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	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania	275.6	86.9
2	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University	270.8	87.7
3	Erasmus University Rotterdam Erasmus University Rotterdam	263.4	95.5
4	Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington	253.2	88.9
5	Harvard University Harvard University	250.0	100.0
6	Columbia University Columbia University	239.5	65.0
7	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	232.5	76.3
8	INSEAD INSEAD	231.4	79.2
9	Tilburg University Tilburg University	228.4	73.6
10	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	226.6	64.6
11	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park	226.0	69.6
12	Arizona State University Arizona State University	224.2	75.7
12	University of Washington University of Washington	224.2	67.7
14	Georgia State University Georgia State University	221.9	67.3
15	University of South Carolina - Columbia University of South Carolina - Columbia	221.3	68.6
16	University of Leeds University of Leeds	220.9	90.2
17	Michigan State University Michigan State University	217.9	75.4
18	Pennsylvania State University - University Park	217.1	68.0
19	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	216.8	73.6
20	Northwestern University Northwestern University	216.7	65.3
21	The University of Georgia The University of Georgia	215.2	70.2
22	University of Southern California University of Southern California	215.1	62.5
23	Bocconi University Bocconi University	214.9	73.3
24	Aalto University Aalto University	213.4	82.5
25	University of Miami University of Miami	212.4	58.1
26	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus	211.2	63.2
27	Duke University Duke University	211.1	59.3
28	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin	211.0	63.6
29	University of St. Gallen University of St. Gallen	206.7	75.4
30	University of Alberta University of Alberta	204.8	61.8

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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Methodology-Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020