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.

499 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	PUB	CNCI	IC	TOP	AWARD
1	University of Colorado at Boulder University of Colorado at Boulder United States	368.6	82.6	73.7	75.6	97.2	100.0
2	California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology United States	342.6	87.0	78.9	77.6	100.0	61.2
3	Columbia University Columbia University United States	336.0	72.8	77.8	82.9	82.2	86.6
4	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	332.6	78.8	69.0	90.1	66.8	100.0
5	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego United States	307.6	61.6	73.9	75.5	70.4	86.6
6	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich Switzerland	278.2	96.0	74.5	94.1	88.9	0.0
7	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	261.6	65.1	72.7	80.4	72.4	35.4
8	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	250.6	79.0	70.9	80.7	84.5	0.0
9	Harvard University Harvard University United States	246.3	50.3	76.4	80.4	53.5	50.0
10	University of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen Denmark	245.3	61.2	69.9	95.1	45.1	50.0
11	Utrecht University Utrecht University Netherlands	243.7	81.0	75.1	95.4	68.6	0.0
12	University Paris Diderot - Paris 7 University Paris Diderot - Paris 7 France	240.9	56.6	67.6	88.0	63.8	35.4
13	University of Washington University of Washington United States	235.3	69.1	79.1	76.5	71.8	0.0
14	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	234.7	65.5	70.5	82.2	82.2	0.0
15	University of Bristol University of Bristol United Kingdom	232.6	75.8	77.4	91.0	61.3	0.0
16	The University of Tokyo The University of Tokyo Japan	232.0	84.6	57.3	72.8	75.5	0.0
17	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	230.8	73.3	74.5	92.1	64.6	0.0
18	Université Grenoble Alpes Université Grenoble Alpes France	228.3	79.1	69.3	91.2	61.7	0.0
19	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	227.3	83.0	68.6	74.4	60.8	0.0
20	University of Iowa University of Iowa United States	219.9	37.4	68.4	76.5	48.8	50.0
21	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park United States	219.0	58.1	77.4	82.1	67.0	0.0
22	University of Leeds University of Leeds United Kingdom	218.6	64.9	73.7	90.4	61.9	0.0
23	The Australian National University The Australian National University Australia	218.3	71.3	70.9	91.4	57.7	0.0
24	University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines France	216.5	60.6	82.5	93.7	54.7	0.0
25	China University of Geosciences China University of Geosciences China	210.9	91.9	60.8	72.8	43.6	0.0
26	Paul Sabatier University (Toulouse 3) Paul Sabatier University (Toulouse 3) France	210.1	61.9	71.3	92.6	58.4	0.0
27	University College London University College London United Kingdom	209.9	64.9	73.7	90.6	53.1	0.0
28	Stanford University Stanford University United States	209.4	68.7	64.9	74.2	60.9	0.0
29	Imperial College London Imperial College London United Kingdom	208.8	64.3	69.9	88.8	56.9	0.0
30	University of Arizona University of Arizona United States	207.9	67.3	72.9	79.3	51.8	0.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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