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.

301 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	PUB	CNCI	IC	TOP	AWARD
1	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	283.5	51.8	52.9	66.8	100.0	65.5
2	Xian Jiao Tong University Xian Jiao Tong University China	255.8	95.8	52.0	43.2	99.4	0.0
3	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	255.8	49.0	56.7	71.0	82.4	53.5
4	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego United States	252.4	27.2	50.8	73.1	59.7	100.0
5	Stanford University Stanford University United States	251.4	36.7	56.3	63.9	70.0	75.6
6	Northwestern University Northwestern University United States	248.8	34.9	55.6	81.6	49.4	92.6
7	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University United States	246.3	53.3	48.7	58.8	61.9	70.7
8	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University China	245.8	90.1	49.1	51.3	96.2	0.0
9	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University China	240.6	100.0	48.7	48.5	82.3	0.0
10	California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology United States	234.4	23.2	54.3	65.5	59.3	84.5
11	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	227.2	60.1	49.9	67.4	77.0	26.7
12	Harvard University Harvard University United States	224.6	23.5	50.8	62.9	45.1	92.6
13	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities United States	219.5	39.2	49.1	59.2	53.8	65.5
14	Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology South Korea	217.2	53.7	47.1	45.1	61.1	46.3
15	Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin Institute of Technology China	211.5	84.0	47.9	47.2	70.2	0.0
16	Imperial College London Imperial College London United Kingdom	209.1	51.0	57.5	68.1	86.9	0.0
17	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	208.6	39.6	53.8	74.2	54.0	46.3
18	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign United States	204.7	49.9	51.1	67.2	63.6	26.7
19	Huazhong University of Science and Technology China	203.9	71.4	55.2	47.2	68.0	0.0
20	Beihang University Beihang University China	201.7	78.7	47.1	45.0	66.9	0.0
21	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	199.7	36.1	47.4	54.3	45.6	59.8
22	Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Institute of Technology United States	198.8	64.6	47.9	62.9	73.7	0.0
23	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University China	198.3	71.4	45.8	51.9	70.7	0.0
24	University of Science and Technology of China China	195.6	48.0	62.0	58.0	74.0	0.0
25	Dalian University of Technology Dalian University of Technology China	194.4	72.7	48.2	48.0	64.0	0.0
26	Purdue University - West Lafayette Purdue University - West Lafayette United States	194.2	62.4	50.6	58.6	69.5	0.0
27	Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University Singapore	190.2	57.2	54.1	80.6	62.8	0.0
28	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park United States	188.4	42.0	50.1	63.7	56.8	26.7
29	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong, China	187.0	59.7	56.5	56.6	59.5	0.0
30	Polytechnic Institute of Milan Polytechnic Institute of Milan Italy	185.1	55.1	57.1	65.2	59.9	0.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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