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	Donghua University Donghua University	275.5	100.0
2	Jiangnan University Jiangnan University	213.1	66.6
3	Wuhan Textile University Wuhan Textile University	208.5	65.0
4	Qingdao University Qingdao University	207.5	57.8
5	University Putra Malaysia University Putra Malaysia	202.5	36.3
6	King Abdulaziz University King Abdulaziz University	199.4	31.9
7	South China University of Technology South China University of Technology	195.6	72.7
8	Tiangong University Tiangong University	190.4	56.4
9	Nanjing Forestry University Nanjing Forestry University	186.5	55.7
10	National Textile University Faisalabad National Textile University Faisalabad	182.5	39.7
11	Southwest University Southwest University	178.2	44.9
12	Zhejiang Sci-Tech University Zhejiang Sci-Tech University	177.0	57.1
13	Guangxi University Guangxi University	173.9	44.7
14	Soochow University Soochow University	170.0	50.2
15	Amirkabir University of Technology Amirkabir University of Technology	168.1	44.0
16	Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Indian Institute of Technology Delhi	167.5	40.2
17	Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University	164.5	35.5
18	Vellore Institute of Technology Vellore Institute of Technology	163.1	29.0
19	Jiangsu University Jiangsu University	161.3	43.8
20	Shaanxi University of Science and Technology	160.3	43.6
21	North Carolina State University - Raleigh	158.0	39.5
22	Technical University of Liberec Technical University of Liberec	157.2	35.5
23	Université Grenoble Alpes Université Grenoble Alpes	157.1	32.6
24	Taiyuan University of Technology Taiyuan University of Technology	156.1	35.8
25	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	155.1	47.7
26	PSG College of Technology PSG College of Technology	155.0	32.6
27	Beijing University of Chemical Technology	153.3	35.5
27	Istanbul Technical University Istanbul Technical University	153.3	34.1
29	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University	150.3	33.5
30	Jilin University Jilin University	150.0	48.6

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

Methodology-Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020