2023 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	University of Oxford University of Oxford	286.4	93.1
2	University of Montpellier University of Montpellier	283.9	100.0
3	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	273.9	76.2
4	PSL University PSL University	271.9	87.1
5	University of Zurich University of Zurich	268.9	72.1
6	Wageningen University & Research Wageningen University & Research	262.9	82.7
7	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley	256.5	77.0
8	ETH Zurich ETH Zurich	255.4	78.9
9	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia	251.3	84.5
10	University of California, Davis University of California, Davis	250.9	79.8
11	University of Exeter University of Exeter	250.6	80.6
12	Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences	249.3	82.8
13	Institut Agro Institut Agro	247.5	78.8
14	Cornell University Cornell University	246.7	77.3
15	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge	245.1	76.2
16	Imperial College London Imperial College London	244.2	60.5
17	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland	243.7	85.9
18	Peking University Peking University	240.1	59.4
19	University of Florida University of Florida	239.3	82.2
20	University of Helsinki University of Helsinki	235.1	81.8
21	University of Toronto University of Toronto	234.4	63.1
22	Sorbonne University Sorbonne University	232.8	78.8
23	Colorado State University Colorado State University	230.3	72.2
24	University of Goettingen University of Goettingen	228.6	71.1
25	University of Colorado at Boulder University of Colorado at Boulder	227.4	60.5
26	Stanford University Stanford University	225.6	61.1
27	University of Halle-Wittenberg University of Halle-Wittenberg	225.4	55.7
28	University of Washington University of Washington	224.2	70.7
29	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles	222.6	55.2
30	University of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen	222.0	77.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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Methodology-Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020