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.

100 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	PUB	CNCI	IC	TOP
1	Wuhan University Wuhan University China	270.6	100.0	59.5	55.3	100.0
2	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park United States	235.5	67.5	60.3	83.3	91.1
3	California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology United States	218.1	59.4	56.3	71.4	88.1
4	Beijing Normal University Beijing Normal University China	216.7	72.3	53.8	80.0	74.6
5	Paul Sabatier University (Toulouse 3) Paul Sabatier University (Toulouse 3) France	207.7	53.8	64.0	87.2	72.4
6	Boston University Boston University United States	189.8	35.4	86.2	83.9	51.4
7	University of Iceland University of Iceland Iceland	189.1	32.8	91.0	97.0	45.9
8	Xidian University Xidian University China	183.3	59.6	50.3	47.4	63.9
9	University of Twente University of Twente Netherlands	183.0	51.9	54.5	91.5	58.4
10	University of Lisbon University of Lisbon Portugal	178.3	31.3	83.9	93.4	44.4
11	University of Coimbra University of Coimbra Portugal	175.5	23.4	100.0	96.7	32.8
12	Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble France	174.0	28.6	87.2	98.8	38.5
13	University of Valencia University of Valencia Spain	173.1	38.5	63.2	85.1	54.4
14	University of Trento University of Trento Italy	170.6	33.1	69.1	89.1	50.6
15	University of Extremadura University of Extremadura Spain	170.4	33.0	84.1	92.5	34.8
16	The University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales Australia	169.7	39.5	65.4	87.3	47.4
17	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University China	168.7	44.6	60.3	80.5	47.8
18	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich Switzerland	166.4	32.5	68.3	93.8	46.9
19	University of Colorado at Boulder University of Colorado at Boulder United States	164.3	38.9	63.8	67.0	48.3
20	University of Helsinki University of Helsinki Finland	164.2	36.8	61.8	77.3	50.1
21	University of Zurich University of Zurich Switzerland	163.9	31.2	68.6	95.9	44.9
22	Université Grenoble Alpes Université Grenoble Alpes France	163.9	30.8	74.7	96.2	39.0
23	Technical University Munich Technical University Munich Germany	162.9	39.8	64.7	67.8	44.9
24	University of Massachusetts Boston University of Massachusetts Boston United States	162.9	23.8	82.2	77.9	41.3
25	Peking University Peking University China	162.8	44.2	57.9	71.1	46.4
26	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong, China	162.7	43.9	57.1	60.4	49.7
27	Delft University of Technology Delft University of Technology Netherlands	162.6	41.7	57.3	90.7	45.4
28	Nanjing University Nanjing University China	161.9	48.7	51.6	71.3	47.4
29	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus United States	160.7	38.3	54.0	75.9	53.2
30	University of Wageningen University of Wageningen Netherlands	156.9	36.0	62.3	95.0	39.6

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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