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	297.2	100.0
2	Yale University Yale University	234.6	70.5
3	University of Toronto University of Toronto	233.2	75.0
4	University College London University College London	232.7	74.8
5	Stanford University Stanford University	231.2	65.6
6	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania	229.3	68.5
7	New York University New York University	216.4	60.0
8	University of Amsterdam University of Amsterdam	215.8	66.2
9	Northwestern University Northwestern University	215.7	61.2
10	Columbia University Columbia University	215.4	68.2
11	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	213.9	71.4
12	University of Oxford University of Oxford	208.1	58.6
13	The University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne	206.7	62.1
14	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles	205.4	67.9
15	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam	204.5	60.5
16	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge	201.4	56.2
17	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin	198.1	56.5
17	University of Chicago University of Chicago	198.1	48.6
19	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus	195.2	56.2
20	Pennsylvania State University - University Park	191.8	68.6
21	King's College London King's College London	191.7	69.9
22	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego	190.8	57.0
23	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	188.6	61.9
24	Duke University Duke University	188.5	56.7
25	University of California, Davis University of California, Davis	187.3	54.4
26	Radboud University Nijmegen Radboud University Nijmegen	186.2	56.0
27	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia	185.3	55.8
28	The University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales	185.2	52.3
29	University of Zurich University of Zurich	184.3	52.9
30	University of Pittsburgh University of Pittsburgh	183.8	62.6

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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Methodology-Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020