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)

500 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	Q1 CNCI IC TOP AWARD
1	Harvard University Harvard University	288.6	100.0
2	Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University	241.8	76.3
3	London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine	224.0	60.9
4	University of Oxford University of Oxford	220.7	58.2
5	University of Washington University of Washington	217.7	64.1
6	University College London University College London	212.8	59.4
7	University of California, San Francisco University of California, San Francisco	211.8	64.5
8	University of Toronto University of Toronto	209.7	64.8
9	Imperial College London Imperial College London	203.6	51.4
10	Columbia University Columbia University	197.4	55.6
11	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	195.1	57.3
12	Stanford University Stanford University	194.3	50.4
12	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	194.3	55.3
14	Université Paris Cité Université Paris Cité	192.1	53.6
15	Emory University Emory University	191.9	50.1
16	The University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne	190.6	53.0
17	Yale University Yale University	190.2	52.6
18	University of Sydney University of Sydney	187.7	53.8
19	Karolinska Institute Karolinska Institute	186.1	50.0
20	The University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong	183.6	36.5
21	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles	183.2	49.8
22	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge	182.9	39.9
23	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania	182.6	50.9
24	Monash University Monash University	182.0	48.7
25	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia	180.7	46.6
26	Erasmus University Rotterdam Erasmus University Rotterdam	180.1	43.5
27	Boston University Boston University	180.0	47.7
28	The University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales	179.5	48.5
29	University of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen	178.8	47.0
30	King's College London King's College London	178.7	43.5

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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Methodology-Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020