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.

300 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	PUB	CNCI	IC	TOP	AWARD
1	Harvard University Harvard University United States	356.3	100.0	77.7	72.1	93.5	70.7
2	Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Institute of Technology United States	280.0	56.0	72.3	55.2	59.0	81.6
3	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University China	261.8	73.8	76.2	58.7	100.0	0.0
4	University of Washington University of Washington United States	260.0	50.1	69.3	62.2	57.4	70.7
5	Duke University Duke University United States	259.1	48.8	66.5	50.2	52.2	81.6
6	Rice University Rice University United States	257.1	34.0	71.8	50.0	41.3	100.0
7	Cornell University Cornell University United States	253.4	44.8	73.1	55.0	42.8	81.6
8	Fudan University Fudan University China	248.1	50.2	89.0	47.6	99.4	0.0
9	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick United States	237.4	39.5	67.9	55.2	37.3	81.6
10	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore Singapore	233.6	67.0	73.6	77.3	77.5	0.0
11	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	233.4	61.5	87.3	72.0	70.3	0.0
12	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	227.5	35.3	70.7	50.5	29.8	81.6
13	Seoul National University Seoul National University South Korea	226.6	63.0	64.5	49.1	89.3	0.0
14	Stanford University Stanford University United States	225.9	67.0	80.1	67.9	65.1	0.0
15	Boston University Boston University United States	225.7	33.9	72.3	51.3	27.6	81.6
16	Soochow University Soochow University China	222.7	41.2	100.0	56.2	70.3	0.0
17	Peking University Peking University China	221.9	50.8	81.3	55.4	78.8	0.0
18	University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Campus United States	221.2	64.0	73.4	56.8	72.5	0.0
19	Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University United States	213.1	67.6	71.3	63.0	61.6	0.0
20	Sichuan University Sichuan University China	211.2	55.0	72.6	53.8	72.9	0.0
21	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	210.6	65.6	67.9	57.2	65.6	0.0
22	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	207.6	59.1	78.7	56.9	58.5	0.0
23	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University China	205.9	52.8	67.4	62.1	73.3	0.0
24	University College London University College London United Kingdom	204.0	70.1	67.4	75.2	51.6	0.0
25	Northwestern University Northwestern University United States	203.0	58.7	72.3	54.2	61.1	0.0
26	Wake Forest University Wake Forest University United States	199.8	48.8	77.5	59.7	61.6	0.0
27	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	199.0	64.5	64.5	63.4	57.4	0.0
28	Korea University Korea University South Korea	196.0	45.9	70.4	62.9	67.0	0.0
29	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego United States	193.6	51.4	78.2	62.6	51.6	0.0
30	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich Switzerland	193.6	54.1	72.9	81.7	50.3	0.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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