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	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	243.5	100.0
2	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore	236.8	77.1
3	Harvard University Harvard University	231.8	63.3
4	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania	224.5	54.3
5	Erasmus University Rotterdam Erasmus University Rotterdam	219.1	70.5
6	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	215.5	62.4
7	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	209.5	61.6
8	INSEAD INSEAD	206.6	49.0
9	Pennsylvania State University - University Park	199.0	64.8
10	New York University New York University	196.2	51.7
11	Arizona State University Arizona State University	195.9	61.6
12	University of Toronto University of Toronto	193.6	53.8
13	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	192.7	52.7
14	Stanford University Stanford University	190.4	45.3
15	Copenhagen Business School Copenhagen Business School	188.7	60.9
16	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University	187.4	66.5
17	University of Southern California University of Southern California	186.8	46.4
18	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University	186.4	60.6
19	The University of Texas at Dallas The University of Texas at Dallas	186.0	51.3
20	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge	184.5	54.3
21	City University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong	181.0	62.3
22	Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Institute of Technology	180.4	57.9
23	Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington	180.1	52.6
24	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park	179.9	50.7
25	Bocconi University Bocconi University	178.7	43.4
26	Cornell University Cornell University	177.9	46.1
27	The University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong	177.7	56.8
28	University of Montreal University of Montreal	177.6	70.1
29	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley	177.5	47.1
30	Northwestern University Northwestern University	177.3	46.1

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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Methodology-Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020