On Monday, November 11, the Shanghai Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2024 (GRAS), prepared by the independent organisation Consultancy, was published.

The Asian ranking confirms Sapienza's position among the top Italian universities and among the universities of excellence in the world.

In particular, Sapienza ranks among the top 50 universities worldwide in 4 disciplines: Physics (12th place), Aerospace Engineering (20th place), Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences (31st place) Automation&Control (47th place).

Sapienza obtained 6 Italian firsts in Physics (12th), Telecommunication Engineering (76-100), Ecology (101-150), Psycology (101-150), Human Biological Sciences (101-150), and Energy Science & Engineering (101-150).

"Sapienza is among the top 50 universities in the world in 4 disciplines: this result is possible thanks to the excellence of its researchers and the commitment of the entire community, to whom I would like to express my gratitude", says Rector Antonella Polimeni. Our University is proud of its performance in this ranking, as well as in the overall ranking published by the same organisation in mid-August, which placed Sapienza at the top for the third consecutive year, the first and only Italian university in the 101-150 range"

In the Shanghai GRAS, universities are ranked in 55 subjects including natural sciences, engineering, life sciences, medical sciences and social sciences. GRAS ranks more than 1,900 universities out of 5,000 in 96 countries.

The criteria are based on objective academic indicators and include research results (Q1), research impact (CNCI), international collaboration (IC), research quality (Top) and international academic awards (Award).

The Shanghai Ranking Consultancy also published on August 15 the 2024 edition of the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), which placed Sapienza as the first Italian university.