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.

499 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	PUB	CNCI	IC	TOP	AWARD
1	Harvard University Harvard University United States	361.1	98.6	88.8	67.7	100.0	62.0
2	University of Chicago University of Chicago United States	354.9	75.3	91.1	60.4	90.5	100.0
3	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	314.4	84.1	83.1	65.1	77.2	63.0
4	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	309.4	72.8	94.3	67.6	84.2	62.0
5	Columbia University Columbia University United States	308.7	80.1	79.0	65.3	69.1	73.4
6	Princeton University Princeton University United States	307.7	60.0	92.2	63.9	72.6	92.7
7	Stanford University Stanford University United States	288.1	81.0	84.0	67.6	85.8	32.0
8	London School of Economics and Political Science United Kingdom	285.1	100.0	70.9	83.2	63.6	27.7
9	New York University New York University United States	274.7	72.1	79.2	69.5	68.1	51.9
10	Yale University Yale University United States	258.6	68.1	82.8	67.2	66.1	42.4
11	Northwestern University Northwestern University United States	236.8	65.2	80.3	63.7	72.9	19.6
12	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	233.0	73.9	65.4	79.1	26.1	55.5
13	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	224.2	57.1	75.5	64.4	55.2	39.2
14	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	219.1	69.5	81.4	64.2	67.8	0.0
15	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	217.5	93.0	68.4	81.4	35.7	0.0
16	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego United States	209.6	52.2	81.2	67.0	50.0	34.0
17	Toulouse School of Economics Toulouse School of Economics France	203.4	49.5	58.2	89.0	35.7	55.5
18	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park United States	201.5	59.7	66.7	64.5	38.1	34.0
19	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	197.0	67.2	78.3	61.8	50.9	0.0
20	Duke University Duke University United States	196.9	66.3	81.7	65.7	50.0	0.0
21	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities United States	193.7	56.6	70.1	66.7	39.3	27.7
22	University College London University College London United Kingdom	190.4	68.6	70.1	82.5	44.2	0.0
23	Cornell University Cornell University United States	189.0	74.3	65.4	66.8	38.1	0.0
24	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	184.6	67.0	67.6	87.6	41.6	0.0
25	Arizona State University Arizona State University United States	184.5	51.0	69.9	68.2	32.3	34.0
26	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore Singapore	170.5	69.2	65.2	88.2	25.2	0.0
27	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison United States	170.4	58.8	64.5	62.3	43.7	0.0
28	Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington United States	169.9	57.1	73.1	71.1	16.5	24.0
29	University of Warwick University of Warwick United Kingdom	167.1	58.0	67.4	82.7	38.1	0.0
30	George Mason University George Mason University United States	165.7	53.7	48.1	55.6	11.7	43.9

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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