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)

200 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	Q1 CNCI IC TOP AWARD
1	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego	274.6	83.8
2	University of Washington University of Washington	268.0	80.3
3	Ocean University of China Ocean University of China	254.6	100.0
4	Sorbonne University Sorbonne University	245.5	69.9
5	University of Western Brittany University of Western Brittany	239.8	66.1
6	University of Southampton University of Southampton	225.3	64.7
7	Utrecht University Utrecht University	225.0	61.7
8	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University	220.7	97.1
9	Oregon State University Oregon State University	218.0	61.1
10	California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology	217.8	46.7
11	University of Tasmania University of Tasmania	215.9	62.1
12	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	209.1	53.5
13	Xiamen University Xiamen University	205.4	56.9
14	University of Miami University of Miami	205.3	49.7
15	Université Paris Cité Université Paris Cité	205.0	47.3
16	University of Bremen University of Bremen	202.5	50.6
17	University of Hawaii at Manoa University of Hawaii at Manoa	201.5	49.8
18	Delft University of Technology Delft University of Technology	198.5	58.0
19	Columbia University Columbia University	197.3	47.9
20	Dalhousie University Dalhousie University	194.7	49.7
21	University of Bergen University of Bergen	193.9	49.0
22	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles	192.8	41.8
23	University of Delaware University of Delaware	192.2	46.2
24	The University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales	191.3	47.0
25	Hohai University Hohai University	190.9	60.1
26	The University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia	190.8	54.1
27	Stanford University Stanford University	190.7	42.9
28	Florida State University Florida State University	188.8	42.6
29	Paul Sabatier University (Toulouse 3) Paul Sabatier University (Toulouse 3)	188.7	42.4
29	University of Strathclyde University of Strathclyde	188.7	66.1

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

Methodology-Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020