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)

400 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	Q1 CNCI IC TOP AWARD
1	University of Leeds University of Leeds	288.7	96.4
2	Copenhagen Business School Copenhagen Business School	283.3	99.6
3	Harvard University Harvard University	277.9	100.0
4	Erasmus University Rotterdam Erasmus University Rotterdam	260.1	97.0
5	The University of Manchester The University of Manchester	259.8	87.4
6	Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington	254.2	89.4
7	Monash University Monash University	254.0	82.1
8	Newcastle University Newcastle University	246.0	83.5
9	University of Birmingham University of Birmingham	241.8	78.4
10	University of Sydney University of Sydney	236.7	77.6
11	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland	236.5	78.4
12	Hanken School of Economics Hanken School of Economics	233.6	73.4
13	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University	233.5	81.6
14	Pennsylvania State University - University Park	232.7	83.9
15	University of Groningen University of Groningen	232.3	76.8
16	University of St. Gallen University of St. Gallen	231.7	76.6
17	Aalto University Aalto University	227.4	76.3
18	University of Vaasa University of Vaasa	225.7	69.6
19	Macquarie University Macquarie University	225.6	74.5
20	King's College London King's College London	225.3	74.0
21	Griffith University Griffith University	225.0	68.2
22	University of Liverpool University of Liverpool	223.7	75.3
23	Lancaster University Lancaster University	222.1	71.5
24	Western University Western University	219.9	71.0
25	University of Nottingham University of Nottingham	218.3	72.6
26	The University of Reading The University of Reading	217.2	69.9
27	University of Turin University of Turin	217.1	70.4
28	The University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne	215.6	75.0
29	Kedge Business School Kedge Business School	215.4	67.0
30	University of Sussex University of Sussex	215.0	67.9

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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Methodology-Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020