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)

50 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	Q1 CNCI IC TOP AWARD
1	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University	280.9	100.0
2	Harbin Engineering University Harbin Engineering University	276.7	97.9
3	Dalian University of Technology Dalian University of Technology	268.7	93.1
4	University of Lisbon University of Lisbon	243.0	66.0
5	Ocean University of China Ocean University of China	241.7	82.7
6	Wuhan University of Technology Wuhan University of Technology	240.9	77.7
7	Norwegian University of Science and Technology - NTNU	238.7	67.5
8	University of Strathclyde University of Strathclyde	236.1	67.8
9	Dalian Maritime University Dalian Maritime University	233.2	76.0
10	Tianjin University Tianjin University	215.2	68.5
11	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University	215.1	70.2
12	Hohai University Hohai University	198.9	58.6
13	Delft University of Technology Delft University of Technology	196.6	61.3
14	Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin Institute of Technology	189.4	52.7
15	Jiangsu University of Science and Technology	187.4	51.6
16	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University	187.0	48.3
17	The University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia	184.3	47.5
18	Northwestern Polytechnical University Northwestern Polytechnical University	179.0	49.9
19	Aalto University Aalto University	173.9	34.9
20	Sun Yat-sen University Sun Yat-sen University	172.8	44.7
21	Huazhong University of Science and Technology	172.5	47.3
22	China University of Petroleum (East China)	170.2	42.0
23	Shanghai Maritime University Shanghai Maritime University	169.0	46.5
24	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore	168.4	41.6
25	Southwest Petroleum University Southwest Petroleum University	167.3	34.9
26	University College London University College London	166.1	35.8
27	China University of Geosciences China University of Geosciences	165.4	27.5
28	Technical University of Denmark Technical University of Denmark	164.9	38.1
29	Istanbul Technical University Istanbul Technical University	162.2	39.9
30	University of Plymouth University of Plymouth	161.4	34.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

Methodology-Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020