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	Yale University Yale University	298.5	96.9
2	Harvard University Harvard University	264.7	96.3
3	University of Chicago University of Chicago	258.2	100.0
4	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania	238.9	94.7
5	New York University New York University	235.9	98.1
6	Columbia University Columbia University	229.3	93.3
7	Duke University Duke University	209.5	80.9
8	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley	209.2	86.1
9	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	208.3	84.5
10	Stanford University Stanford University	202.4	76.8
11	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles	196.1	70.3
12	University of Virginia University of Virginia	192.4	68.7
13	Georgetown University Georgetown University	181.7	65.5
14	Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University	174.0	67.5
15	Florida State University Florida State University	168.1	70.0
16	University of California, Irvine University of California, Irvine	165.8	74.5
17	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park	165.5	66.4
18	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin	159.8	59.8
19	Northwestern University Northwestern University	158.6	64.4
20	Cornell University Cornell University	153.1	54.1
21	University of Southern California University of Southern California	151.6	59.1
22	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge	150.8	71.6
23	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick	150.7	61.4
24	Michigan State University Michigan State University	150.1	63.8
25	Boston University Boston University	150.0	56.9
26	University at Albany (State University of New York)	146.0	62.3
27	University of Cincinnati University of Cincinnati	143.1	65.0
28	George Mason University George Mason University	142.2	60.4
29	University of Oxford University of Oxford	141.5	54.8
30	The Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Hebrew University of Jerusalem	141.4	54.8

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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Methodology-Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020