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	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	370.9	71.1	89.0	75.5	100.0	95.7
2	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	362.2	67.0	84.7	76.0	95.3	100.0
3	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	328.9	62.7	76.8	86.7	83.1	89.0
4	Stanford University Stanford University United States	324.7	56.8	97.9	75.3	90.5	64.5
5	Harvard University Harvard University United States	316.8	53.2	89.4	77.0	79.8	79.1
6	Northwestern University Northwestern University United States	311.0	60.8	80.4	70.6	67.4	88.2
7	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign United States	291.9	56.4	75.0	68.2	60.3	86.6
8	Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Institute of Technology United States	289.6	71.7	82.6	75.5	46.7	73.6
9	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	269.3	46.8	90.5	75.3	40.5	76.4
10	Pennsylvania State University - University Park United States	257.7	59.9	73.8	74.0	44.7	64.5
11	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	249.2	52.2	86.8	83.5	64.7	28.9
12	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	248.1	56.6	73.8	66.7	57.2	47.1
13	Imperial College London Imperial College London United Kingdom	241.1	59.2	74.0	82.8	50.5	40.8
14	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University China	236.5	100.0	72.1	52.5	53.9	0.0
15	Cornell University Cornell University United States	234.8	41.6	80.4	66.1	53.9	45.6
16	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne Switzerland	233.3	56.5	89.8	84.8	70.1	0.0
17	Princeton University Princeton University United States	230.7	34.7	73.0	68.1	44.7	64.5
18	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	219.7	52.5	84.9	65.0	40.5	28.9
19	Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University Singapore	219.2	82.2	87.6	82.1	33.0	0.0
20	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego United States	219.0	44.2	74.5	71.3	40.5	45.6
21	University of Chicago University of Chicago United States	217.0	61.0	76.4	67.9	66.1	0.0
22	University of California, Santa Barbara University of California, Santa Barbara United States	215.4	41.6	83.9	71.4	46.7	28.9
23	California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology United States	213.4	37.8	76.1	70.0	44.7	40.8
24	Tohoku University Tohoku University Japan	209.3	76.3	57.6	67.9	61.8	0.0
25	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore Singapore	209.3	72.6	78.4	77.8	42.6	0.0
26	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich Switzerland	204.7	58.5	72.8	80.8	57.2	0.0
27	The University of Tokyo The University of Tokyo Japan	204.3	64.0	62.6	57.9	66.1	0.0
28	University of California, Riverside University of California, Riverside United States	201.8	31.4	80.2	66.9	19.1	57.7
29	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison United States	200.7	45.1	75.9	63.4	38.1	28.9
30	University of Science and Technology of China China	199.6	74.5	79.1	51.6	35.7	0.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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