2018 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects

ShanghaiRanking first introduced the world university rankings by academic subjects in 2009, which was officially renamed the ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS) in 2017. GRAS evaluates world universities across 57 subjects in the fields of Natural Sciences, Engineering, Life Sciences, Medical Sciences, and Social Sciences. GRAS is based on nine objective indicators grouped into five categories: World-Class Faculty, World-Class Research Output, High-Quality Research, Research Impact, and International Collaboration. Each year, GRAS presents around 20,000 subject units from approximately 2,000 universities across some 100 countries and regions.

501 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	PUB	CNCI	IC	TOP	AWARD
1	Princeton University Princeton University United States	349.5	64.2	72.9	62.2	100.0	100.0
2	University of Paris-Sud (Paris 11) University of Paris-Sud (Paris 11) France	291.1	68.7	58.5	69.1	75.8	74.3
3	Stanford University Stanford University United States	283.7	62.3	74.9	59.4	82.2	52.5
4	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	278.4	70.3	64.1	73.0	70.7	58.7
5	New York University New York University United States	276.4	57.0	72.5	67.2	59.2	74.3
6	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	274.4	74.8	69.5	64.0	85.1	32.2
7	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	266.7	62.6	66.1	74.0	70.7	52.5
8	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	264.0	59.9	68.0	65.9	77.5	45.5
9	Pierre and Marie Curie University - Paris 6 France	254.4	77.5	64.1	77.1	65.2	32.2
10	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	243.9	67.3	67.4	61.7	70.7	26.3
11	University of Warwick University of Warwick United Kingdom	243.2	56.6	61.4	78.4	57.0	52.5
12	Harvard University Harvard University United States	237.0	44.8	67.0	61.3	75.8	37.1
13	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	232.6	60.4	69.1	64.9	44.7	45.5
14	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison United States	230.6	54.7	66.1	67.2	59.2	37.1
15	Stony Brook University Stony Brook University United States	229.5	42.2	60.4	65.7	61.2	52.5
16	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick United States	228.4	64.2	62.1	75.0	50.0	37.1
17	Kyoto University Kyoto University Japan	218.9	65.1	56.5	59.5	59.2	26.3
18	University of Chicago University of Chicago United States	217.3	54.8	72.1	64.7	77.5	0.0
19	The Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Israel	216.7	50.0	53.9	77.2	65.2	32.2
20	Imperial College London Imperial College London United Kingdom	205.4	60.6	67.6	79.9	61.2	0.0
21	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego United States	204.8	54.1	61.1	66.2	50.0	26.3
22	KTH Royal Institute of Technology KTH Royal Institute of Technology Sweden	202.7	41.3	58.5	77.7	41.8	45.5
23	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign United States	202.4	68.6	54.9	69.6	38.7	26.3
24	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich Switzerland	202.3	63.5	63.4	81.3	59.2	0.0
25	Columbia University Columbia University United States	201.3	53.7	71.7	63.4	63.2	0.0
26	University Paris Diderot - Paris 7 University Paris Diderot - Paris 7 France	199.2	64.6	63.2	71.8	57.0	0.0
27	The University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh United Kingdom	199.2	47.3	65.9	75.6	38.7	32.2
28	Ecole Normale Superieure - Paris Ecole Normale Superieure - Paris France	193.1	42.3	71.7	79.1	63.2	0.0
29	King Abdulaziz University King Abdulaziz University Saudi Arabia	192.9	100.0	74.1	94.1	0.0	0.0
30	Paris Dauphine University (Paris 9) Paris Dauphine University (Paris 9) France	191.5	41.3	67.8	68.4	31.6	37.1

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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