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)

400 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	Q1 CNCI IC TOP AWARD
1	Harvard University Harvard University	319.9	100.0
2	Stanford University Stanford University	299.2	89.0
3	Princeton University Princeton University	260.2	76.4
4	New York University New York University	256.7	76.6
5	University of Oxford University of Oxford	250.4	97.0
6	Yale University Yale University	246.1	72.2
7	London School of Economics and Political Science	244.1	91.4
7	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	244.1	75.4
9	Columbia University Columbia University	231.9	69.2
10	Aarhus University Aarhus University	223.1	80.0
11	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego	218.9	63.9
12	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley	218.4	68.1
13	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania	209.5	63.6
14	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University	209.4	65.5
15	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	208.2	57.5
16	University of Chicago University of Chicago	206.5	58.8
17	University of Amsterdam University of Amsterdam	205.0	88.5
18	Duke University Duke University	200.8	66.6
19	University of Gothenburg University of Gothenburg	200.7	71.1
20	Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University	199.2	54.8
21	The George Washington University The George Washington University	197.3	66.1
22	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia	196.5	67.0
23	University of Zurich University of Zurich	195.9	63.4
24	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles	194.1	54.6
25	University College London University College London	193.0	68.4
26	King's College London King's College London	191.9	76.8
27	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus	191.4	58.0
28	Georgetown University Georgetown University	191.0	61.7
29	ETH Zurich ETH Zurich	190.2	61.7
30	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin	186.1	57.2

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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Methodology-Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020