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	Stanford University Stanford University United States	343.6	70.1	93.0	72.0	79.5	86.6
2	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich Switzerland	335.1	83.9	84.2	85.0	100.0	50.0
3	Harvard University Harvard University United States	334.8	73.1	86.6	78.2	59.5	100.0
4	University of California, Davis University of California, Davis United States	309.4	77.8	72.8	69.5	58.3	86.6
5	Michigan State University Michigan State University United States	308.2	65.1	80.1	74.2	48.1	100.0
6	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison United States	308.2	66.0	81.5	66.3	47.4	100.0
7	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	283.0	92.5	83.1	67.9	93.8	0.0
8	Technical University of Denmark Technical University of Denmark Denmark	278.9	66.5	78.9	82.6	46.3	70.7
9	University of Alberta University of Alberta Canada	275.6	62.9	71.5	74.6	55.6	70.7
10	Princeton University Princeton University United States	274.7	45.9	91.0	78.2	35.5	86.6
11	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	273.4	53.8	85.3	73.6	48.8	70.7
12	University of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen Denmark	265.6	72.0	78.5	84.7	37.0	61.2
13	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University China	261.1	100.0	76.5	62.3	72.1	0.0
14	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park United States	260.1	67.7	82.2	69.9	35.0	61.2
15	Technical University Munich Technical University Munich Germany	252.6	47.5	76.3	81.8	25.8	86.6
16	Peking University Peking University China	246.1	83.8	77.5	68.8	71.1	0.0
17	University of Wageningen University of Wageningen Netherlands	245.2	95.9	83.3	85.5	48.8	0.0
18	The University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia Australia	244.8	55.3	78.7	81.9	23.7	70.7
19	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus United States	244.8	60.4	71.2	65.6	38.8	61.2
20	Nanjing University Nanjing University China	243.2	86.7	72.8	64.4	70.8	0.0
21	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland Australia	239.3	89.5	78.0	78.2	56.2	0.0
22	California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology United States	236.0	39.9	95.4	73.3	36.0	50.0
23	Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University United States	234.2	52.4	69.1	69.8	37.5	61.2
24	Stockholm University Stockholm University Sweden	230.2	66.4	85.5	86.6	61.0	0.0
25	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	226.4	70.9	78.0	67.1	64.1	0.0
26	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	225.2	69.2	69.9	74.8	71.1	0.0
27	Duke University Duke University United States	224.3	63.2	83.8	71.9	63.0	0.0
28	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University China	224.0	85.3	70.2	61.7	56.2	0.0
29	University of Colorado at Boulder University of Colorado at Boulder United States	220.1	65.5	80.8	64.2	61.0	0.0
30	Yale University Yale University United States	219.4	56.2	87.0	71.7	61.8	0.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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