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)

200 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	Q1 CNCI IC TOP AWARD
1	Harvard University Harvard University	281.8	83.9
2	University of Oxford University of Oxford	266.8	100.0
3	Stanford University Stanford University	265.6	74.6
4	University of Toronto University of Toronto	248.6	77.2
5	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley	243.8	72.7
6	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	243.6	82.9
7	Pennsylvania State University - University Park	241.5	85.3
8	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus	240.0	83.9
9	Duke University Duke University	229.1	61.2
10	Cornell University Cornell University	223.4	82.9
11	University of Amsterdam University of Amsterdam	219.3	84.6
12	Columbia University Columbia University	218.1	58.4
13	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles	215.2	68.7
14	Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington	213.5	67.8
15	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin	212.6	76.1
16	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison	211.4	74.6
17	University of Chicago University of Chicago	207.8	59.8
18	University of California, Irvine University of California, Irvine	200.3	68.3
19	London School of Economics and Political Science	197.1	71.9
20	Northwestern University Northwestern University	195.5	57.4
21	New York University New York University	195.2	58.9
22	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	193.8	60.3
23	Princeton University Princeton University	190.4	58.4
24	The University of Manchester The University of Manchester	189.0	82.9
25	Yale University Yale University	187.7	48.3
26	University of Washington University of Washington	186.6	53.3
27	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	182.1	57.4
28	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park	177.6	58.4
29	Purdue University - West Lafayette Purdue University - West Lafayette	173.3	52.8
30	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia	172.4	60.3

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

Methodology-Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020