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	Aarhus University Aarhus University	302.7	100.0
2	Utrecht University Utrecht University	271.0	97.4
3	Leiden University Leiden University	262.5	91.9
4	Erasmus University Rotterdam Erasmus University Rotterdam	249.5	84.9
5	Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington	233.9	74.6
6	Arizona State University Arizona State University	232.1	66.6
7	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus	220.8	68.1
8	Florida State University Florida State University	212.2	62.6
9	Cardiff University Cardiff University	210.5	68.1
10	Rutgers University-Newark Rutgers University-Newark	209.8	62.6
10	The University of Georgia The University of Georgia	209.8	64.2
12	University College London University College London	205.4	70.3
13	London School of Economics and Political Science	203.5	81.2
14	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University	201.9	65.8
15	American University American University	198.9	64.2
15	University of Oxford University of Oxford	198.9	76.0
17	Syracuse University Syracuse University	197.8	60.1
18	Bocconi University Bocconi University	196.7	60.9
19	University of Exeter University of Exeter	195.5	61.8
20	University of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen	193.4	62.6
21	Radboud University Nijmegen Radboud University Nijmegen	193.0	68.9
22	University of Antwerp University of Antwerp	190.9	63.4
23	University of Gothenburg University of Gothenburg	186.7	64.2
24	Tilburg University Tilburg University	185.9	54.7
25	University of Oslo University of Oslo	185.5	61.8
26	Harvard University Harvard University	184.6	65.8
27	University at Albany (State University of New York)	184.0	60.9
28	University of Munich University of Munich	183.0	65.0
29	University of Amsterdam University of Amsterdam	182.7	64.2
30	KU Leuven KU Leuven	179.4	57.4

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

Methodology-Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020