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)

300 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	Q1 CNCI IC TOP AWARD
1	Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin Institute of Technology	282.7	100.0
2	Beihang University Beihang University	261.0	92.4
2	Southeast University Southeast University	261.0	86.2
4	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University	260.5	88.7
5	Xi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an Jiaotong University	255.8	84.7
6	Huazhong University of Science and Technology	253.6	81.3
6	Jilin University Jilin University	253.6	80.3
8	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University	251.2	85.3
9	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University	241.3	77.9
10	Northeastern University (Shenyang) Northeastern University (Shenyang)	238.5	73.6
11	Tianjin University Tianjin University	234.8	78.3
12	Chongqing University Chongqing University	232.7	72.5
13	Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University	225.5	59.9
14	Northwestern Polytechnical University Northwestern Polytechnical University	224.3	73.0
15	University of Electronic Science and Technology of China	221.8	66.4
16	Dalian University of Technology Dalian University of Technology	218.5	68.3
17	Hunan University Hunan University	215.8	59.9
17	Southwest Jiaotong University Southwest Jiaotong University	215.8	58.3
19	Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics	215.2	68.8
20	Central South University Central South University	214.5	62.9
21	Tongji University Tongji University	214.1	63.6
22	Wuhan University Wuhan University	210.8	70.3
23	Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing Institute of Technology	210.7	67.1
24	Jiangsu University Jiangsu University	210.6	54.0
25	South China University of Technology South China University of Technology	203.9	57.1
26	Shenzhen University Shenzhen University	203.4	59.9
27	Aalborg University Aalborg University	202.7	43.3
28	Shandong University Shandong University	201.7	59.3
29	University of Jinan University of Jinan	196.6	46.3
30	University of Science and Technology of China	195.6	61.1

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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Methodology-Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020