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	AWARD
1	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	354.0	62.6	74.7	83.7	100.0	100.0
2	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States	307.0	54.1	76.5	63.9	87.8	75.8
3	University of Washington University of Washington United States	304.1	56.1	81.3	77.9	73.6	77.5
4	Harvard University Harvard University United States	290.6	69.9	69.1	77.6	79.1	57.0
5	King's College London King's College London United Kingdom	290.2	62.0	71.4	78.4	72.2	68.9
6	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	277.0	42.4	73.6	76.7	45.6	100.0
7	University of California, San Francisco University of California, San Francisco United States	276.8	41.2	75.7	73.8	64.5	80.6
8	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	274.1	46.3	72.0	77.6	62.9	77.5
9	University of Sao Paulo University of Sao Paulo Brazil	265.3	100.0	61.8	61.8	59.5	31.6
10	University of Florida University of Florida United States	262.2	46.1	67.1	68.2	59.5	75.8
11	University at Buffalo, the State University of New York United States	256.5	35.2	97.6	73.3	52.0	57.0
12	University of Southern California University of Southern California United States	256.4	42.3	65.9	90.4	57.7	72.5
13	New York University New York University United States	247.3	60.2	70.3	83.7	50.0	50.0
14	KU Leuven KU Leuven Belgium	245.7	39.5	91.9	93.3	40.8	54.8
15	University College London University College London United Kingdom	245.4	52.9	73.1	85.0	43.3	59.2
16	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia Canada	243.6	39.5	74.1	94.4	47.9	63.2
17	University of Bern University of Bern Switzerland	242.8	65.2	87.2	98.3	43.3	27.4
18	Osaka University Osaka University Japan	241.1	42.2	63.1	58.3	62.9	61.2
19	University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Campus United States	236.8	36.7	68.9	71.2	64.5	52.4
20	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	235.9	46.3	69.4	78.1	43.3	61.2
21	University of Gothenburg University of Gothenburg Sweden	235.4	59.9	79.1	76.9	45.6	35.4
22	University of Birmingham University of Birmingham United Kingdom	234.9	38.7	82.1	81.2	47.9	50.0
23	University of Alabama at Birmingham University of Alabama at Birmingham United States	233.2	38.4	67.4	66.8	38.2	75.8
24	University of Turku University of Turku Finland	231.5	39.5	72.5	85.3	43.3	59.2
25	The University of Manchester The University of Manchester United Kingdom	231.2	46.0	62.8	80.0	28.9	77.5
26	University of Zurich University of Zurich Switzerland	231.1	63.7	83.7	90.6	38.2	27.4
27	The University of Adelaide The University of Adelaide Australia	226.3	43.8	62.8	75.7	43.3	61.2
28	Augusta University Augusta University United States	225.7	43.1	76.5	93.1	52.0	35.4
29	University of Maryland, Baltimore University of Maryland, Baltimore United States	225.4	40.1	88.4	79.5	45.6	35.4
30	Tokyo Medical and Dental University Tokyo Medical and Dental University Japan	220.6	57.4	60.9	68.4	61.2	27.4

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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