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.

99 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	PUB	CNCI	IC	TOP
1	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland Australia	249.2	71.8	64.5	64.4	100.0
2	Central South University Central South University China	247.9	74.9	77.8	50.6	85.1
3	China University of Geosciences Beijing China University of Geosciences Beijing China	246.8	59.5	92.1	70.4	81.1
4	China University of Mining and Technology - Xuzhou China	228.5	73.1	73.3	52.5	71.6
5	The University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia Australia	221.7	47.4	85.5	100.0	68.8
6	University of Science and Technology Beijing China	204.8	100.0	53.0	43.9	42.9
7	The University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales Australia	200.2	49.4	72.4	69.8	64.4
8	Nanjing University Nanjing University China	195.3	32.7	100.0	62.6	50.0
9	McGill University McGill University Canada	193.2	50.9	62.4	69.8	65.9
10	Monash University Monash University Australia	188.0	35.3	94.9	82.2	41.4
11	China University of Mining & Technology-Beijing China	187.4	44.7	80.9	59.3	50.0
12	China University of Geosciences China University of Geosciences China	183.8	46.8	71.8	69.2	51.3
13	Peking University Peking University China	176.5	28.7	94.2	65.3	40.6
14	Curtin University Curtin University Australia	176.3	41.8	61.4	90.8	55.0
15	The University of Adelaide The University of Adelaide Australia	175.6	32.0	81.1	86.9	45.2
16	Northeastern University (Shenyang) Northeastern University (Shenyang) China	170.1	61.8	62.4	43.9	37.2
17	University of Alberta University of Alberta Canada	169.2	41.5	64.8	78.2	47.3
18	Kyushu University Kyushu University Japan	168.2	30.4	83.0	97.5	35.4
19	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	166.3	28.2	87.3	91.4	32.4
20	Karadeniz Teknik University Karadeniz Teknik University Turkey	166.1	25.0	97.4	67.1	30.3
21	Imperial College London Imperial College London United Kingdom	165.2	31.2	77.3	89.1	38.9
22	University of South Australia University of South Australia Australia	163.4	35.0	66.4	63.4	49.3
23	Pennsylvania State University - University Park United States	162.5	30.8	80.0	81.6	35.4
24	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	161.9	28.2	94.9	86.4	21.5
25	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	160.4	29.5	79.5	80.2	35.4
26	The University of Newcastle, Australia The University of Newcastle, Australia Australia	159.8	33.1	70.3	56.5	45.2
27	Sichuan University Sichuan University China	158.6	30.0	79.0	62.5	37.2
28	AGH University of Krakow AGH University of Krakow Poland	157.8	85.5	41.1	21.9	26.9
29	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia Canada	157.2	40.0	57.4	81.2	43.7
30	University of Tehran University of Tehran Iran	155.4	44.9	59.2	57.4	39.7

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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