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.

200 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	PUB	CNCI	IC	TOP	AWARD
1	Harvard University Harvard University United States	385.5	100.0	59.3	58.8	100.0	100.0
2	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	297.9	76.3	54.1	63.0	76.7	73.4
3	Stanford University Stanford University United States	297.2	84.5	60.3	52.6	79.6	55.5
4	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States	285.7	84.3	47.1	52.6	91.3	39.2
5	Columbia University Columbia University United States	279.9	80.9	54.3	60.0	69.9	55.5
6	Duke University Duke University United States	277.8	79.0	49.8	55.3	81.0	48.0
7	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	274.9	72.5	54.3	46.4	86.3	48.0
8	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison United States	274.3	67.8	95.5	60.3	63.2	55.5
9	Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University United States	260.7	79.3	63.3	52.6	56.8	48.0
10	Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University United States	259.3	59.3	55.2	54.6	75.3	62.0
11	Princeton University Princeton University United States	256.0	52.7	75.4	63.9	77.5	55.5
12	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich Switzerland	254.7	65.6	100.0	72.8	43.5	55.5
13	University of Chicago University of Chicago United States	253.2	68.0	56.8	55.5	69.1	48.0
14	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	251.9	65.0	59.7	76.9	43.5	73.4
15	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University United States	246.4	72.0	46.1	66.5	81.0	27.7
16	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	243.0	68.3	55.2	59.1	51.6	55.5
17	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	239.4	87.9	53.0	57.7	75.3	0.0
18	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	220.2	78.0	57.3	71.2	67.5	0.0
19	University of Washington University of Washington United States	213.8	83.8	48.3	51.8	58.7	0.0
20	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities United States	210.2	71.5	46.8	56.4	73.8	0.0
21	North Carolina State University - Raleigh United States	207.3	68.1	47.8	51.9	76.0	0.0
22	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore Singapore	205.2	71.3	48.8	89.4	65.0	0.0
23	Pennsylvania State University - University Park United States	199.3	68.7	49.3	58.0	65.8	0.0
24	Yale University Yale University United States	194.9	64.0	55.4	61.9	65.0	0.0
25	University of California, Davis University of California, Davis United States	191.1	61.3	44.5	62.8	70.7	0.0
26	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	189.1	75.7	50.9	79.1	42.2	0.0
27	University of Warwick University of Warwick United Kingdom	189.0	73.7	47.6	76.2	47.1	0.0
28	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	187.9	50.4	51.6	61.0	52.7	27.7
29	The University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne Australia	184.8	61.0	55.4	78.0	57.7	0.0
30	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	182.5	62.5	70.4	64.3	47.1	0.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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