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)

400 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	Q1 CNCI IC TOP AWARD
1	Xi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an Jiaotong University	282.1	100.0
2	Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University	281.6	52.1
3	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University	264.4	96.4
4	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University	256.3	90.9
5	Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin Institute of Technology	254.0	90.9
6	Northwestern Polytechnical University Northwestern Polytechnical University	237.1	78.7
7	Huazhong University of Science and Technology	235.7	76.9
8	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University	234.6	40.2
9	Northwestern University Northwestern University	234.0	23.8
9	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	234.0	67.0
11	Chongqing University Chongqing University	229.2	73.9
12	Beihang University Beihang University	228.4	76.5
13	Tianjin University Tianjin University	221.2	72.3
14	Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing Institute of Technology	214.4	67.6
15	Dalian University of Technology Dalian University of Technology	211.9	69.5
16	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University	211.6	69.7
17	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego	207.1	24.1
18	Technical University of Denmark Technical University of Denmark	205.5	38.9
19	Hunan University Hunan University	204.1	57.2
20	Central South University Central South University	204.0	62.5
21	South China University of Technology South China University of Technology	203.1	58.9
22	California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology	200.9	20.5
23	Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics	200.8	66.6
24	Southwest Jiaotong University Southwest Jiaotong University	200.2	62.9
25	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	198.7	36.6
26	Tongji University Tongji University	198.3	63.0
27	University of Science and Technology of China	196.5	61.3
28	Southeast University Southeast University	195.7	57.4
28	The University of Glasgow The University of Glasgow	195.7	21.6
30	Harvard University Harvard University	194.8	18.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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Methodology-Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020