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 Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	275.9	90.1
2	Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University	268.5	83.1
3	Harvard University Harvard University	262.2	100.0
4	Michigan State University Michigan State University	259.1	82.0
5	Stanford University Stanford University	253.9	78.4
6	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin	247.9	74.8
7	Pennsylvania State University - University Park	231.4	80.7
8	University of Toronto University of Toronto	230.5	97.1
9	The University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong	226.1	86.9
10	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania	221.4	71.3
11	University of Southern California University of Southern California	221.0	55.7
12	University of Pittsburgh University of Pittsburgh	218.9	60.6
13	University of California, Irvine University of California, Irvine	217.4	65.3
14	University of Virginia University of Virginia	216.6	71.2
14	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison	216.6	70.7
16	University of Washington University of Washington	213.4	68.8
17	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	210.4	70.1
18	Monash University Monash University	209.0	93.4
19	University College London University College London	208.8	81.2
20	Northwestern University Northwestern University	208.2	62.9
21	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus	207.6	75.0
22	Columbia University Columbia University	204.7	63.1
23	New York University New York University	203.2	63.5
24	Arizona State University Arizona State University	200.4	64.7
25	The Education University of Hong Kong The Education University of Hong Kong	199.3	77.0
26	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park	197.8	56.6
27	University of Florida University of Florida	196.4	70.7
28	Beijing Normal University Beijing Normal University	195.4	70.7
29	Florida State University Florida State University	194.5	64.7
30	Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University	194.1	69.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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Methodology-Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020