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	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	370.9	78.2
2	Harvard University Harvard University	303.0	73.4
3	University of California, San Francisco University of California, San Francisco	298.6	42.2
4	The University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong	293.1	71.4
5	King's College London King's College London	291.7	66.0
6	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	290.4	53.9
7	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles	285.8	44.3
8	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania	285.7	51.7
9	University of Bern University of Bern	285.5	83.6
10	Sichuan University Sichuan University	278.8	85.3
11	University at Buffalo, the State University of New York	265.0	47.2
12	University of Washington University of Washington	264.8	57.2
13	University of Iowa University of Iowa	251.6	46.3
14	University of Sao Paulo University of Sao Paulo	246.9	100.0
15	University College London University College London	245.8	44.9
16	University of Birmingham University of Birmingham	244.1	45.7
17	New York University New York University	242.6	49.9
18	University of Pittsburgh University of Pittsburgh	238.2	37.4
19	Columbia University Columbia University	235.8	38.1
20	University of Zurich University of Zurich	235.4	75.8
21	Osaka University Osaka University	234.9	49.5
22	KU Leuven KU Leuven	233.3	54.9
23	Stanford University Stanford University	232.7	34.1
24	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University	230.8	32.4
25	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus	229.9	57.9
26	University of Toronto University of Toronto	228.5	57.6
27	The University of Adelaide The University of Adelaide	227.2	34.1
28	Tokyo Medical and Dental University Tokyo Medical and Dental University	227.0	65.9
28	University of Maryland, Baltimore University of Maryland, Baltimore	227.0	55.5
30	Radboud University Nijmegen Radboud University Nijmegen	226.6	49.7

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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Methodology-Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020