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	University of Chicago University of Chicago	385.1	85.7
2	Harvard University Harvard University	369.1	100.0
3	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	345.5	85.1
4	Stanford University Stanford University	345.2	88.6
5	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley	332.2	87.5
6	Princeton University Princeton University	315.0	64.4
7	Columbia University Columbia University	299.5	76.1
8	London School of Economics and Political Science	299.3	98.5
9	Yale University Yale University	286.7	69.5
10	New York University New York University	279.1	68.9
11	Northwestern University Northwestern University	256.5	71.7
12	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles	238.4	60.2
13	University of Oxford University of Oxford	233.3	90.4
14	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania	229.4	73.5
15	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge	221.1	69.2
16	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego	214.8	53.8
17	University College London University College London	209.6	74.4
18	Duke University Duke University	202.4	67.1
19	Toulouse Capitole University Toulouse Capitole University	197.1	40.7
20	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	196.5	56.5
21	University of Toronto University of Toronto	196.4	69.7
22	Cornell University Cornell University	194.5	72.2
23	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	192.2	66.9
24	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore	191.5	75.8
25	Arizona State University Arizona State University	191.0	54.5
26	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park	190.4	59.1
27	Boston University Boston University	189.6	54.9
28	University of Southern California University of Southern California	183.4	58.1
29	University of Warwick University of Warwick	182.0	59.7
30	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia	180.8	60.8

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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Methodology-Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020