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	Tongji University Tongji University China	316.9	100.0	36.1	66.2	83.1	84.5
2	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich Switzerland	242.9	59.0	41.1	72.7	43.6	84.5
3	Lehigh University Lehigh University United States	236.7	35.1	42.2	54.5	83.1	65.5
4	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	236.7	59.6	36.1	67.7	74.0	53.5
5	Polytechnic University of Madrid Polytechnic University of Madrid Spain	225.7	56.8	32.0	50.3	26.7	100.0
6	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University China	217.0	82.3	44.3	65.9	77.2	0.0
7	National Technical University of Athens National Technical University of Athens Greece	208.9	51.0	37.1	54.1	34.5	75.6
8	University of Canterbury University of Canterbury New Zealand	208.9	34.1	36.5	75.2	57.7	65.5
9	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign United States	199.6	63.2	37.2	66.2	85.9	0.0
10	The University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales Australia	196.0	60.3	39.7	71.9	81.6	0.0
11	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	192.1	65.9	46.2	72.7	65.5	0.0
12	University at Buffalo, the State University of New York United States	190.0	39.5	37.2	66.4	100.0	0.0
13	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego United States	188.1	36.8	42.3	69.1	95.1	0.0
14	Western University Western University Canada	187.8	38.3	38.4	70.4	43.6	53.5
15	Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University Singapore	184.6	55.0	42.8	80.3	70.7	0.0
16	Southeast University Southeast University China	179.1	74.2	36.1	65.9	55.6	0.0
17	Purdue University - West Lafayette Purdue University - West Lafayette United States	176.2	60.6	39.0	65.0	63.6	0.0
18	Colorado State University Colorado State University United States	170.8	40.5	36.7	52.9	83.1	0.0
19	University of California, Davis University of California, Davis United States	170.2	51.3	42.3	74.2	61.7	0.0
20	University of Stuttgart University of Stuttgart Germany	169.1	33.8	29.4	68.7	26.7	65.5
21	The University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China	167.6	51.8	42.8	65.6	59.8	0.0
22	The University of Tokyo The University of Tokyo Japan	167.4	43.3	34.6	69.5	37.8	37.8
23	Dalian University of Technology Dalian University of Technology China	166.1	70.7	37.8	56.6	46.3	0.0
24	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University United States	166.0	69.7	34.6	64.0	48.8	0.0
25	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia Canada	165.5	50.6	39.0	71.2	61.7	0.0
26	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong, China	165.1	71.2	44.5	58.1	37.8	0.0
27	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University United States	164.2	55.4	35.9	56.2	61.7	0.0
28	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	163.5	47.1	35.7	67.5	67.3	0.0
29	Delft University of Technology Delft University of Technology Netherlands	163.4	73.0	39.5	81.8	34.5	0.0
30	McMaster University McMaster University Canada	162.7	34.4	34.8	66.5	80.2	0.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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