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.

501 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	PUB	CNCI	IC	TOP	AWARD
1	Harvard University Harvard University United States	329.5	100.0	82.6	66.4	100.0	33.6
2	University of California, San Francisco University of California, San Francisco United States	286.4	56.7	84.0	61.9	45.3	88.0
3	Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University United States	279.3	74.5	83.6	63.4	54.6	53.9
4	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	275.4	38.1	82.8	81.7	38.1	100.0
5	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	259.7	59.3	82.6	56.0	47.0	59.6
6	University of Washington University of Washington United States	255.2	53.1	83.4	58.6	48.8	58.2
7	University College London University College London United Kingdom	254.0	62.3	77.8	76.3	54.7	44.0
8	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	243.5	44.6	88.2	81.0	56.5	38.1
9	University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Campus United States	242.3	55.9	81.4	57.8	39.6	53.9
10	Columbia University Columbia University United States	235.6	52.8	80.6	62.9	43.8	45.8
11	Stanford University Stanford University United States	233.5	51.7	81.2	63.1	42.1	45.8
12	Imperial College London Imperial College London United Kingdom	228.9	46.3	80.8	81.1	47.5	38.1
13	Duke University Duke University United States	227.5	52.4	82.4	61.2	44.6	35.9
14	Emory University Emory University United States	226.4	48.1	81.4	57.6	41.3	44.0
15	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	216.7	70.4	77.8	75.1	53.5	0.0
16	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	213.5	22.6	100.0	76.3	21.8	53.9
17	Yale University Yale University United States	211.7	47.7	80.8	60.4	35.1	35.9
18	Rockefeller University Rockefeller University United States	211.6	10.5	93.6	74.5	8.4	84.2
19	The University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne Australia	211.2	47.5	74.3	73.1	38.9	35.9
20	Karolinska Institute Karolinska Institute Sweden	211.2	53.1	76.5	81.2	39.9	25.4
21	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	210.7	53.8	80.4	60.8	38.9	25.4
22	Heidelberg University Heidelberg University Germany	206.2	47.3	75.8	71.7	32.8	35.9
23	The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas United States	204.2	38.0	80.6	54.8	25.4	49.2
24	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States	200.8	44.3	80.2	58.1	33.4	31.1
25	King's College London King's College London United Kingdom	198.1	46.5	79.2	78.8	38.7	18.0
26	University of Utah University of Utah United States	198.1	37.6	78.0	54.1	27.7	44.0
27	Oregon Health and Science University Oregon Health and Science University United States	196.6	35.8	87.1	55.7	31.5	31.1
28	Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University United States	188.6	43.5	80.8	55.0	31.3	22.0
29	Aarhus University Aarhus University Denmark	187.7	38.2	75.8	72.8	28.0	31.1
30	University of Virginia University of Virginia United States	187.2	31.8	76.3	54.5	24.2	44.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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