2022 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)

300 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	Q1 CNCI IC TOP AWARD
1	Jiangnan University Jiangnan University	294.1	100.0
2	China Agricultural University China Agricultural University	271.4	86.7
3	South China University of Technology South China University of Technology	244.9	76.4
4	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University	241.5	71.7
5	Nanjing Agricultural University Nanjing Agricultural University	232.9	75.9
6	Wageningen University & Research Wageningen University & Research	224.8	78.8
7	Nanchang University Nanchang University	223.0	63.0
8	University of Massachusetts Amherst University of Massachusetts Amherst	219.2	56.7
9	Northwest A&F University Northwest A&F University	218.3	65.2
10	Huazhong Agricultural University Huazhong Agricultural University	217.0	62.9
11	Jiangsu University Jiangsu University	213.0	53.2
12	Beijing Technology and Business University	211.3	62.9
13	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland	207.2	53.9
14	University of Campinas University of Campinas	205.9	70.2
15	University of Porto University of Porto	200.5	57.8
16	University of Sao Paulo University of Sao Paulo	200.0	66.3
17	Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University	197.6	46.8
18	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore	194.9	42.2
19	Ghent University Ghent University	194.2	57.9
20	University of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen	192.0	54.7
21	KU Leuven KU Leuven	187.8	53.1
22	Instituto Politecnico de Braganca Instituto Politecnico de Braganca	186.8	43.5
23	Hefei University of Technology Hefei University of Technology	186.0	40.7
24	Cornell University Cornell University	184.9	52.2
25	Dalian Polytechnic University Dalian Polytechnic University	184.6	45.6
26	University of Valencia University of Valencia	183.8	48.3
27	University College Dublin University College Dublin	183.6	43.1
28	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick	180.7	50.3
29	Jinan University Jinan University	180.0	50.6
30	University of Granada University of Granada	179.4	43.2

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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Methodology-Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020