Shanghai 2024 - Global ranking

Published since 2003 by Jiao Tong University, the Shanghai ranking list annually ranks the world's top universities according to six criteria, including the number of publications in the two scientific journals – Nature and Science – the number of citations of these articles in referenced scientific journals, and the number of Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals awarded to students and staff of the university.

Université Grenoble Alpes has maintained its position in the top 150 of the Shanghai 2024 ranking of the world's best universities. On a national level, Université Grenoble Alpes also maintained its position as 5th French university and 1st outside the Île-de-France (greater Paris), alongside the University of Strasbourg, behind the 4 Parisian institutions: Université Paris Saclay, PSL, Sorbonne Université and Université Paris Cité.

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Shanghai thematic ranking 2023

The Global Ranking of Academic Subjects includes more than 4,000 universities in 54 disciplines covering 5 major fields: Natural Sciences, Engineering, Life Sciences, Medical Sciences, Social Sciences.

Université Grenoble Alpes has confirmed its position in the Shanghai 2023 thematic rankings, being ranked in 33 of the 55 disciplines assessed. In 13 disciplines, it is in the top 100 of the world's best universities, including 5 in the top 50 and 2 in the top 20. This makes it the fourth French university in terms of the number of disciplines ranked in the top 100.

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QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023

The QS World University Rankings by Subject ranks the world's top universities in five broad areas covering 51 subjects. These rankings aim to help prospective students identify the world's best universities in their chosen field, in answer to the high demand for comparisons by subject.

In the 2023 edition of the QS World University rankings by subject, UGA has improved or remained stable in 17 of the 21 disciplines in which it is ranked. In the top 50 for 3 disciplines, it ranks 33^rd among the world's best universities in Geology, 35^th in Geophysics, and 39^th in Earth and Marine Sciences. More broadly, UGA has moved up in this international ranking to 70^th place in 2023 in one of the five major fields evaluated: Natural Sciences.

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