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)

500 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	Q1 CNCI IC TOP AWARD
1	Harvard University Harvard University	240.6	70.9
2	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore	239.1	81.4
3	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania	237.6	61.3
4	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	232.3	100.0
5	Erasmus University Rotterdam Erasmus University Rotterdam	231.8	80.3
6	INSEAD INSEAD	217.7	55.0
7	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	215.1	67.1
8	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	214.8	64.7
9	Arizona State University Arizona State University	214.6	70.4
10	New York University New York University	209.5	56.2
11	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	208.7	59.3
12	University of Toronto University of Toronto	201.7	58.2
13	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University	200.0	65.8
14	Stanford University Stanford University	196.4	50.2
15	University of Montreal University of Montreal	195.8	81.5
16	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park	195.7	57.6
17	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge	195.1	60.7
18	Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Institute of Technology	194.9	68.1
19	Copenhagen Business School Copenhagen Business School	193.5	63.2
20	Pennsylvania State University - University Park	193.2	61.6
21	Michigan State University Michigan State University	192.5	63.4
22	University of Warwick University of Warwick	191.2	65.4
23	Bocconi University Bocconi University	188.5	49.9
24	University of Washington University of Washington	185.9	50.8
25	City University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong	184.7	67.2
26	Northwestern University Northwestern University	184.4	52.0
26	University of Southern California University of Southern California	184.4	48.7
28	The University of Texas at Dallas The University of Texas at Dallas	183.6	52.0
29	Purdue University - West Lafayette Purdue University - West Lafayette	183.3	61.1
30	Cornell University Cornell University	183.2	51.4

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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Methodology-Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020