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	Nanjing Agricultural University Nanjing Agricultural University	238.9	89.1
2	Yangzhou University Yangzhou University	225.6	85.7
3	China Agricultural University China Agricultural University	213.2	87.7
4	Northwest A&F University Northwest A&F University	205.8	81.4
5	Ghent University Ghent University	201.2	85.6
6	South China Agricultural University South China Agricultural University	192.2	82.9
7	University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover	189.0	88.8
8	University of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen	188.7	79.8
9	Autonomous University of Barcelona Autonomous University of Barcelona	186.1	83.3
10	Utrecht University Utrecht University	185.0	84.2
11	University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna	181.5	84.8
12	Wageningen University & Research Wageningen University & Research	181.2	75.5
13	University of California, Davis University of California, Davis	180.9	100.0
14	University of Guelph University of Guelph	180.1	88.7
15	The University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne	177.1	70.8
16	Shandong Agricultural University Shandong Agricultural University	176.2	58.1
17	Complutense University of Madrid Complutense University of Madrid	175.4	75.6
17	Iowa State University Iowa State University	175.4	74.5
19	Sichuan Agricultural University Sichuan Agricultural University	175.1	74.6
20	Huazhong Agricultural University Huazhong Agricultural University	174.5	72.7
21	The University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh	172.2	84.7
22	University of Bern University of Bern	171.9	79.2
23	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University	169.6	84.4
24	University of Sydney University of Sydney	169.4	80.4
25	The Royal Veterinary College The Royal Veterinary College	169.0	90.4
26	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	168.5	72.1
27	University of Padua University of Padua	167.5	82.5
28	Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences	166.6	81.6
29	University of Cordoba University of Cordoba	165.1	70.6
30	University of Sao Paulo University of Sao Paulo	164.6	88.8

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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Methodology-Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020