2024 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	World-Class Faculty World-Class Output High Quality Research Research Impact International Collaboration
1	Copenhagen Business School Copenhagen Business School	310.4	62.9
2	Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington	289.9	65.3
3	Monash University Monash University	278.8	60.0
4	Harvard University Harvard University	271.5	40.9
5	The University of Manchester The University of Manchester	270.1	50.9
6	University of Leeds University of Leeds	256.7	12.5
7	University of Birmingham University of Birmingham	255.4	46.7
8	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University	252.8	53.3
9	The University of Reading The University of Reading	237.9	42.4
10	RMIT University RMIT University	235.1	36.4
11	University of Tennessee - Knoxville University of Tennessee - Knoxville	235.0	59.1
12	University of Turin University of Turin	234.7	35.2
13	The University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales	232.5	46.7
14	Pennsylvania State University - University Park	230.7	26.6
15	University of Sussex University of Sussex	226.3	44.3
16	Western University Western University	226.1	30.1
17	The University of Georgia The University of Georgia	225.5	53.4
18	Curtin University Curtin University	224.8	46.6
19	Georgia State University Georgia State University	224.7	39.7
20	Swansea University Swansea University	222.9	36.2
21	University of Warwick University of Warwick	222.6	44.3
22	University of Vaasa University of Vaasa	220.3	14.1
23	Erasmus University Rotterdam Erasmus University Rotterdam	219.8	0.0
24	Swinburne University of Technology Swinburne University of Technology	219.3	17.3
25	City University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong	219.2	37.5
26	Newcastle University Newcastle University	218.4	0.0
27	Deakin University Deakin University	217.8	50.9
28	The University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne	217.7	31.9
29	University of Oxford University of Oxford	217.6	41.2
30	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland	216.7	4.8

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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Methodology-Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020