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.

500 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	PUB	CNCI	IC	TOP
1	Harvard University Harvard University United States	304.7	96.0	93.5	76.3	100.0
2	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	264.7	72.6	100.0	72.4	77.5
3	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	231.9	68.6	85.0	70.0	64.4
4	Stanford University Stanford University United States	222.5	69.3	70.6	70.9	68.4
5	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University China	222.1	100.0	44.0	52.1	67.7
6	Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University United States	216.8	65.6	83.1	74.1	53.2
7	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland Australia	206.8	66.0	68.5	79.3	56.4
8	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	205.8	62.0	65.9	81.1	61.6
9	Cornell University Cornell University United States	204.1	70.3	64.0	68.9	56.0
10	University of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen Denmark	202.1	70.2	60.4	85.1	54.4
11	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore Singapore	200.8	71.1	50.7	76.7	63.6
12	Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin Institute of Technology China	200.7	67.1	53.5	55.7	69.0
13	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego United States	199.2	59.8	68.5	74.0	56.1
14	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	198.6	66.6	56.2	80.2	59.7
15	Seoul National University Seoul National University South Korea	196.9	83.8	48.7	50.3	54.4
16	University of Washington University of Washington United States	196.8	61.3	63.4	66.6	58.8
17	University College London University College London United Kingdom	195.5	65.1	56.8	80.4	57.6
18	Technical University of Denmark Technical University of Denmark Denmark	194.9	67.3	58.2	79.7	53.5
19	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University China	194.5	69.1	50.9	63.6	61.8
20	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities United States	194.3	67.6	58.9	66.4	54.5
21	Ghent University Ghent University Belgium	194.1	69.8	51.3	82.2	56.5
22	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	193.0	60.6	60.1	63.5	59.6
23	University of Wageningen University of Wageningen Netherlands	191.3	69.7	52.3	79.7	53.4
24	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	190.0	57.3	61.1	84.9	54.5
25	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University China	189.9	81.9	43.1	52.6	54.4
26	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus United States	189.1	68.2	54.8	67.0	52.8
27	Jiangnan University Jiangnan University China	188.8	86.6	42.4	47.3	50.4
28	Shandong University Shandong University China	187.2	72.6	47.6	46.6	57.7
29	University of Florida University of Florida United States	186.8	68.8	53.1	67.3	51.5
30	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	186.7	56.6	61.8	67.4	54.8

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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