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)

200 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	Q1 CNCI IC TOP AWARD
1	Aarhus University Aarhus University	299.7	100.0
2	Leiden University Leiden University	260.7	93.2
3	Utrecht University Utrecht University	249.2	90.6
4	Erasmus University Rotterdam Erasmus University Rotterdam	237.8	81.3
5	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus	222.1	67.3
6	Florida State University Florida State University	219.8	62.9
7	Rutgers University-Newark Rutgers University-Newark	213.8	63.7
8	Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington	210.5	68.7
9	American University American University	206.7	65.2
10	Arizona State University Arizona State University	202.5	59.1
11	University College London University College London	197.9	70.0
12	The University of Georgia The University of Georgia	196.4	59.1
13	Cardiff University Cardiff University	194.9	61.4
14	London School of Economics and Political Science	191.8	78.9
15	University of Oxford University of Oxford	187.6	75.9
16	Georgetown University Georgetown University	186.6	54.1
17	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam	186.0	63.7
18	Renmin University of China Renmin University of China	183.7	55.8
19	Syracuse University Syracuse University	181.9	65.2
20	Radboud University Nijmegen Radboud University Nijmegen	180.8	67.3
21	University at Albany (State University of New York)	180.0	61.4
22	University of Antwerp University of Antwerp	179.5	60.7
23	City University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong	179.2	49.5
24	Bocconi University Bocconi University	178.7	54.9
25	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University	178.6	60.7
26	University of Munich University of Munich	178.4	66.6
27	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore	178.3	58.3
28	University of Arizona University of Arizona	176.4	52.3
29	Ghent University Ghent University	175.1	55.8
29	University of Oslo University of Oslo	175.1	61.4

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

Methodology-Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020