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.

293 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	PUB	CNCI	IC	TOP	AWARD
1	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	285.4	77.0	78.4	49.9	100.0	100.0
2	King's College London King's College London United Kingdom	245.0	48.7	83.0	67.7	93.9	29.2
3	University of California, San Francisco University of California, San Francisco United States	238.8	62.8	78.7	64.5	74.8	48.4
4	Radboud University Nijmegen Radboud University Nijmegen Netherlands	224.4	38.6	94.8	81.3	74.8	0.0
5	Karolinska Institute Karolinska Institute Sweden	223.1	61.8	79.9	74.9	66.4	0.0
6	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States	220.3	60.4	75.7	49.5	64.2	50.5
7	University of Technology Sydney University of Technology Sydney Australia	220.3	60.1	79.0	67.7	61.8	29.2
8	KU Leuven KU Leuven Belgium	217.7	35.3	92.4	96.5	70.7	0.0
9	Maastricht University Maastricht University Netherlands	216.6	35.6	89.3	94.5	72.8	0.0
10	University of Southampton University of Southampton United Kingdom	216.3	33.4	100.0	82.6	66.4	0.0
11	Griffith University Griffith University Australia	215.8	56.9	75.1	65.0	70.7	0.0
12	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland Australia	212.7	53.0	81.0	61.4	66.4	0.0
13	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	210.8	59.1	71.0	77.0	59.4	29.2
14	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison United States	210.2	41.5	76.9	46.5	74.8	38.6
15	Emory University Emory University United States	210.1	54.7	78.4	55.6	54.2	58.3
16	University of Washington University of Washington United States	209.4	54.7	70.7	61.1	59.4	61.9
17	The University of Manchester The University of Manchester United Kingdom	208.8	45.4	84.9	60.8	66.4	0.0
18	New York University New York University United States	208.6	54.9	73.3	46.6	59.4	58.3
19	Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University United States	207.1	57.4	73.6	53.8	45.4	100.0
20	Ghent University Ghent University Belgium	205.4	34.0	79.9	85.8	68.6	29.2
21	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	204.2	64.5	69.7	52.9	59.4	0.0
22	VU University Amsterdam VU University Amsterdam Netherlands	202.4	35.6	78.1	69.4	74.8	0.0
23	University of Basel University of Basel Switzerland	200.9	30.8	94.8	92.2	56.9	0.0
24	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore Singapore	200.9	47.3	79.3	100.0	48.5	29.2
25	University of Sydney University of Sydney Australia	200.8	58.6	74.8	65.9	54.2	0.0
26	Duke University Duke University United States	198.6	65.5	66.4	40.4	48.5	50.5
27	Chang Gung University Chang Gung University Taiwan, China	197.6	37.2	75.4	52.9	68.6	29.2
28	National Taiwan University National Taiwan University Taiwan, China	194.2	34.7	71.7	66.7	68.6	29.2
29	Columbia University Columbia University United States	194.0	48.5	79.3	45.1	51.4	29.2
30	University of Kansas University of Kansas United States	191.4	40.5	72.3	31.6	66.4	29.2

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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