagen Business School	190.7	62.3

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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