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.

300 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	PUB	CNCI	IC	TOP
1	Ghent University Ghent University Belgium	271.6	79.2	77.6	74.4	100.0
2	University of California, Davis University of California, Davis United States	231.7	100.0	71.7	57.2	48.5
3	University of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen Denmark	229.5	64.9	82.4	82.2	65.7
4	The Royal Veterinary College The Royal Veterinary College United Kingdom	226.8	78.7	85.3	76.4	47.5
5	The University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh United Kingdom	225.6	66.0	75.7	72.9	69.3
6	University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna Austria	225.2	71.0	70.7	81.4	67.2
7	University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover Germany	224.3	72.5	70.7	62.4	68.6
8	University of Wageningen University of Wageningen Netherlands	222.5	53.8	86.7	81.4	65.7
9	Autonomous University of Barcelona Autonomous University of Barcelona Spain	221.7	55.4	77.9	78.0	72.8
10	Utrecht University Utrecht University Netherlands	216.3	67.6	76.3	82.1	56.0
11	Iowa State University Iowa State University United States	215.8	58.2	81.6	55.5	64.9
12	Complutense University of Madrid Complutense University of Madrid Spain	215.4	51.4	81.3	78.1	67.2
13	Technical University of Denmark Technical University of Denmark Denmark	212.5	40.9	86.7	81.3	68.6
14	University of Guelph University of Guelph Canada	211.5	74.2	76.0	74.5	46.4
15	University of Zurich University of Zurich Switzerland	211.1	70.5	71.4	74.6	54.2
16	Cornell University Cornell University United States	208.6	71.8	73.7	62.9	50.5
17	University of Bern University of Bern Switzerland	206.5	60.5	75.7	80.5	54.2
18	Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Sweden	204.4	65.1	77.9	85.8	44.3
19	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus United States	203.6	62.8	76.6	58.6	52.4
20	University of Liverpool University of Liverpool United Kingdom	202.1	60.1	79.7	73.6	47.5
21	University of Sydney University of Sydney Australia	200.7	55.7	82.1	71.5	48.5
22	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities United States	200.3	60.4	81.3	61.2	46.4
23	The University of Georgia The University of Georgia United States	199.6	72.0	71.7	57.8	44.3
24	University of Hannover University of Hannover Germany	198.8	62.1	68.3	58.0	56.9
25	University of Sao Paulo University of Sao Paulo Brazil	198.1	81.5	60.7	46.8	46.4
26	Norwegian University of Life Sciences Norwegian University of Life Sciences Norway	196.6	48.0	81.6	83.1	50.5
27	Colorado State University Colorado State University United States	192.0	80.0	70.4	51.9	31.3
28	North Carolina State University - Raleigh United States	189.0	70.0	77.0	53.8	31.3
29	The University of Glasgow The University of Glasgow United Kingdom	188.7	49.4	76.0	73.9	48.5
30	University of Florida University of Florida United States	188.3	71.0	70.0	58.2	35.7

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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