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	274.4	100.0	70.8	70.9	89.4	39.5
2	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego United States	245.9	65.2	67.2	67.3	100.0	0.0
3	Karolinska Institute Karolinska Institute Sweden	215.1	68.3	66.0	87.6	63.2	35.4
4	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	209.5	56.3	72.4	87.8	63.2	0.0
5	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States	205.3	80.2	67.9	62.3	44.7	43.3
6	Imperial College London Imperial College London United Kingdom	204.4	59.4	65.5	81.0	63.2	0.0
7	University College London University College London United Kingdom	200.3	74.2	65.1	81.8	44.7	61.2
8	The University of Dundee The University of Dundee United Kingdom	194.9	33.0	100.0	86.0	44.7	0.0
9	Monash University Monash University Australia	192.1	65.7	65.8	79.7	44.7	0.0
10	The University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh United Kingdom	189.0	37.4	91.3	78.3	44.7	0.0
11	King's College London King's College London United Kingdom	188.2	60.6	66.0	84.2	44.7	25.0
12	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	184.0	53.0	69.7	83.1	44.7	100.0
13	University of Milan University of Milan Italy	183.7	65.0	60.8	65.4	44.7	0.0
14	Stanford University Stanford University United States	182.4	52.0	72.6	66.0	44.7	63.7
15	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	180.7	58.2	65.8	60.1	44.7	0.0
16	Leiden University Leiden University Netherlands	180.0	53.2	66.2	79.0	44.7	0.0
17	The University of Manchester The University of Manchester United Kingdom	177.8	52.9	64.8	77.2	44.7	0.0
18	University of Tuebingen University of Tuebingen Germany	176.6	48.7	67.4	78.8	44.7	0.0
19	University of Marburg University of Marburg Germany	176.6	34.1	65.8	67.6	63.2	0.0
20	University of Bristol University of Bristol United Kingdom	176.4	32.8	83.6	76.4	44.7	0.0
21	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus United States	176.3	59.1	60.0	62.3	44.7	0.0
22	Yale University Yale University United States	176.0	54.6	64.3	61.8	44.7	50.0
23	McGill University McGill University Canada	174.9	55.1	59.5	77.6	44.7	0.0
24	University of Helsinki University of Helsinki Finland	174.8	50.2	63.6	81.5	44.7	0.0
25	Radboud University Nijmegen Radboud University Nijmegen Netherlands	174.5	50.7	63.1	79.9	44.7	0.0
26	University of Hamburg University of Hamburg Germany	173.3	36.9	57.6	77.5	63.2	0.0
27	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	171.0	40.1	71.7	72.5	44.7	75.0
28	University of Paris Descartes (Paris 5) University of Paris Descartes (Paris 5) France	169.3	52.6	57.9	70.2	44.7	0.0
29	University of Lausanne University of Lausanne Switzerland	168.4	44.6	63.1	80.2	44.7	0.0
30	The University of Tokyo The University of Tokyo Japan	168.4	61.0	53.1	47.6	44.7	0.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

1
2
3
4
5
•••
17

GRAS Tracker

Explore the full dataset behind
GRAS

Explore