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)

499 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	Q1 CNCI IC TOP AWARD
1	Harvard University Harvard University	317.0	100.0
2	University of California, San Francisco University of California, San Francisco	291.1	56.3
3	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge	280.0	38.9
4	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania	267.9	59.8
5	Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University	257.9	63.6
6	The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center	256.7	47.6
7	University of Oxford University of Oxford	256.5	46.2
8	Imperial College London Imperial College London	253.0	47.7
9	University of Pittsburgh University of Pittsburgh	246.4	53.0
10	University of Washington University of Washington	245.3	51.5
11	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles	240.5	49.2
12	Emory University Emory University	237.7	44.9
13	Duke University Duke University	228.5	50.5
14	The University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne	228.1	46.4
15	University of Toronto University of Toronto	221.5	65.8
16	University College London University College London	218.1	58.2
17	Heidelberg University Heidelberg University	216.4	43.2
18	University of Leicester University of Leicester	202.2	22.0
19	University of Virginia University of Virginia	201.2	30.9
20	Paris-Saclay University Paris-Saclay University	200.7	31.5
21	University of Utah University of Utah	198.1	37.1
22	Oregon Health and Science University Oregon Health and Science University	198.0	34.9
23	Aarhus University Aarhus University	197.1	36.4
23	Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine	197.1	60.4
25	Stanford University Stanford University	194.9	53.6
26	Rockefeller University Rockefeller University	194.7	11.4
27	University of Sydney University of Sydney	193.1	46.3
28	The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas	193.0	37.3
29	King's College London King's College London	192.7	47.0
30	Columbia University Columbia University	191.3	50.5

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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Methodology-Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020