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.

44 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	PUB	CNCI	IC	TOP
1	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University China	275.8	100.0	63.5	61.4	100.0
2	Norwegian University of Science and Technology - NTNU Norway	259.2	90.9	67.5	59.3	88.9
3	Dalian University of Technology Dalian University of Technology China	241.3	84.9	58.2	53.0	87.7
4	University of Lisbon University of Lisbon Portugal	240.6	77.3	67.2	59.6	84.2
5	Delft University of Technology Delft University of Technology Netherlands	216.1	61.1	69.0	74.2	71.2
6	Harbin Engineering University Harbin Engineering University China	213.5	69.2	64.4	53.5	69.1
7	University of Cantabria University of Cantabria Spain	209.1	40.1	100.0	61.9	56.6
8	University of Strathclyde University of Strathclyde United Kingdom	206.1	54.4	71.8	70.5	65.8
9	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore Singapore	206.1	53.8	66.9	87.0	68.0
10	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University China	205.0	75.2	53.1	60.2	64.6
11	Plymouth University Plymouth University United Kingdom	203.5	55.8	75.7	70.3	58.0
12	The University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia Australia	200.0	53.8	66.6	74.6	64.6
13	Seoul National University Seoul National University South Korea	193.0	69.7	51.6	41.1	63.5
14	University of Southampton University of Southampton United Kingdom	191.9	51.0	67.5	70.7	59.2
15	Pusan National University Pusan National University South Korea	190.8	69.2	59.2	67.6	48.9
16	The University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales Australia	190.3	42.4	77.0	78.0	55.3
17	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego United States	189.9	45.0	70.1	53.6	64.1
18	University College London University College London United Kingdom	186.6	46.4	70.4	72.4	55.3
19	Ocean University of China Ocean University of China China	185.6	57.5	53.9	59.3	62.3
20	Technical University of Denmark Technical University of Denmark Denmark	183.9	53.8	61.9	64.3	55.3
21	University of Oklahoma - Norman University of Oklahoma - Norman United States	182.0	43.9	63.8	42.1	65.8
22	Hohai University Hohai University China	181.9	59.5	57.2	70.9	51.1
23	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	179.6	53.2	58.5	59.2	56.0
24	Tianjin University Tianjin University China	174.5	55.6	58.2	44.7	51.8
25	The University of Tokyo The University of Tokyo Japan	174.0	54.4	59.9	57.9	48.1
26	University of Delaware University of Delaware United States	173.7	41.3	70.1	75.0	47.3
27	Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University Singapore	172.3	43.9	66.0	83.2	45.7
28	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University United States	170.6	43.6	65.1	61.6	49.6
29	Newcastle University Newcastle University United Kingdom	170.0	56.4	47.9	68.8	51.8
30	Oregon State University Oregon State University United States	166.6	41.3	69.6	58.4	44.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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